Barker Richard B. 4

What Happened Richard B. Barker, EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Noble Corp (NE), reported the sale of 20,000 shares on February 19, 2026. The shares were disposed at $42.96 per share, for a total transaction value of $859,200. This was a sale (transaction code S), which is typically a routine disposition rather than a buy signal.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-02-19 — 20,000 shares at $42.96 each.
• Total value: $859,200.
• Transaction type/code: Sale (S) — noted as "open market or private sale" in the filing.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Filing: Form 4 filed 2026-02-20 (Accession No. 0001895262-26-000095) — filed the next day, which is timely under typical reporting rules.
• Notable footnotes: No 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding, or other special footnotes were reported in the excerpt provided.

Context Sales by officers are common and do not by themselves indicate company performance or insider sentiment. Because this was a straight sale (not an option exercise or gift), there’s no immediate tax-withholding or cashless-exercise context noted. Retail investors should view this as factual reporting of insider activity rather than a directional endorsement.