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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

Pacific Drilling S.A.+

   Luxembourg    98-1465724

 

*

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.

+

The address, including zip code, of such registrant’s principal executive offices is 25B, Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


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 September 30, 2021 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 305(b)(2), Registration Number 333-229783 filed on June 21, 2021.


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 22nd day of December, 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, Michael J. Hsu, 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, July 23, 2021, 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

2021-00903-C


Exhibit 3

 

LOGO  

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

 

 

 

Washington, DC 20219

CERTIFICATE OF FIDUCIARY POWERS

I, Michael J. Hsu, 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, July 23, 2021, 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

2021-00903-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: December 22, 2021

 

By:  

/s/ Alejandro Hoyos

  Alejandro Hoyos
  Vice President


Exhibit 7

U.S. Bank National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of 9/30/2021

($000’s)

 

     9/30/2021  

Assets

  

Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions

   $ 63,715,510  

Securities

     148,000,109  

Federal Funds

     22,403  

Loans & Lease Financing Receivables

     298,005,995  

Fixed Assets

     6,031,305  

Intangible Assets

     13,529,305  

Other Assets

     27,506,020  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 556,810,647  

Liabilities

  

Deposits

   $ 449,625,649  

Fed Funds

     2,016,875  

Treasury Demand Notes

     0  

Trading Liabilities

     1,136,642  

Other Borrowed Money

     33,001,952  

Acceptances

     0  

Subordinated Notes and Debentures

     3,600,000  

Other Liabilities

     14,733,477  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

   $ 504,114,595  

Equity

  

Common and Preferred Stock

     18,200  

Surplus

     14,266,915  

Undivided Profits

     37,606,027  

Minority Interest in Subsidiaries

     804,910  
  

 

 

 

Total Equity Capital

   $ 52,696,052  

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

   $ 556,810,647