13 September 2007 Hong Kong

For the second straight year, Noble Group (SGX: NOBL), a global supply chain manager of agricultural, industrial and energy products, has been named to the Forbes Fabulous 50, Forbes third annual compilation of Asia's best public companies.

To assemble the list, Forbes studied long-term profitability, sales and earnings growth, stock price appreciation and projected earnings for every company in the region with revenues or market capitalization reaching $5 billion and above.

“Noble is definitely a company on the move, transitioning to a business of owning and managing more fixed assets,” says Noble Group CEO Richard Elman. “As we expand our global pipelines in soybeans, coal and other essential raw materials, we appreciate this market recognition of our sustainable business and emerging strategy,” he added.

Noble is joined by new entrants Neptune Orient Lines and SembCorp Industries as the only three companies to appear listed on the Singapore Exchange.

The Fabulous 50 List appears in the Sept 17 issue of Forbes Asia.

About Noble Group

Noble Group Limited (SGX: NOBL) is a market leader in managing the global supply chain of agricultural, industrial and energy products. Noble’s diverse product lines and global presence of over 80 offices in 40 countries is managed by a team of 3,000 employees serving more than 4,000 customers.

In 2007, Noble was named to the Forbes Global 2000 and received The Asset’s Best 60 In Corporate Governance Award. In 2006, Noble appeared on the Forbes Fab 50 and S & P Global Challengers as well as selected by Corporate Governance Asia to the Corporate Governance Recognition Awards Class Of 2006 – The Best in Asia. In 2005, Noble earned ratings from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s and joined the benchmark Straits Times and MSCI indices in Singapore and the FTSE - Hang Seng Index. During this period, the Group was recognized as one of BusinessWeek’s Stars of Asia, FinanceAsia’s Best Companies and a Best Employer by Hewitt Associates. Noble also ranked #1 on The Forbes Global 2000 – Total Return during the five-year period 2001 - 2005. In 2004, Noble Group’s Board of Directors was awarded the Listed Companies (Main Board) Boards Award from The Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

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Mrs Paula Wearmouth
Noble Group Limited
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Mr. Brad Smolar
Smolar Limited
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