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Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER

THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2)

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

31-0841368

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

800 Nicollet Mall

Minneapolis, Minnesota

  55402
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Alejandro Hoyos

U.S. Bank National Association

8 Greenway Plz Ste 1100, Houston, Texas 77046-0892

(713) 212-7576

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

Noble Finance Company*

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   98-0366361

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800

Sugar Land, Texas

  77478
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

* Additional Registrants listed on Schedule A hereto

11%/ 13%/ 15% Senior Secured PIK Toggle Notes due 2028 Guarantees

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 


Schedule A

ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Additional Registrant as Specified in  its Charter*

  

State or Other Jurisdiction

of
Incorporation or

Organization

  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

Bully 1 (Switzerland) GmbH**    Switzerland    98-0568935
Noble BD LLC    Delaware    82-5210197
Noble Cayman SCS Holding Ltd    Cayman Islands    98-1350467
Noble Contracting II GmbH**    Switzerland    —  
Noble Drilling (Guyana) Inc.***    Guyana    98-1405736
Noble Drilling (Norway) AS    Norway    52-2239546
Noble Drilling (TVL) Ltd.    Cayman Islands    —  
Noble Drilling (U.S.) LLC    Delaware    76-0295031
Noble Drilling Doha LLC    Doha, Qatar    —  
Noble Drilling International GmbH**    Switzerland    98-0688632

Noble Drilling Services LLC (f/k/a Noble Drilling Services Inc.)

   Delaware    76-0295033
Noble DT LLC    Delaware    84-3405555
Noble International Finance Company    Cayman Islands    98-0655893
Noble Leasing (Switzerland) GmbH**    Switzerland    98-0566694
Noble Leasing III (Switzerland) GmbH**    Switzerland    98-0631434
Noble Resources Limited    Cayman Islands    98-1096876
Noble Rig Holding 2 Limited    Cayman Islands    98-1461033
Noble Rig Holding I Limited    Cayman Islands    98-1443703
Noble SA Limited    Cayman Islands    98-1343368
Noble Services Company LLC    Delaware    85-3318770
Noble Services International Limited    Cayman Islands    98-1096893

 

*

Each additional registrant is a wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of Noble Finance Company. Unless otherwise indicated, the address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each additional registrant’s principal executive offices is 13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar Land, Texas 77478, telephone (281) 276-6100. The primary standard industrial classification code number of each of the additional registrants is 1381. The name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the agent for service for each of the additional registrants is Richard B. Barker, 13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar Land, Texas 77478, telephone (281) 276-6100.

**

The address, including zip code, of such registrant’s principal executive offices is Dorfstrasse 19a, Baar Switzerland 6340.

***

The address, including zip code, of such registrant’s principal executive offices is 63 Hadfield & Cross Streets, Werk-en Rust, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana.

The address, including zip code, of such registrant’s principal executive offices is Hinna Park Jåttåvågveien 7, Bygg B,PO Box 370, Stavanger, Norway 4067.

The address, including zip code, of such registrant’s principal executive offices is Salam Globex Business Center, The Gate- Tower II, Office 807, 8th Level, PO Box 14023, West Bay, Doha, Qatar.


Item 1.

GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee.

 

  a)

Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Comptroller of the Currency

Washington, D.C.

 

  b)

Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

Item 2.

AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

Items 3-15

Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

 

Item 16.

LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.

 

  1.

A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee.*

 

  2.

A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2.

 

  3.

A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, attached as Exhibit 3.

 

  4.

A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee.**

 

  5.

A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable.

 

  6.

The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6.

 

  7.

Report of Condition of the Trustee as of December 31, 2020 published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 

*

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on S-4, Registration Number 333-128217 filed on November 15, 2005.

**

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to registration statement on form S-3ASR, Registration Number 333-199863 filed on November 5, 2014.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Houston, State of Texas on the 6th day of April, 2021.

 

By:  

/s/ Alejandro Hoyos

  Alejandro Hoyos
  Vice President


Exhibit 2

 

LOGO  

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

     Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE

I, Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

2. “U.S. Bank National Association,” Cincinnati, Ohio (Charter No. 24), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, December 4, 2020, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia

 

 

LOGO

 

 
  Acting Comptroller of the Currency  

 

LOGO

2021-00217-C


Exhibit 3

 

LOGO  

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

     Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that:

1. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations.

2. “U.S. Bank National Association,” Cincinnati, Ohio (Charter No. 24), was granted, under the hand and seal of the Comptroller, the right to act in all fiduciary capacities authorized under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 668, 12 USC 92a, and that the authority so granted remains in full force and effect on the date of this certificate.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, December 4, 2020, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia.

 

 

LOGO

 

 
  Acting Comptroller of the Currency  

 

LOGO

2021-00217-C


Exhibit 6

CONSENT

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

Dated: April 6, 2021

 

By:  

/s/ Alejandro Hoyos

  Alejandro Hoyos
  Vice President


Exhibit 7

U.S. Bank National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of 12/31/2020

($000’s)

 

     12/31/2020  

Assets

  

Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions

   $ 62,424,852  

Securities

     135,372,305  

Federal Funds

     149  

Loans & Lease Financing Receivables

     299,153,643  

Fixed Assets

     7,454,095  

Intangible Assets

     12,786,750  

Other Assets

     27,582,366  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 544,774,160  

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   $ 442,835,836  

Fed Funds

     1,175,229  

Treasury Demand Notes

     0  

Trading Liabilities

     1,036,903  

Other Borrowed Money

     27,992,840  

Acceptances

     0  

Subordinated Notes and Debentures

     3,850,000  

Other Liabilities

     14,494,315  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ 491,385,123  

Equity

  

Common and Preferred Stock

     18,200  

Surplus

     14,266,915  

Undivided Profits

     38,303,599  

Minority Interest in Subsidiaries

     800,323  
  

 

 

 

Total Equity Capital

   $ 53,389,037  

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

     $544,774,160