Exhibit 10.2
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (including all exhibits hereto and as may be amended, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of [•], 2021 by and among Noble Corporation, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “Company”), and the Holders (as defined below) of Company Ordinary Shares (as defined below) listed on Schedule I hereto. The Company and the Holders are referred to herein collectively as the “Parties” and each, individually, a “Party.” Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings set forth in Section 1.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 25, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Duke Merger Sub, LLC, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Merger Sub”), and Pacific Drilling Company LLC, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“PACD”), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into PACD, with PACD surviving as a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, the date of the closing of the Merger (the “Closing Date”), the Company has issued Company Ordinary Shares to the Holders; and
WHEREAS, the Holders and the Company desire to enter into this Agreement to provide the Holders with certain rights relating to the registration of the resale of certain Registrable Securities (as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each Party, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person as of the date on which, or at any time during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is being made (including any Affiliated Funds of such Person). For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
“Affiliated Fund” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any investment funds, managed accounts or other entities who are advised by such Person or the same investment advisor or manager or by investment advisors which are Affiliates of such Person or (b) any investment advisor with respect to an investment fund, managed account or entity it advises.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” means an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405.
“beneficially owned”, “beneficial ownership” and similar phrases have the same meanings as such terms have under Rule 13d-3 (or any successor rule then in effect) promulgated under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any Holder, such Holder shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Holder has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable upon the occurrence of a subsequent event or passage of time.