CREDIT AGREEMENT among NOBLE CORPORATION, NOBLE HOLDING (U.S.) CORPORATION, NOBLE DRILLING CORPORATION, and GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as Lender and Administrative Agent Dated as of December 22, 2005Credit Agreement • December 28th, 2005 • Noble Corp • Drilling oil & gas wells • New York
Contract Type FiledDecember 28th, 2005 Company Industry JurisdictionCREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as December 22, 2005, among NOBLE CORPORATION, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (“Parent”), NOBLE HOLDING (U.S.) CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“NHC” and, together with Parent, the “Parent Guarantors”), NOBLE DRILLING CORPORATION (the “Borrower”), a Delaware corporation, and GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. (“GSCP”), as initial Lender and Administrative Agent (in such capacity the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein and defined in Section 10 are used herein as so defined.