ENSCO PLC Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • March 16th, 2011 • Ensco PLC • Drilling oil & gas wells • New York
Ensco plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.250% Senior Notes due 2016 and $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.700% Senior Notes due 2021 (collectively, the “Securities”), to be issued under an indenture (the “Base Indenture”) to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined herein), between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture thereto to be dated the Closing Date (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, the Base Indenture so supplemented, the “Indenture”). To the extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you, the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and
