NOBLE GROUP LIMITED: NOTICE OF A DIRECTOR'S (INCLUDING A DIRECTOR WHO IS A SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER) INTEREST AND CHANGE IN INTEREST

Notice of Interest/Change in Interest
* Asterisks denote mandatory information
Name of Announcer *	NOBLE GROUP LIMITED
Company Registration No.	N.A.
Announcement submitted on behalf of	NOBLE GROUP LIMITED
Announcement is submitted with respect to *	NOBLE GROUP LIMITED
Announcement is submitted by *	Chee Ying LIM
Designation *	Company Secretary
Date & Time of Broacast	16-Jan-2012 18:37:03
Announcement No.	00093
Price Sensitivity	No

>> Announcement Details

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>> Part I
1. Date of notice to issuer *	16/01/2012
2. Name of Director *	Alan Howard Smith
3. Please tick one or more appropriate box(es): *
- Notice of a Director's (including a director who is a substantial shareholder) Interest and Change in Interest. [Please complete Part II and IV]

>> Part II
1. Date of change of Deemed Interest	16/01/2012
2. Name of Registered Holder	SPV Assets Limited
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	# Others
# Please specify details	Purchase of 1,000,000 Noble Group Limited convertible bonds.
4. Information relating to shares held in the name of the Registered Holder
No. of Options held before the change	0
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %
No. of Options which are subject of this notice	1,000,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %
Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per share paid or received	1.32
No. of Options held after the change	1,000,000
As a percentage of issued share capital

>> Part III
1. Date of change of [Select Option]
2. The change in the percentage level	From % to %
3. Circumstance(s) giving rise to the interest or change in interest	[Select Option]
# Please specify details
4. A statement of whether the change in the percentage level is the result of a transaction or a series of transactions

>> Part IV
1. Holdings of Director, including direct and deemed interest:
	Direct	Deemed
No. of shares held before the change	0	0
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %	0 %
No. of shares held after the change	0	1,000,000
As a percentage of issued share capital	0 %	0 %

Footnotes

Amount of consideration (excluding brokerage and stamp duties) per convertible bond paid was USD1.32 The convertible bonds are convertible into fully paid ordinary shares pursuant to the terms and conditions of Noble Group Limited's offering circular dated 12 June 2007. SPV Assets Limited is owned by Standard Bank Trustee as trustee of A. H. Smith family trust.