Noble Corporation (NE)

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Noble Corp: DTCC filing:

http://dtcc.com/downloads/legal/imp_notices/2013/dtc/ope/1977-13.pdf

On October 11, 2013, Noble Corporation (NE) announced the results of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Noble Corporation held on October 11, 2013, in Zug, Switzerland. At the meeting, shareholders approved the proposed change in place of incorporation of the publicly traded parent company of the Noble group of companies from Switzerland to the United Kingdom “UK”.

As a result, on November 20, 2013 Noble Corporation plc will list UK Ordinary Shares on the NYSE. DTC Participants and their clients that re-register physical shares of Noble Corporation plc. may be subject to United Kingdom Stamp Duty taxes.


As DTC will not be collecting nor remitting such UK Stamp Duty taxes, on the November 20, 2013 effective date, Noble Corporation plc shares will be made eligible for virtually all book-entry DTC services with the exception of physical deposits and physical withdrawals (and DRS). DTC and Noble Corporation’s transfer agent, Computershare, have, however, developed special procedures that will accommodate the deposit and withdrawal of shares to a Participant’s account via DTC’s Deposit and Withdrawal at Custodian (“DWAC”) process, the details of which are outlined in the attached procedures. It is important for Participants looking to deposit or withdraw shares from their DTC account to familiarize themselves with these procedures.