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JANUARY 2013ISSUE 35

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Little Hero, Big HeartWang Bin, Little Hero of the Sichuan Province earthquake continues to shine

any continue to be affected by the earthquake that

devastated the southwest of Sichuan Province in China on 12 May 2008.

Amongst the chaos, there were numerous acts of bravery. Wang Bin, only 8 years old at the time, escaped safely from the classroom after the earthquake but re-entered the school in an effort to save her classmates. Sadly, a collapsing wall fell on Wang Bin causing severe injuries to her right arm resulting in amputation.

A nationwide campaign, launched 3 weeks after the earthquake, featured various acts of bravery. Over 50 million votes, telephone calls, faxes and emails were tallied to determine the top 50 Little Heroes.

Wang Bin was recognized as one of these 50 Little Heroes. She was given an award by top official, Mr Li Changchun,

Mmember of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Noble Group made a substantial donation to a fund in Chongqing to rebuild the Li Rang (renamed Noble-Li Rang) Primary School in Liangping County. Noble’s Jeff Zhai, Henry Wang and Liu Ke represented Noble Group during the donation ceremony at the Chongqing Municipality Government Foreign Affairs Office Building.

Following the ceremony, they went to visit the children’s hospital in Chongqing where they met Wang Bin. Despite the tragedy of losing her right arm, Wang Bin greeted the Noble managers with a big smile and paintings completed with her left hand. Her optimism, determination and focus left such a positive impression that Noble decided to sponsor her continued education.

irst off, I want to wish a very Happy New Year to you and your

loved ones. I really hope that you have taken the opportunity to have a well earned break relaxing and enjoying the company of those that you hold dear.

On behalf of Richard and the entire Board of Directors, I would like to thank you for the energy, time and dedication you have given to Noble throughout 2012. I would especially like to thank many of our colleagues who worked right up to the last bell at the end of December making sure that the final “I’s” and “T’s” for 2012 were dotted and crossed so that we could start 2013 with a clean slate. The success of any organization is determined by the people who are part of it.

For me, the time spent in America with my family over the break was particularly precious, allowing me to re-charge the batteries and also

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(left to right) Liu Ke, Wang Bin’s mother, Wang Bin, Yusuf Alireza and Henrietta Lee

reflect on my first few months at Noble.

It is no secret that the world was a pretty challenging place in 2012 with even greater than normal uncertainty over the direction of the key economic drivers globally, whether in the established markets or the emerging economies where we have a particular focus.

The very fact that over the last year the operating environment was pretty hostile has, I believe, been a benefit to us all as it has enabled us to see where businesses make sense and which ones need additional support to be truly competitive on a sustainable basis.

A benign economic environment tends to mask the performances of businesses that are not positioned particularly well and a moderate performance from a poor business can all too easily lead to complacency and a lack of management rigor.

From my perspective, it has also been very useful to see

Wang Bin reminds us that heroes come in all ages

Wang Bin continues her studies in the Chongqing primary school whilst also having rehabilitation therapy for her missing limb.

This past August, Wang Bin and her mother travelled to Beijing to meet doctors for an artificial limb replacement. During this trip they were able to also visit the Noble office where they were warmly welcomed by CEO Yusuf Alireza and Beijing office staff.

We look forward to the continued growth of this Little Hero.

so many of our businesses operating in volatile and testing environments; whether it has been the Hards Platform handling extreme price volatility in areas such as Iron Ore, the Agri Platform operating in very challenging origination markets or the Energy Platform handling the disruptive emergence of shale gas.

In fact, the one thing that these events have reinforced for me is that Noble and its people thrive on change. I am more than ever convinced that the changes that we are seeing, and often already adapting to, are presenting us with unique opportunities that will shape the future of the company for a long time to come.

And this is why harnessing and embracing Change is the key challenge for us in 2013.

While there are signs that some of the drivers of volatility over the last 4+ years may be moderating, it is prudent to assume that the current

environment is the one that we have to be prepared to handle and we have to grab the opportunities that this offers as it will likely deter the more timid or resource constrained from driving forward.

This drive and desire to exploit change has always been the Noble Way, it is the Noble Way now and we must ensure that it will always be the Noble Way. We have always built our best businesses from adversity and we must continue to do so.

We need to challenge ourselves more than we have ever done before, making that extra trip to see a distant business prospect, harnessing the drive of our colleagues to make that extra meeting to discuss networking opportunities that another platform can offer in a distant market - while always asking how we can do things smarter, better and quicker than our very capable competitors.

Finally, both Richard and myself look forward to hosting what will be my first GSM. As always, it will be a great opportunity for the senior members of the firm to come

(left to right) Wang Bin’s mother, Wang Bin and Liu Ke catch up before taking a tour of the Beijing office

New Year's Message From the CEO

together and discuss and debate all the key opportunities and challenges that we face. I will make sure that the highlights and key messages from the GSM are distributed broadly so that everyone at Noble can benefit. Best Regards,

Yusuf AlirezaChief Executive Officer

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ficina Jovem Programme (OJP) began in 1997 with a

goal of professionally preparing students aged 8 to 16 for the real world. The programme started off modestly but currently includes over 140 students from the cities of Catanduva, Catiguá, Tabapuã and Novais.

