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Contract Type FiledDecember 19th, 2016 Company IndustryRe: Registration Statement on Form S-3 relating to the U.S.$500,000,000 7.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) issued by Rowan Companies, Inc. (the “Issuer”) and guaranteed by the Guarantor
ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. as the Company ROWAN COMPANIES PLC as Guarantor and as Trustee EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of December 19, 2016 to INDENTURE Dated as of July 21, 2009Eighth Supplemental Indenture • December 19th, 2016 • Rowan Companies PLC • Drilling oil & gas wells • New York
Contract Type FiledDecember 19th, 2016 Company Industry JurisdictionEIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 19, 2016 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among ROWAN COMPANIES, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), ROWAN COMPANIES PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Rowan UK”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a nationally chartered banking association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (in such capacity, the “Trustee”).