Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
X	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Richards Jon L. (Last) (First) (Middle) 777 N. ELDRIDGE PKWY SUITE 1100 (Street) HOUSTON TX 77079 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC. [ DO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SVP & Chief Operating Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/04/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	09/04/2024		D(1)(2)		87,473	D	(1)(2)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units	(1)(3)	09/04/2024	(1)(3)	M			45,907	(1)(3)	(1)(3)	Common Stock	45,907	(1)(3)	0	D
Performance Stock Units	(1)(4)	09/04/2024	(1)(4)	M			165,558	(1)(4)	(1)(4)	Common Stock	128,984	(1)(4)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 4 reports securities disposed of in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated June 9, 2024, by and among Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales ("Noble"), Dolphin Merger Sub 1, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Noble ("Merger Sub 1"), and Dolphin Merger Sub 2, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Noble ("Merger Sub 2"), under which, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub 1 merged with and into the Issuer (the "first merger"), with the Issuer surviving and becoming an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Noble, and immediately thereafter, the Issuer, as the surviving entity in the first merger, merged with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 surviving and continuing as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Noble.

2. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the first merger (the "effective time"), each share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Issuer ("Diamond Offshore common stock") beneficially owned by the Reporting Person was exchanged for the right to receive the following: (a) $5.65 in cash, without interest, per share of Diamond Offshore common stock; (b) 0.2316 of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable A ordinary shares, $0.00001 nominal value per share, of Noble ("Noble ordinary shares"); and (c) any cash in lieu of fractional Noble ordinary shares paid pursuant to the Merger Agreement (collectively, the Merger Consideration").

3. Reported securities represent time-vesting restricted stock units granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 2021 Long-Term and represent the right to receive, upon vesting, shares of Diamond Offshore common stock. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time, the time-vesting restricted stock units ceased to represent a right to receive shares of Diamon Offshore common stock and were converted into time-vesting restricted stock units representing the right to receive, upon vesting, Noble ordinary shares upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.

4. Reported securities represent performance-vesting restricted stock units granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan and represent the right to receive, upon vesting, shares of Diamond Offshore common stock. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time, the performance-vesting restricted stock units ceased to represent a right to receive shares of Diamon Offshore common stock and were converted into time-vesting restricted stock units representing the right to receive, upon vesting, Noble ordinary shares upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.

	/s/ Terence W. Waldorf Attorney-in-Fact for, as Attorney-in-Fact for Jon L. Richards	09/04/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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