The programme, lead by Eliete Palhares S. Benetti, Social Accountability Coordinator of Noble Bioenergia explains the four pillars of the programme, “to expand the opportunity for adolescents to prepare for personal and professional life, to promote the culture of work and social relations, to develop competencies adding social and community values,” and last pillar, “to contribute to the welfare of communities and sustainable development.”

This workshop provides tailor made courses to fulfil the needs of specific age groups. All students take part in workshops focused around communication, academics, fine arts & crafts,

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Oficina Jovem (Young Workshop) ProgrammePreparing students for the real world

Ochoir, physical education and games.

The older students have workshops to discuss citizenship, ethics, personal responsibility, health, drug prevention, cultural pluralism and environmental issues whereas the younger students have more simplified workshops that focus on communication, English language and ways to increase social skills through small group activities.

Eliete supports the workshop content to focus on everyday issues and current affairs to better prepare the students to

deal with real life situations. It also helps to discuss local issues because most of the time the students are directly affected by these issues, making them easier to relate to.

Noble Bioenergia has seen an increase of applicants each year.

In 2010, Eliete and her team invited a group of local teachers to the OJP to see how Noble Bioenergia’s initiative compared to other local school curriculums. All surveyed teachers commented how students in OJP were generally more disciplined, active, social and confident. OJP teachers

Oficina Jovem Choir performance

Making arts and crafts

Playing games to boost problem solving skills

and volunteers say it is very gratifying to see such positive results from the programme and they take great pride in knowing the workshops are helping prepare students personally and professionally.

Since the programme’s inception, Noble Bioenergia has hired 47 graduates. One of the OJP graduates, Amanda Neves, was hired after successfully completing the programme. Amanda enrolled in OJP when she was 8 years old and graduated in 2010 at the age of 16. Amanda quickly became a standout in the programme choir workshops and even released her first CD in 2012. In addition to her regular work responsibilities, Amanda was very instrumental with the production of the OJP Choir

CD. The last OJP CD was completed in 2005 so this new edition was much anticipated. (Copies of this CD are available in our Hong Kong office.)

There have been a number of success stories from the programme that further validate the importance of the programme. Indifferent to the situation the student is coming from, each individual has graduated better prepared for the world, both personally and professionally. Eliete’s final thought is, “the programme encounters its share of difficulties and limitations, but we have a team of teachers who run each workshop with a great deal of commitment and competence. All effort is then considered worthwhile when the purpose is praiseworthy.”

To expand the opportunity for adolescents to prepare for personal and professional life, to promote the culture of work and social relations, to develop competencies adding social and community values”

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outh Hook Gas has signed a framework agreement with Noble

Clean Fuels Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Noble Group, for access to spare LNG import capacity at the South Hook Terminal.

South Hook Gas already delivers gas to ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Europe and has regasification service agreements with Total Gas & Power, ConocoPhillips, EGL, Chevron and Trafigura.

Rashid Al-Marri, General Manager at South Hook Gas said, "We've said since starting operations that we wanted to help improve supply diversity and competition in the UK energy market. We're now supplying more gas into the UK than any other LNG shipper and by signing new access agreements such as this one with Noble, we're fulfilling our promises."

"We are pleased to sign this agreement, allowing us to unload LNG volumes destined for the UK downstream gas market, where we are already managing physical gas flows with assets such as the Holford underground gas storage facility. This contract

Sugar RushNew railroad terminal increases transportation efficiency for sugar mills

he railroad terminal in Votuporanga, completed in July, expedites the transportation pipeline for our Potirendaba, Sebastianópolis and Meridiano sugar mills.

Ricardo Nascimbeni, Logistics Director of Noble Brazil teamed with ALL (Logistics Latina America) Company to win the support of the local council that resulted in the construction and completion of this new railroad terminal, making the transport of sugar more efficient and competitive.

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Sadds to Noble's portfolio of flexible assets across the shipping, supply, regasfication and marketing elements of the LNG value chain in both the Atlantic and Pacific basins," said Alejandro Sanchez Gestido, Global Head of LNG at Noble.

South Hook Gas has supplied gas every day into the UK market since commencing operations in 2010, helping to improve security of supply. In little more than two

Signed and SealedSouth Hook Gas signs UK gas agreement with Noble Group

(left to right) David Beaton, Head of Power, Gas, Coal & Emissions Trading Europe, Noble Clean Fuels, Rashid Al-Marri, General Manager, South Hook Gas, and Brad Blesie, Head of Business Development, European Power & Gas, Noble Clean Fuels

years, the company has grown rapidly and can fulfil around 20% of the UK's gas needs.

Natural gas is a flexible and safe energy source that can provide reliable back-up to intermittent renewable energy supplies such as wind and solar. As one of the cleanest burning hydrocarbons, it can also help the UK to achieve its greenhouse gas emissions targets as it has lower emissions than both coal and oil.

This contract adds to Noble's portfolio of flexible assets across the shipping, supply, regasfication and marketing elements of the LNG value chain in both the Atlantic and Pacific basins”

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n early August, Noble, along with three other partners, completed

construction of TPP, a port terminal in Mexico, which will be used to transport specialized bulk mineral and steel products.

