Paragon Completes Spin-Off from Noble

Paragon Offshore announced Monday the completion of its spin-off from Noble Corporation into a separate, publicly-traded company that owns and operates standard specification offshore drilling rigs.

On August 1, 2014, Noble distributed to its shareholders one ordinary share of Paragon for every three ordinary shares of Noble held at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the record date of the distribution, July 23, 2014. No fractional Paragon shares were issued; however, shareholders who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fractional Paragon share in the distribution instead received cash in lieu of that fractional share.

Paragon ordinary shares will begin "regular-way" trading under the symbol "PGN" on the New York Stock Exchange on August 4, 2014.