---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-026823"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NE"
cik: "0001895262"
company_name: "Noble Corp plc"
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T15:03:00.970601+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Noble Q2 net income $66M, initiates $0.30 dividend, backlog reaches $5.0B

## Summary
- Revenue $639M, up from $275M YoY; contract drilling services revenue $606M.
- Net income $66M, diluted EPS $0.45; Adjusted EBITDA $188M, free cash flow $104M.
- Backlog grows 9% to $5.0B; new contracts worth $0.8B, including $500M Petrobras deal.
- Initiated quarterly dividend of $0.30/share payable Sept 14 to holders of record Aug 17.
- Share repurchases of $60M in Q2; FY 2023 guidance maintained: rev $2.35-2.55B, EBITDA $725-825M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-026823
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NE
- cik: 0001895262
- company_name: Noble Corp plc
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828023026823/0001628280-23-026823-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828023026823/ne-20230802.htm

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