TPP received clearance from the local customs authorities (SAT), declaring the terminal as operational and ready to receive material starting Friday, 3 August.

oble is always interested to get back to basics and finding

ways to increase community involvement. September was a big month as we had two opening ceremonies in the same week; a school in Vietnam and a playground in Tajikistan. Noble also has a number of locally run outreaches, offering support to various communities globally. After all, the children of today are the leaders of tomorrow so even more reason to ensure children are afforded the same basic needs such as a safe place to sleep and supportive place to learn.

In Hué, Vietnam, Noble funded the construction of a kindergarten called Bich Truc. This kindergarten is expected to provide a safe environment for 300 orphaned children to learn. Bich Truc opened its doors on 8 September 2012 and will be managed by the Swiss Foundation Les Enfants. This Foundation has been instrumental in providing nutritional, educational and social solutions to more than

Ready to OperateTerminales Portuarias del Pacifico S.A.P.I de C.V. (TPP)

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Doing the GroundworkNoble provides structure for our future generation

2500 underprivileged children throughout the city of Hué since 2003.

Noble has also sponsored the construction of a Children’s Playground in Tursunzade, Tajikistan. The opening ceremony took place the National Day weekend, 9 September 2012. Raj Kapoor of Noble Group and the local Mayor attended to jointly officially open the facility. This lego style concept facility includes a children’s playground, open air swimming pool and full size professional basketball court. It also incorporates two mini football pitches and a tennis court. The main building houses separate showers and changing rooms on the second floor with a fine arts performance room on the main floor.

Noble continues to explore various community projects that support children and education opportunities in various countries. Currently, our offices throughout SEA host food and book drives for children in communities throughout Indonesia.

(Tajikistan) Students enjoying their new playground

(Indonesia) Sugiantoro announces the CSR initiatives planned for the local community

(Vietnam) Students put on a performance(Tajikistan) Raj Kapoor and local

Mayor cut the ceremonial ribbon

Aerial view of the Terminales Portuarias del Pacifico S.A.P.I. de C.V.

(Indonesia) Children who have received Noble books and clothing

(Tajikistan) Children play fooseball in the new facility

(Vietnam) Bich Truc school grand opening ceremony

(Tajikistan) Opening ceremony for Tajikistan Children’s Playground

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oble Cotton met in Hong Kong for the International Cotton

Association (ICA) trade show. Noble, having a strong presence in the industry, hosted two client events; an open house in our Hong Kong office and a cocktail event at the Grand Hyatt.

This is the first year the ICA trade event was held outside of Liverpool and it was considered a success with over 1,000 delegates registered from all over the world.

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Cotton in BloomNoble shows strong presence in Hong Kong

Radio BioenergiaA new communication tool

Grains & Oilseeds OffsiteOne goal – One team!

o-ordinated by the Communications department of Noble’s

sugar mills, Radio Bioenergia has gained popularity bringing news, information and entertainment to employees working in the rural areas in Brazil.

Radio Bioenergia was launched in June and broadcasts include, “Special Interviews” hosted by managers and directors, “Musical Moments”

Cwhich allow employees to send song dedications while “Journal Bioenergia” covers press releases and “Time Listener” offers raffles and gifts to lucky listeners.

This programme is produced and edited in a university in the city of São José do Rio Preto. Once completed, the recording is transposed onto 150 UBS drives that are distributed to the bus drivers who then play Radio Bioenergia for all workers.

aul Marland, Global head of Grains & Oilseeds (G&O), hosted

the annual G&O Meeting in Evian, France. The multiple day offsite started with presentations and discussions and finished with a team building rafting event down the Dranse River.

The Dranse River Valley was a perfect location for the rafting trip. The day started with a bit of rain during the safety briefing but then the sky cleared as the team was split into smaller groups and

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White water rafting down the Dranse River

It’s the calm before the storm!

Noble Cotton team poses with candy floss girl

(Left) Hank Gray (Cotton, Houston), William Turner (Cotton, Houston),William Wickham (Cotton, Houston) and Michael von Luehrte (Agri Research, Geneva)

(left) Wildrik De Blank (Treasury, HK), Ernesto Leon-Gambetta

(Deputy CEO Agri, Stamford) and Kristiaan Behiels (Risk, HK)

Noble Cotton is hands-on from field to fabric

given a raft. Each small group was challenged to navigate down the river together. Some rafts capsized before finding their stride but by the end of the day, everyone was showing off their new rafting skills! And abilities to navigate the river as a single team!

Many laughs were shared as the G&O team hiked to a clearing in the forest for a well earned lunch after rafting.

The theme of the G&O offsite: One goal – One team!

G&O group shot

Safety briefing before entering the water

Paul Marland (Grains&Oilseeds, Geneva) explaining new G&O strategy

The team works together to save a raft that has flipped over! YIKES!

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OrientationTrainees participate in breakfast with COO

Asia Society Trainee & Alumni gala dinner

n 26 July, Mauricio Mizrahi welcomed Noble Bioenergia trainees.

