secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Noble Corp plc (NE)
CIK:        0001895262
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-23-026823
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828023026823/0001628280-23-026823-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828023026823/ne-20230802.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-026823

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