please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . october 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message noble group limited type public traded as sgx n21 industry conglomerate founded 1986 headquarters hong kong key people richard samuel elman chairman william james randall co ceo jeffrey scott frase co ceo products agriculture energy metals minerals logistics revenue us 67 billion 2015 number of employees 1 500 2015 website www.thisisnoble.com noble group limited sgx n21 is a physical commodities trader . sourcing bulk commodities from low cost regions such as south america south africa australia and indonesia the group supplies high growth demand markets particularly in asia and the middle east . the company was ranked number 76 in the 2014 fortune global 500 . 1 the company is currently incorporated in bermuda . contents 1 ratings 2 milestones 2.1 1997 2.2 2002 2.3 2009 2.4 2012 2.5 2014 2.6 2015 2.7 2016 3 eferences 4 external links ratings edit noble is rated b2 by moody s investors service and b by standard & poor s. 2 milestones edit 1997 edit listed on the singapore stock exchange . 3 2002 edit included in the fortune 500 . 2009 edit beijing s sovereign wealth fund china investment corp cic took a 14.9 % stake 573 million shares in the company . 4 cic cut its stake to less than 10 % in 2014 . 2012 edit completion of gloucester coal and yancoal merger . 5 2014 edit agreement reached for a cofco led consortium to acquire 51 % of noble s agricultural business forming jv noble agri . 6 2015 edit noble s share price tumbled 65 % as it suffered from criticism of its accounting practices while its credit rating was downgraded to junk . the remaining 49 % of its agricultural business was also sold . 7 noble recorded net losses of 1.7 billion in 2015 . 2016 edit ceo yusuf alireza resigned on may 29th . eferences edit noble group global 500 2014 . fortune.com . retrieved 2015 07 31 . bloomberg 2016 06 16 . noble group credit rating cut by s & p despite cash raising . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2016 10 07 . noble s sgx ipo prospectus pdf . thisisnoble.com . retrieved 2015 07 31 . cic buys 15 % stake in noble group to gain commodities . bloomberg.com . retrieved 2015 07 31 . proposed merge . infopub.sgx.com . retrieved 2015 07 31 . china s cofco to pay 1.5 billion for stake in noble s agribusiness . reuters.com . retrieved 2015 07 31 . scmp http www.scmp.com business companies article 1896650 noble rating cut junk commodities continue tumble utm source edm & utm medium edm & utm content 20151231 & utm campaign scmp today . retrieved 30 december 2015 . missing or empty title help external links edit noble group official website v t e ftse sti companies of singapore as of 21 september 2015 ascendas real estate investment trust capitaland capitamall trust city developments comfortdelgro dbs group genting singapore global logistic properties golden agri resources hongkong land hutchison port holdings jardine cycle & carriage keppel noble group ocbc sats sembcorp industries sembcorp marine sia engineering singapore airlines singapore exchange singapore press holdings st engineering singapore telecommunications starhub thai beverage united overseas bank uol group wilmar international yangzijiang shipbuilding holdings retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title noble group & oldid 743069169 categories companies of hong kongcompanies listed on the singapore exchangecompanies 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