The day started with breakfast followed by a series of discussions on communications, teamwork and other Noble practices.

Noble Group has been a supporter of the Asia Society Hong Kong Center (ASHK) and tries to attend events whenever possible. On 21 November, a handful of Hong Kong based colleagues were fortunate enough to attend an ASHK event featuring guest speaker, Niall Ferguson. The evening was so successful a handful of Noble staff continued the discussion post event.

Noble Group was awarded the Forbes “Fab 50” for the seventh consecutive year. This award recognizes the top 50 publicly traded companies in Asia-Pacific who have managed to thrive amid decelerating growth and unstable markets throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Over 50 colleagues attended Thomas Alderweireld’s presentation on quantitative analysis at Noble Hong Kong, making it one of the best attended Lunch & Learns to date. The session was held on 23 August in the Hong Kong office.

The event was held at Hotel Saint Paul, in São José do Rio Preto

Trainees and alumni enjoy a meal together at the JW Marriott

Thomas promised to explain what his team does without any formula in his

presentation. He kept his promise!

Forbes Fab 50Companies with the secret to success

(Left) Miriam Elman (HR, HK) and (Right) Jessica Corvo (Investor Relations, HK) pose with Professor Niall Ferguson

Lunch and LearnNoble Quantitative Research: A guide to Noble ‘quants’

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1,000 Days!Keeping it safe in Australia

Child Friendly CompanyTwo years and counting

Sebastianópolis Breaks Record A year without accidents for sugar mill

International Bulk Journal AwardsChartering successfully through murky water

S.H.E.Safety alert!

ur first sugar mill, UNP in Sebastianópolis, was just recognized

for being accident free for a whole year. A combination of constant training and adjustment to operations has allowed us to reach our target of maximum production capacity (doing so safely).

A key milestone was reached at Moolarben during the quarter when, at the end of July, the operation recorded 1,000 days Lost Time Injury free. The mine remained LTI free at the end of the quarter.

It is with great pleasure that we announce Noble Brazil S/A was recognized as a Child Friendly Company for the second consecutive year.

Noble Brazil S/A is authorized to continue using the Seal Child Friendly Company for another year due to its continuous commitments to adolescents. Noble Brazil has various programmes dedicated to

The Noble Chartering team received IBJ’s People Development Award on 19 November. Criteria needed to win this award include outstanding work ethic, commitment to their company and its people along with implementing training programmes for various levels of management. Nigel Herdman, Director in Noble London received the award on behalf of Noble.

Noble Bioenergia takes great pride in regularly disseminating information throughout all industrial units to ensure the maximum amount of self awareness and of course, SAFETY.S.H.E. stands for safety, health and environment.

Noble commitments • Provide a safe work environment• Compliance with legal requirements and procedures• Active participation for sustainable development and social responsibility practices• Regular monitoring of SHE efforts• Continuously strive for best practices

Our Brazil office proudly displays a copy of the 2012 Child Friendly

Company diploma

Achieving this goal took efforts from various parts of the mill. Luiz Fabiano de Azevedo, Industry Manager, explained how investing in safety was a large component that underpinned success.

Sidney Carlos Ribeiro dos Santos Filho, Manager of Health, Safety and

Environment, also attributes success to monitoring the use of safety equipment, by employees and contractors, and the work processes performed.

We are very pleased to have such a strong team that continues to work together to reach our goals for safety and efficiency. Congratulations to all.

Rules of SHE Safety, Health & Environment

For Noble, the human being has a value that is above all other goals and priorities of the company.

The safety, human health and environmental protection will not be compromised by any emergency situation, production or income and every employee or partner of Noble will not be required to perform labors that compromise this rules.

All employees and partners of Noble have a duty to understand, promote and support the implementation of these rules.

A work ambience free of all incidents with and without injury;

Active participation of all to the sustainable development and social responsibility practices;

Compliance with all applicable legal requirements and procedures; Adequate communication in SHE with

all stakeholders;

Continuous improvement of our processes and results.

The evaluation and control of ambience aspects and risks to health and safety of operations in order to eliminate or minimize their impacts on the environment, employees, customers, suppliers and surrounding communities;

Measurement and evaluation of our SHE performance by providing the appropriate resource for service and monitoring of our results;

For that, we commit to:

ssmasegurança, saúde e meio ambiente

Maurício Mizhari CEO Noble Brazil

José Luiz GlaserCEO Agribusiness

(Center) Nigel Herdman (Director, UK) received the IBJ People Development Award on behalf of Noble Chartering

teaching adolescents specific trade skills, the importance of continued education and most importantly how to plan for their future.

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ChinaPlas 2012Noble and Natpet come together for annual trade show in China

World Wildlife FundCleaning up broken branches from Typhoon “Vincente”

Noble Polymers joined forces with Natpet in Shanghai, China for the annual ChinaPlas exhibition. The teams had representation from Singapore, Turkey, China and Saudi Arabia. Noble met with existing and new customers over the four-day event in April. ChinaPlas continues to be Asia’s No. 1 Plastics & Rubber Trade Fair with over 109,000 visitors from 150 countries.

