0001193125-15-412443.txt : 20151223 0001193125-15-412443.hdr.sgml : 20151223 20151223135043 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-412443 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151223 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20151223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151223 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Noble Corp plc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001458891 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381] IRS NUMBER: 980619597 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36211 FILM NUMBER: 151305213 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: DEVONSHIRE HOUSE STREET 2: 1 MAYFAIR PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1J8AJ BUSINESS PHONE: 44 20 3008 7597 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: DEVONSHIRE HOUSE STREET 2: 1 MAYFAIR PLACE CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1J8AJ FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOBLE CORP plc DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20131119 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Noble Corp / Switzerland DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090318 8-K 1 d109212d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): December 23, 2015

 

 

NOBLE CORPORATION plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

England and Wales   001-36211   98-0619597

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

   (Commission file number)   (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

 

Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place

London, England

   W1J8AJ
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +44 20 3300 2300

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Noble Corporation plc (the “Company”) is required under United Kingdom accounting rules, which apply to the Company as a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, to provide the following statement to its shareholders regarding a change in the financial reporting standard for the Company’s U.K. statutory accounts. The change to the Company’s U.K. statutory accounts discussed below will have no effect on the Company’s financials prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any U.S. filing requirement.

Adoption of Financial Reporting Standard (“FRS”) 101—The financial reporting standard applicable in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland

Following the publication of FRS 100 Application of Financial Reporting Requirements by the Financial Reporting Council, the Company is required to change its accounting framework for its U.K. statutory Accounts, which is currently prepared under U.K. GAAP, for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2015. The Board of Directors considers it to be in the best interest of the Company to adopt FRS 101—The financial reporting standard applicable in the U.K. and Republic of Ireland.

The Company intends to utilize the disclosure exemptions available under the U.K. GAAP framework. No disclosures in the current U.K. GAAP statutory financial statements (for the year ended December 31, 2014) have been omitted on the adoption of FRS 101 for the year ending December 31, 2015. A shareholder or shareholders holding in aggregate of 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding shares may serve objections to the use of the disclosure exemptions in writing to its registered office listed above not later than February 15, 2016.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  NOBLE CORPORATION plc
Date: December 23, 2015   By:  

/s/ James A. MacLennan

    James A. MacLennan
    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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