Exhibit 10.5
Execution Version
ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE WARRANT AGREEMENT
This ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE 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. (the “Bankruptcy Code”) 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, among other things, the Company will issue or cause to be issued Ordinary Shares (as defined herein) to certain Persons (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, certain of such Persons (the “Initial Warrantholders”) and the Company have entered into an agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) providing, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, for the issuance by the Company of up to 6,463,182 Warrants (as defined herein) to the Initial Warrantholders in exchange for an equal number of Ordinary Shares;
WHEREAS, the issuance of the Warrants pursuant to the Exchange Agreement is in reliance on the exemption from registration under the Securities Act (as defined herein) provided by Section 4(a) of the Securities Act, and will bear the legend set forth in Exhibit A;
WHEREAS, any Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of Warrants bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit A shall also bear the legend set forth in Exhibit A unless the Company determines such legend is not applicable;
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.