WWF-Hong Kong began managing Mai Po Nature Reserve in 1984, and now is responsible for over 380 hectares of the reserve. This space is a mosaic of mangroves, fish ponds and reed beds. Maintenance is vital for the well being of not just the plant life but also the 325 species of birds, 400 species of insects and even a family of otters.

On 23 July, Typhoon Vincente made history in Hong Kong by being the first Hurricane Signal No. 10 since 1999. Fortunately damage was

Entrance to Shanghai Exhibit Center

Christopher Hogan (Polymers Managing Director, SG) discusses market conditions

Sharon Wong (IT, HK) works with other volunteers to clear broken branches

minimized, thanks to the early warning signs from the Hong Kong Observatory. However, since the Mai Po Nature Reserve was hit hard, the WWF asked us to help.

As a member of the WWF, Noble was happy to assist with a large scale clean-up effort at the nature reserve. Volunteers worked together to clear fallen trees and broken branches in the hopes of restoring the balance in the ecosystem for the rest of the plants and animals throughout the nature reserve.

WWF - Noble clean-up team

Ruisheng Chen (Operations, CN) offers information to potential customers

Noble Polymers and Natpet teams

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Gone Fishin’Fishing trip in Paraguay

Reading Marathon in LimaEncouraging young readers

Galicia MarathonRunning together to push limits

Each year, Noble Lima joins forces with Fundación Leer for its National Reading Marathon. This year, Valeria Andrades, Luciana Bisbano and Juan Bonomi attended the local 918 pre-school to share reading time with students and parents.

This is the fourth consecutive year that Noble Argentina took part in the 21 km race organized by Banco Galicia (Buenos Aires).

Noble had three teams, all finishing within 2 minutes of one another.

Noble Paraguay celebrated their second fishing trip with employees, clients and suppliers in Vale da Lua Inn, at the edge of the Parana River in Ayolas, Misiones County, Paraguay.

Star fisherman, Julio Otaño (Administration Manager) saved the day by catching a pacú (relative to the piranha). This was such an unexpected occurrence that colleagues teased Julio by saying it was beginners luck whilst others claimed he bought the fish before arriving!

Congratulations for the outstanding personal and collective

effort to all participants!

ASMENoble Group continues to support the entrepreneurial spirit

The Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) joined with the Rotary Club of Singapore to host the Entrepreneur of the Year Award (EYA). EYA is the oldest award in Singapore that salutes and honours local entrepreneurs

Leo Tameeris (Director, Business Development, SG) received an award on behalf of Noble Group at the ASME gala dinner 31 August

All three teams finished in the top 50% of all

participants. Congratulations runners!

who have shown outstanding performance as business owners in their chosen field of entrepreneurship.

Noble Group has worked with ASME for the past 6 years and continues to be the Strategic Partner for the EYA.

Nice catch Julio Otaño!

TEAM 1 Santiago Marcó del Pont Marcelo Rossi Jorge Tomkinson Facundo Giglio

TEAM 2 Hugo Gómez Delia Guadarrama Julio Caballero Irma González

TEAM 3 Alfonso Romero Joel Guadarrama Carlos Fuentes Rocha Juan Sörös

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The Superstar Sedan Chair Annual charity event at the Matilda International Hospital

Members of Noble HK met early morning to prepare for the annual 2.1km Fun Challenge Sedan Chair race that took place 28 October at the Peak, Hong Kong Island. This year’s event theme was Showtime Superstars, with Noble dressed in Grease-style wigs carrying a sedan chair that resembled a hot rod car.

The Matilda Sedan Chair

Noble keeps it classy with Grease themed Sedan Chair

Raghu (Chartering ,HK) and Cynthia Wu (Chartering, HK) give big cheers for a successful event

Kazuki Asano (Chartering, HK) help leads the Noble team

Camille Duffy-Stibolt “Social”Geneva, Legal & Finance Assistant

What do you do at Noble?CDS: I am the legal & finance assistant for our Geneva office, also handling a number of events for our office.

We hear you are a fantastic dancer; how did you get started? CDS: My father used to call me wiggles as a child because I would never sit still! I started off with ballet, then progressed to tap, hip-hop, and currently flamenco.

What type of dancing do you do? CDS: In a more structured form, I dance flamenco. But I’m always open to new things. I love learning new dances through travels and people.

Dancing is one of the few moments when people let their guard down; let you see them for who they are, all silliness included.

Where is your favourite place to dance? CDS: Generally I prefer to dance in a studio or practice room (closed room surrounded with mirrors). But there is no set-rule; indoors, outdoors, on a mountain top, alone or in a group! Does it really matter where you dance? During the year, people in Geneva tend to be somewhat reserved, but during the festival period (summer) that changes. People become more social and figuratively remember to ‘dance in the rain’. I think you need to

do these sorts of things from time to time, it allows you to release your negative energy and pump yourself up again.

Any tips for people looking to start dancing? CDS: Go and do it! I’m sure that many people (like me) don’t like going to the gym, it’s repetitive, and lonely. You need other people around you to motivate you (if she/he can do it then so can I)!! Choose a dance you like, and just sign up. It’s a great way to meet new people. If you’re a guy, it’s also a great way to meet girls as there are almost always more girls than guys, and women LOVE a man who can dance!

