NOBLE CORPORATION1991 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan • November 4th, 2009 • Noble Corp / Switzerland • Drilling oil & gas wells
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, Reorganization and Consolidation (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) dated as of December 19, 2008, by and among the Company, Noble Corporation, a Cayman Islands company, and Noble Cayman Acquisition Ltd., a Cayman Islands company, on March 27, 2009, the Company assumed and became the plan sponsor of the Noble Corporation 1991 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “1991 Plan”); and
