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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-020347"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NE"
cik: "0001895262"
company_name: "Noble Corp plc"
filed_at: "2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T05:14:20.310156+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Noble Q1 net income $108M; backlog hits $7.5B on Shell, TotalEnergies contracts

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $0.67; adjusted EPS $0.26; adjusted EBITDA $338M on revenue $874M.
- Backlog increased 30% sequentially to $7.5B with 15 rig years of new awards worth $2.2-2.7B.
- Four new long-term drillship contracts: two with Shell (4-yr each, $606M base) and two with TotalEnergies (16-well each, $753M firm).
- Q2 cash dividend maintained at $0.50 per share; $20M share repurchases in Q1.
- Full-year 2025 guidance reaffirmed: revenue $3.25-3.45B, adjusted EBITDA $1.05-1.15B, capex $375-425M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-020347
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NE
- cik: 0001895262
- company_name: Noble Corp plc
- filed_at: 2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025020347/0001628280-25-020347-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025020347/ne-20250428.htm

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