Charities Race was founded in 1975 and since inception has raised over $61 million for Hong Kong charities. Noble Group first got involved in 2007 but has been a co-sponsor for the past 2 years.

Additional information on the Sedan Chair Charities Fund can be found here.www.sedanchairace.org

Colourful teamwork!

Quick pose with local tv super star, Wayne Lai

Leader of the pack… vroom vroom

THIS YEAR’S TEAM

R.Raghunath (team captain)

Akshai Malik, Chartering

Arnaud Vagner, Credit Risk

Ivan Leung, Accounting

Jackey Chen, Ops&Post Fixture

Kazuki Asano, Charting

Paramjyot Sidhu, Ops&Post Fixture

Thomas Alderweireld, Research

Willian Tsang, IT

Cynthia Wu, Chartering

11Events / People

Team BondingSports Center opens at Potirendaba sugar mill

Mai Po Charity WalkA day out with students from Summerbridge

On 25 July, Noble Bioenergia opened the Sports Center at its Potirendaba Sugar Mill, an event that brought directors, managers and employees together.

The Sport Center is intended for employees, where they can relax while the space consists of

Mauricio Mizrahi (Country Manager, BR) takes a shot on the new sports center pool table

the hall, cafeteria, playground and mini soccer field.

To celebrate, after the official opening and plaque unveiling by the Country Manager, Brazil, Mauricio Mizrahi; and Sugar Mill Manager, Jorge Donda, all attended a special lunch.

Anthony Druker “Footy Fanatic” Central Kalimantan, Project Engineer

What do you do at Noble? AD: I am responsible for helping to manage the operations and commercial arrangements of the Central Kalimantan coal project. The CK project effectively involves Noble purchasing coal from suppliers, moving it through our facility (haul road and stockpile) before placing the material onto barges for transport down the Barito River. The role is multi-faceted and involves assisting in any of the daily tasks required to make the project more efficient and cost effective. Some of the more commonly performed jobs include cost control, stockpile management, quality control and barge planning.

What is your ideal holiday? AD: Give me a beach, good food and close friends and I am a happy man. As I live on site and in a very remote area, my time off is really precious and therefore hanging out with people close to me whilst enjoying the sun and surf does not get much better.

If you could only eat one food for an entire week, what would you eat? AD: Sashimi - Boring but so tasty and healthy too.

What does a typical Sunday consist of?AD: When back in civilization (away from the site operations) I always try to get outside and go for a run/workout with friends followed by a brunch.

I typically also try meet up with friends for a barbecue or swim to enjoy the sun and unwind. In the evenings a good dinner followed by a few drinks is the perfect way to relax and have some fun.

We heard you are a sports fanatic! What’s your favourite sport to play? Watch? Attend games? AD: Yes I love keeping fit, watching my footy and sport of all kinds for that matter. In terms of playing, Aussie Rules football is my sport of choice although living in Asia makes it pretty tough these days. I am a hugely passionate supporter of the code and when back in Australia always try get to a few matches when possible.

Everyone was really hungry after trekking through fishponds and bird sanctuaries all morning

Angel Li (CSR, HK) leads a pack of students through the marsh

Sugar Mill employees enjoy an afternoon at the new sports center

Summerbridge Hong Kong, is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the educational trajectories of underprivileged students by providing them with tuition, free English education and life skills development.

Noble has partnered with Summerbridge since 2002 and recently co-hosted an event on 20 October to encourage students to practice their English with native speakers.

The event took place at Mai Po “Gei Wai” (基圍). Students and volunteers took a 3 hour trek around protected fishponds and bird habitats, wrapping up the excursion with a sandwich lunch and briefing in the Nature Reserve’s Education Centre.

For further information on the charity organisation please visit the Summerbrige website.

Students view protected birds through the observation house

Summerbridge Mai Po event 2012Ice breaker exercise with Angel Li (CSR, HK) and Jessica Corvo (Investor Relations, HK)

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Hatched and MatchedWelcoming the new births and marriages from all across the world of Noble

1 Zheng Su Yuan, son of Ting Ting Wang, Facilities Manager China, was born 19 March 2012

2 Elizabeth Marie Kanev, daughter of Anna Baleva, Controller USA was born on 17 April 2012

3 Mark Janusz Suchowiejko, son of Janusz Suchowiejko, Controller USA, was born 24 August 2012

4 Michael Bushnell, Controller, Aluminum USA, married Rachel Albone on 14 October 2012

5 John Hahn, Chartering USA, married Robin Suh on 12 October 2012

6 Isobel Tang, daughter of Joni Chow, Human Resources Hong Kong was born on 20 October 2012

7 Sevgi Yurtsever, Operation Executive Turkey, married Ali Riza on 7 July 2012

8 Kartar Lee Mathur, son of Sui Han Kong, Power & Gas Operations London, was born on 16 September 2012

9 Yuek Tung, daughter of Jeff Zhai, Human Resources China, was born on 30 August 2012

10 Christian Bolz, Uruguay Country Manager married Maria Pacheco 31 August 2012

11 Max Abraham, son of Anton Abraham, Treasury HongKong, was born on 8 October 2012

12 Ruby Morris, daughter of Meike Diemer (CSR Hong Kong) and Dean Morris (Risk Hong Kong), was born 29 Novermber 2012

13 Hayumi, daughter of Augustina Poon, IT Hong Kong, was born 8 November 2012

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Long Service AwardsNoble honours the long-standing dedication of employees around the globe

