Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
TRANCHE 1 WARRANT AGREEMENT
This TRANCHE 1 WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 5, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and between Noble Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Computershare”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a federally chartered trust company, as warrant agent (together with Computershare, the “Warrant Agent”).
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2020 and September 24, 2020, Noble Holding Corporation plc (f/k/a Noble Corporation plc), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, and certain of its subsidiaries and its Affiliates (collectively, the “Debtors”) commenced voluntary cases for relief under chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, which cases are jointly administered pursuant to Rule 1015(b) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure under the caption In re: Noble Corporation plc, et al., Case No. 20-33826 (DRJ) (collectively, the “Chapter 11 Cases”);
WHEREAS, on September 4, 2020, the Debtors filed the Joint Plan of Reorganization of Noble Corporation plc and Its Debtor Affiliates (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Plan”) in the Chapter 11 Cases;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Plan and the order confirming the Plan, on or as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, the Company will issue or cause to be issued the Warrants to a subsidiary of the Company and such subsidiary will deliver Warrants to the Warrantholders providing such holders the right to subscribe for, under certain circumstances, up to an aggregate of 8,333,081 Ordinary Shares (as defined herein), subject to adjustment as provided herein;
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance of the Warrants and other matters as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when issued, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for the purpose of defining the terms and provisions of the Warrants and the respective rights and obligations hereunder and thereunder of the Company, the Warrant Agent and Warrantholders, respectively, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions; Rules of Construction.
1.1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth below shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are not otherwise defined herein will have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Articles of Association.
“Above FMV Repurchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c)(i).