Sec Form 13G Filing - GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP @ Noble Corp plc

Sec Form 13G Filing - GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP filing for Noble Corp plc (NE) - 2023-02-13

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Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

Schedule 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

Information to be Included in Statements Filed Pursuant

to § 240.13d-1(b), (c) and (d) and Amendments Thereto Filed

Pursuant to § 240.13d-2

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

Noble Corporation plc

(Name of Issuer)

A Ordinary Shares

(Title of Class of Securities)

G6610J209

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2022

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

☐ Rule 13d-1(b)

☐ Rule 13d-1(c)

☒ Rule 13d-1(d)

*	The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


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ITEM 1. (a) Name

of Issuer:

Noble Corporation plc (the “Issuer”).

(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar Land, TX 77478

ITEM 2. (a) Name

of Person Filing:

Each of the following is hereinafter individually referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.” This statement is filed on behalf of:

GoldenTree Asset Management LP (the “Investment Manager”)

GoldenTree Asset Management LLC (“IMGP”)

Steven A. Tananbaum

(b)

Address or Principal Business Office:

The principal business address of each of the Reporting Persons is 300 Park Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10022.

(c)

Citizenship of each Reporting Person is:

Investment Manager and IMGP are organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mr. Tananbaum is a citizen of the United States.

(d)

Title of Class of Securities:

A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”).

(e)

CUSIP Number:

G6610J209

ITEM 3.

Not applicable.


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ITEM 4.

Ownership.

(a-c)

The ownership information presented below represents beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares of the Issuer as of the date hereof, based upon 130,840,740 Ordinary Shares outstanding as of October 28, 2022, based on the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2022.


Reporting Person	Amount beneficially owned		Percent of class:			Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:		Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:		Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:		Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
GoldenTree Asset Management LP		697,946		0.5	%		0		697,946		0		697,946
GoldenTree Asset Management LLC		697,946		0.5	%		0		697,946		0		697,946
Steven A. Tananbaum		697,946		0.5	%		0		697,946		0		697,946

The securities reported in the table above include (i) 433,086 Ordinary Shares and (ii) 264,860 Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of certain warrants (the “Warrants”) held of record by certain managed accounts (collectively, the “Accounts”) for which the Investment Manager serves as investment manager. Mr. Tananbaum is the managing member of IMGP, which is the general partner of the Investment Manager. As a result of these relationships, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by the Accounts.

Pursuant to the terms of the Warrants, the Investment Manager may exercise the Warrants only to the extent that doing so would not result in the Reporting Persons becoming the beneficial owners of more than 9.9% of the then-outstanding Ordinary Shares, after accounting for the Ordinary Shares to be issued at the time of any such Warrant exercise.

ITEM 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the Reporting Persons have ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ☒

ITEM 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not applicable.


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ITEM 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

Not applicable.

ITEM 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not applicable.

ITEM 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10.

Certification.

Not applicable.


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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: February 13, 2023


GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP
By: GoldenTree Asset Management LLC, its general partner

By:		/s/ Steven A. Tananbaum
Name:		Steven A. Tananbaum
Title:		Managing Member

GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

By:		/s/ Steven A. Tananbaum
Name:		Steven A. Tananbaum
Title:		Managing Member

STEVEN A. TANANBAUM

/s/ Steven A. Tananbaum


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LIST OF EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.		Description

99		Joint Filing Agreement (previously filed).

Names of Reporting Persons

GoldenTree Asset Management LP

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a) ☐ (b) ☐

SEC Use Only

Citizenship or Place of Organization

Delaware