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Noble (NE): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$11,885,455CEO Robert Eifler · source
Say-on-pay support97.85%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers46th pct.Of 16 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio71:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $10,586,370FY2023
  • $12,036,504FY2024
  • $11,885,455FY2025

CEO total pay was $11,885,455 in fiscal 2025, down from $12,036,504 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $995,833 · bonus $0 · stock awards $8,750,626 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Noble Corp plc in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Robert Eifler (President & Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Noble Corp plc in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $11,885,455.
How does Noble Corp plc's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, Robert Eifler's total compensation ranked at the 46th percentile of Noble Corp plc's disclosed peer group.
What is Noble Corp plc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Noble Corp plc's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 71:1.
How did shareholders vote on Noble Corp plc's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 97.85% of shareholders supported Noble Corp plc's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Noble Corp plc spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Noble Corp plc reported total board compensation of $2,647,320 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
Robert Eifler$995,833$0$8,750,626$0$1,488,651$0$650,345$11,885,455
President & Chief Executive Officer
Richard Barker636,66702,766,8620732,0930221,3464,356,968
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Joey Kawaja520,41701,887,0970598,37823,389143,5223,172,803
Senior Vice President, Operations
Jennie Howard493,75001,632,0820482,523042,0352,650,390
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Caroline Alting445,83301,632,0820435,724038,7822,552,421
Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence & Sustainability

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
Robert Eifler$11,885,455$12,036,504$10,586,370↓ −151,049
Richard Barker4,356,9684,239,4153,815,008↑ +117,553
Joey Kawaja3,172,8032,610,7542,294,628↑ +562,049
Jennie Howard2,650,3902,036,612—↑ +613,778
Caroline Alting2,552,421—2,261,259—

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultant—
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedging—
Anti-pledging—
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
Richard BarkerRSU2025-02-03——28,932—$910,490
Caroline AltingRSU2025-02-03——19,594—616,623
Jennie HowardRSU2025-02-03——19,594—616,623
Robert EiflerRSU2025-02-03——78,071—2,456,894
Robert EiflerPSU2025-02-0391,082182,163—364,3266,293,732
Caroline AltingPSU2025-02-0314,69629,391—58,7821,015,459
Richard BarkerPSU2025-02-0326,86553,730—107,4601,856,372
Jennie HowardPSU2025-02-0314,69629,391—58,7821,015,459
Joey KawajaRSU2025-02-03——22,656—712,984
Joey KawajaPSU2025-02-0316,99233,983—67,9661,174,113

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
Richard Barker$910,490$1,856,372$067.1%
Caroline Alting616,6231,015,459062.2%
Jennie Howard616,6231,015,459062.2%
Robert Eifler2,456,8946,293,732071.9%
Joey Kawaja712,9841,174,113062.2%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Jennie HowardRSU2,485—$70,176
Joey KawajaRSU3,645—102,935
Caroline AltingRSU3,645—102,935
Richard BarkerRSU6,627—187,146
Jennie HowardRSU7,245—204,599
Caroline AltingRSU7,245—204,599
Joey KawajaRSU9,056—255,741
Richard BarkerRSU15,698—443,312
Jennie HowardRSU19,594—553,335
Caroline AltingRSU19,594—553,335
Robert EiflerRSU20,875—589,510
Joey KawajaRSU22,656—639,805
Richard BarkerRSU28,932—817,040
Jennie HowardRSU32,602—920,680
Caroline AltingRSU32,602—920,680
Robert EiflerRSU33,960—959,030
Joey KawajaRSU40,752—1,150,836
Jennie HowardRSU58,782—1,660,004
Caroline AltingPSU58,782—1,660,004
Joey KawajaRSU67,966—1,919,360
Richard BarkerRSU70,636—1,994,761
Robert EiflerRSU78,071—2,204,725
Richard BarkerRSU107,460—3,034,670
Robert EiflerRSU237,720—6,713,213
Robert EiflerRSU364,326—10,288,566
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Charles M. SledgeIndependent · Board Chair · Audit · Compensation · Nominating Governance$191,484$255,316——$10,798$457,598
Claus V. HemmingsenIndependent · Nominating Governance (Chair) · Safety Sustainability (Chair)148,484192,691——12,430353,605
Kristin H. HolthIndependent · Audit · Safety Sustainability · Not standing for re-election132,000192,691——11,906336,597
Alan J. HirshbergIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating Governance130,000192,691——12,270334,961
H. Keith JenningsIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Safety Sustainability133,984192,691——8,150334,825
Patrice DouglasIndependent · Audit · Compensation120,000192,691——4,254316,945
Alastair MaxwellIndependent · Departed during FY50,984192,691——14,786258,461
Ann D. PickardIndependent · Departed during FY46,071192,691——15,566254,328

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$100,000
Annual equity retainer$200,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)30,000 / 20,000 / 20,000
Stock ownership guidelineUnless a Director is making reasonable progress to satisfy the policy holding requirements, a Director may not sell or dispose of shares for cash.

