ENSCO PLC Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • September 29th, 2014 • Ensco PLC • Drilling oil & gas wells • New York
Contract Type FiledSeptember 29th, 2014 Company Industry JurisdictionEnsco 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, $625,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.50% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Securities”) and $625,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.75% Senior Notes due 2044 (the “2044 Securities” and, together with the 2024 Securities, the “Securities”), to be issued under the Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of March 17, 2011, between the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the second supplemental indenture thereto to be dated the Closing Date (as defined herein) (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 Represe