20 Years of Service

AgricultureSugar Mills, BrazilWagner Silva

Laercio Quirino

Aristides Coltro Filho

CharteringChartering, Hong KongKam Ming Cheung

Winnie Cheung

HardsAlloys, Hong KongJackie Tsu

15 Years of Service

HardsDirector, Hong KongWilliam Randall

Coal, AustraliaJoanne Shields

Coal, Hong KongStephanie Wong

Iron Ore, RussiaZhanna Gepard

Coal & Metcoal, JapanYasuhisa Sano

Yasushi Sekine

Metcoal, IndonesiaElla Tantri

CharteringChartering, LondonNigel Herdman

AgricultureGrains & Oilseeds, ChinaAmy Wang

Shouchao Yin

Zongde Jiang

CorporateFinance, ChinaKathy Liu

Finance, Hong KongAmy Ki

Finance, RussiaNatasha Kostyagina

Legal, USAAlan Blumenfeld

EnergyOil Liquids, USAWendy Ramos

10 Years of Service

CharteringChartering, Hong KongEric Li

EnergyOil Liquids, USAChristine Graves

CorporateFinance, ArgentinaMarcelo Rossi

Hugo González

Raúl Péchieu

Finance, USABhavin Jhaveri

Karen Jill

Finance, Hong KongKelris Lam

Timmy Ip

Human Resources, ArgentinaAnnie Fauvety

Legal, Hong Kong Bharat Sundavadra

AgricultureBusiness Development, SingaporeLeo Tameeris

Administration, SingaporeMaggie Lai

Grains & Oilseeds, ArgentinaJorge Boland

Gabriel Cvitkovic

Grains & Oilseeds, BrazilAirton Antonio Faltz

Antonio Lemos Soares

Grains & Oilseeds, ChinaIrene Qi

Jian Guo

Bo Zhu

Datian Zhang

Tianzhao Liu

Decheng Chen

Lixun Wen

Wu Qu

Ping Wang

Shanjun Liang

Youli Xing

Liqin Yu

Xia Li

Hongyan Shi

Shubin Huo

Qingxia Wang

Chongxiang Zhong

Xin Zhang

Xuejin Cao

Grains & Oilseeds, UruguayVerónica Pereira

Christian Bolz

Fernando Almada

Sugar Mills, BrazilJuliano Oliveira

Vitor Santos

Donizete Sylvestre

Cocoa, Ivory CoastMathieu Kouame

Emile Moyenga

Cocoa, SwitzerlandFabrice Laurent

Coffee, IndonesiaMaryani (Yani) Nasution

Jubaidillah Haerudin

Rizan Affandi

Coffee, VietnamThanh Chung Nguyen

Thi Truc Huynh

Thi Tuyet Dang

Thi Xuan Trang Pham

HardsIron Ore, ChinaJian Guo Jiang

Weiguo Xu

Sunny Sun

Metals, LondonAlexander Nizan

Iron Ore, Hong KongAngel Cheung

Coal, IndonesiaSri Wardiani

Coal, JapanItaru Kawamoto

Freight, SingaporeBenjamin Wilkes

Metals, SingaporeAdrian Wang

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United Nations Global CompactNoble Group’s Communication on Progress 2012

The signatory assists Noble to focus on crucial CSR standards and provides a guideline for the integration into Noble’s business operations.

he United Nations Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that commit themselves

to 10 principles in the area of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. Noble has been a signatory since 2010, making these principles part of our business strategy and culture. We engage in collaborative projects which advance the broader development goals of the United Nations, particularly the Millennium Development Goals.

What are the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?

A set of 8 development targets were initiated at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, to inspire and combine effort from around the world to take action on reducing extreme poverty. All UN member states have targeted to achieve all of the development goals by 2015.

The development blueprint is agreed by all the world’s countries and all leading development institutions. Progress is measured in reducing income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter and exclusion — while promoting gender equality, health, education and environmental sustainability.

The goal is to make progress in the following 8 areas:

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In July, we published Noble’s second Communication on Progress, to publicly disclose our ongoing support of the UN Global Compact and the progress Noble made in implementing the 10 principles in the last 12 months.

Human Rights Noble’s Chinese processing plants in Qinzhou and Longkou reached a milestone in safety - operating for more than one million safe working hours.

Environment In the 2011 submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project, Noble achieved the second highest score for carbon emissions disclosure in Asia (ex-Japan).

Labour In Brazil, Noble’s sugar mills across 4 locations were recognised for committing to better labour conditions and life quality.

Anti-corruption Ongoing training in ethics and proper business behaviour is held by our compliance officers in our major trading centres.