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$953,007
Equity awards (grant-date value)$1,604,153
All other compensation$90,160
Total cost of the board$2,647,320

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Noble as a peer

Companies that benchmark against NE

2 companies name NE as a compensation peer

The list of companies that name NE as a peer is temporarily unavailable — recheck shortly.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

The companies Noble Corp plc names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Nabors Industries Ltd.2025Anthony Petrello$1,750,000$5,352,354$0$2,049,275$29,636,103
2Baker Hughes Company2025Lorenzo Simonelli1,710,00013,310,81903,557,70621,363,825
3TechnipFMC plc2025Douglas Pferdehirt1,450,00012,361,64003,501,75017,816,188
4Halliburton Company2025Jeffrey Miller1,700,0007,992,78205,944,83616,525,407
5Weatherford International plc2025Girishchandra Saligram1,254,8089,969,03501,735,29613,022,298
6NOV Inc.2025Clay Williams1,000,0009,576,940899,2081,129,49212,713,187
7Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.2025William Hendricks1,300,0008,497,99102,264,33012,077,321
8Noble Corp plc2025Robert Eifler995,8338,750,62601,488,65111,885,455
9Helmerich & Payne, Inc.2025John Lindsay1,179,9095,749,95701,559,0169,010,799
10Transocean Ltd.2025Keelan Adamson933,3335,771,95701,820,0008,793,715
11Oceaneering International, Inc.2025Roderick Larson910,0002,027,79604,282,4257,735,670
12Murphy Oil Corporation2025Eric Hambly950,0004,917,31501,324,0637,651,445
13Valaris Limited2025Anton Dibowitz950,0003,861,42501,223,6006,054,415
14Seadrill Limited2025Simon Johnson800,0004,264,8030721,5865,851,948

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Noble Corp plcnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Baker Hughes Company113.5%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Relative TSRFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Halliburton Companynot disclosednot disclosedYes — Total Shareholder Return (TSR)not disclosed
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.109.09%PSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR)Willis Towers Watson
Murphy Oil Corporationnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners LLC
Nabors Industries Ltd.not disclosednot disclosedYes — Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)Pay Governance
NOV Inc.87%PSU 50 · RSU 40 · Options 10Yes — TSR (total shareholder return) goalMeridian Compensation Partners
Oceaneering International, Inc.124%not disclosedYes — Relative TSRMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50Yes — Total Stockholder Return (TSR)Pay Governance LLC
Seadrill Limitednot disclosedPRSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedLB&Co.
TechnipFMC plcnot disclosedPSU 70 · RSU 30Yes — Relative TSRPearl Meyer & Partners, LLC
Transocean Ltd.not disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50NoPay Governance LLC
Valaris Limitednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Weatherford International plc92.3%PSU 75 · RSU 25NoLB&Co.

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-04-29127,864,6382,809,7055,190,18697.85%Passed
20252025-05-08117,454,0363,057,4706,115,85397.46%Passed
20242024-03-19109,681,2712,723,9158,206,89297.58%Passed
20232023-05-0296,849,792384,057418,96699.61%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-04-2997.85%a
20252025-05-0897.46%b
20242024-03-1997.58%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)71 : 1
CEO total compensation—
Median employee compensation—
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (46 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, Robert Eifler. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 11,885,455. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Richard Barker. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 4,356,968. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Joey Kawaja. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 3,172,803. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jennie Howard. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 2,650,390. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Caroline Alting. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Summary Compensation Table” · page 44. As printed: 2,552,421. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Richard Barker RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Caroline Alting RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jennie Howard RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Eifler RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Robert Eifler PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Caroline Alting PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Richard Barker PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jennie Howard PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Joey Kawaja RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Joey Kawaja PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 71 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Charles M. Sledge. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 457,598. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Claus V. Hemmingsen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 353,605. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Kristin H. Holth. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 336,597. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Alan J. Hirshberg. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 334,961. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, H. Keith Jennings. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 334,825. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Patrice Douglas. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 316,945. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Alastair Maxwell. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 258,461. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ann D. Pickard. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 254,328. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-04-30. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.85% (votes for as printed: 127,864,638). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-09. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.46% (votes for as printed: 117,454,036). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-21. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.58% (votes for as printed: 109,681,271). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 953,007 + equity 1,604,153 + all other 90,160 = 2,647,320, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Nabors Industries Ltd., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Nabors Industries Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 29,636,103. View filing ↗
  • Baker Hughes Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Baker Hughes Company's own proxy. As printed: 21,363,825. View filing ↗
  • TechnipFMC plc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-19. CEO total compensation as printed in TechnipFMC plc's own proxy. As printed: 17,816,188. View filing ↗
  • Halliburton Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Halliburton Company's own proxy. As printed: 16,525,407. View filing ↗
  • Weatherford International plc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Weatherford International plc's own proxy. As printed: 13,022,298. View filing ↗
  • NOV Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-09. CEO total compensation as printed in NOV Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,713,187. View filing ↗
  • Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-13. CEO total compensation as printed in Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 12,077,321. View filing ↗
  • Noble Corp plc (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Noble Corp plc's own proxy. As printed: 11,885,455. View filing ↗
  • Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Helmerich & Payne, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 9,010,799. View filing ↗
  • Transocean Ltd., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Transocean Ltd.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,793,715. View filing ↗
  • Oceaneering International, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Oceaneering International, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,735,670. View filing ↗
  • Murphy Oil Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Murphy Oil Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 7,651,445. View filing ↗
  • Valaris Limited, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Valaris Limited's own proxy. As printed: 6,054,415. View filing ↗
  • Seadrill Limited, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-20. CEO total compensation as printed in Seadrill Limited's own proxy. As printed: 5,851,948. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. names Noble Corp plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Nabors Industries Ltd. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Nabors Industries Ltd. names Noble Corp plc in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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