---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-015023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NE"
cik: "0001895262"
company_name: "Noble Corp plc"
filed_at: "2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T04:20:50.757817+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Two Noble directors will not stand for re-election; board size to shrink to seven

## Summary
- Alastair Maxwell and Ann D. Pickard notified board they will not stand for re-election at 2025 AGM.
- Their board service ends at conclusion of the 2025 Annual General Meeting.
- Board size will decrease from nine to seven directors effective after the 2025 AGM.
- Each director's decision involved no disagreement with the board, management, or company policies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-015023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NE
- cik: 0001895262
- company_name: Noble Corp plc
- filed_at: 2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025015023/0001628280-25-015023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025015023/ne-20250324.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-015023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-015023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-015023.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 15e8e7fff1
  claim: Ann D. Pickard departed as Director at Noble Corp plc.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 24, 2025, each of Mr. Alastair Maxwell and Ms. Ann D. Pickard notified the board of directors (the "Board") of Noble Corporation plc (the "Company") that they will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (the "2025 AGM").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025015023/0001628280-25-015023-index.htm
- claim_id: 8c35fff418
  claim: Alastair Maxwell departed as Director at Noble Corp plc.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 24, 2025, each of Mr. Alastair Maxwell and Ms. Ann D. Pickard notified the board of directors (the "Board") of Noble Corporation plc (the "Company") that they will not stand for re-election at the Company’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (the "2025 AGM").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025015023/0001628280-25-015023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.