Here are the extracts of Noble’s initiatives in the area of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption:

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YCAB HOPE Programme

Noble’s Sugar Mills - Recognising Brazil’s National Commitment to Labour Conditions

he YCAB Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a focus

on youth development by providing access to education and financial assistance. Its Hands-on Operation for Entrepreneurship programme (HOpE) provides micro loans to female micro entrepreneurs, on the condition that they send their children to school. The project aims to create a stable income for families of these students, so that they can focus on their studies. In 2012, Noble contributed approximately US$20K to this project with a commitment for three years. The project was introduced to the Noble Foundation by Kristin Hartono, Operations Director in Hong Kong.

Lis is a 44-year-old single mother of three children, aged 11, 19 and 20. She lives in a small rented house in a deprived

nitiated by the President of Brazil in 2008, the National Commitment to Labour

Conditions in the sugarcane industry seeks to guarantee new rights and better quality of life for its workers.

The Commitment came as the result of a series of meetings among the business community, workers and Brazilian government, and serves as the basis for initiating public and private actions to improve working conditions. The Commitment includes public programmes and policies to protect workers; a set of good business practice in sugar and ethanol production units, as well as the emphasis on workers’ remuneration, health and safety and union activities.

Noble’s commitment to offer competitive products while ensuring workers’ rights has earned its four sugar mills – Meridiano, Catanduva, Potirendaba and Sebastianopolis – the certifications for recognizing the National Commitment.

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neighbourhood in Jakarta and bakes cakes and cookies for a living. The loan Lis received is used for buying baking supplies, while customers come to know about her goods through word of mouth. Her main customer base is a group of employees working in a local retail bank.

Lis bakes her goodies using a simple oven, which is an aluminum box placed on top of a kerosene stove. As her kitchen is so small that she bakes on her patio, which offers more open space.

Lis’s dream is to open a small bakery. For now, she is saving for a bigger oven to meet customers’ rising demand, especially during festive seasons such as Eid and Christmas. Total loan administered by YCAB to Lis was US$667, of which Noble contributed half. Prior to receiving the micro loans, Lis sold fresh fruit juice but the profit margin was lower.

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Tikkun’s values of compassion, care and share, children’s learning progress and health are closely monitored by professionals.

Two meals and snacks are provided daily, with the menus prepared with the help of the Curriculum Development Project Trust, to ensure the food meets nutrition and food safety requirements. In addition, the ECD teachers are constantly working towards early education qualifications, in order to provide better care and have long-lasting impact to the community.

Afrika Tikkun: Pre-school Education for Disadvantaged Children

Blackwood Leadership Capacity Building Program

n partnership with Afrika Tikkun’s Early Childhood Development Programme, Noble Group’s Charity

Foundation has developed a classroom for 52 children in one of the townships in South Africa. Afrika Tikkun is an international NGO dedicated to empowering communities, providing care and education to children in need. The Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre organises daily programmes for orphans and under privileged children in the Alexandra community just outside Johannesburg in South Africa.

The daily programme, known as the Tiger class, consists of 32 boys and 20 girls. While the curriculum is driven by Afrika

ne of the issues facing rural Australia today is the role of the mining industry and its impact on

land use in rural and regional communities. In light of this, Blackwood Corporation, of which Noble Group is a majority shareholder, has been working in partnership with the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation to launch a pilot program on rural leadership.

“Investment in the leadership potential

Eglish sentence of the day: “Today is Tuesday!”

Art time!

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Oof Indigenous people will most likely have an intergenerational impact on the gap that currently exists between the life outcomes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders. It is pleasing to see corporate responsibility being demonstrated in practical ways such as this.” - Ron Weatherall, Deputy Director-General, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Service.

This unique initiative is funded by Blackwood Corporation and brings together

15 representatives from diverse backgrounds in mining and agriculture, committed to their rural communities to encourage active participation in the development of strategies and policies to address local issues. The 12-day course will run over three months enabling in-depth leadership development and networking including Indigenous land holders, the community and environmental leaders. Participants are selected from one of the Blackwood’s operational regions who are involved with agriculture, land management and ownership, land and water stewardship, cultural heritage issues, community resilience and who are affected by the issues of competing land use and access.

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Noble Says No to Shark Finecently Noble became a signatory to WWF’s corporate programme to stop shark fin consumption,

trading and promotion. In response to the rise of shark conservation acts of WWF around the world, but particularly in Hong Kong and the Greater China region, Noble launched its “No Shark Fin” Policy. We made a corporate pledge to stop eating shark fin at any corporate function or dinner and to raise awareness about this issue among all our employees.

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sometimes for their meat, but also for an even more lucrative fin trade centred in Hong Kong and the Greater China region. Sharks have existed for over 400 million years and are vital to maintain a well-balanced and healthy ocean. The demand for sharks, particularly their fins, has been one of the main factors driving global shark fisheries. The lack of sustainable shark fishery management has caused shark populations worldwide to decline drastically, which largely disturbs the

marine ecosystems and ecological balance of our oceans.

As sustainable shark fisheries decline, it is essential to stop eating shark fin to protect the shark population.

We ask our staff to refrain from consuming shark fin products, helping to follow Noble’s “No Shark Fin” policy.