secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Noble Corp plc (NE)
CIK:        0001895262
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-020347
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025020347/0001628280-25-020347-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895262/000162828025020347/ne-20250428.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-020347

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