Noble (NE) 10-Q 2015 Q3 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales

Noble Corporation, a Cayman Islands company

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Noble-UK”), and Noble Corporation, a Cayman Islands company (“Noble-Cayman”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2015, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David W. Williams, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Noble-UK and President and Chief Executive Officer of Noble-Cayman, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

November 4, 2015	/s/ David W. Williams
	David W. Williams
	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Noble Corporation, a Cayman Islands company