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FORM 4
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[ ] Check box if no longer WASHINGTON, DC 20549
subject to Section 16. Form
4 or Form 5 obligations may STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
continue. See Instruction 1(b).
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6. Relationship of Reporting Person
| | to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Rye Jonathan P. | NOBL | x Director 10% Owner
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(Last) (First) (Middle) |3. IRS Identification | 4. Statement for | Officer (give title below)
| Number of | Month/Year | -----
| Reporting Person, | | Other (specify below)
| if an Entity | | -----
20101 Hoover Road | (Voluntary) | January 2002 |
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(Street) | | 5. If Amendment, |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
| | Date of Original | (Check applicable line)
| | (Month/Year) | x Form Filed by One Reporting Person
Detroit MI 48205 | | | --
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(City) (State) (Zip) | | -- Reporting Person
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TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security |2. Transaction| 3. Transaction|4. Securities Acquired (A)| 5. Amount of|6. Owner- |7. Nature
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of
| | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially| Form: | Indirect
| | | | Owned at End| Direct | Bene-
| |---------------|--------------------------| of Month | (D) or | ficial
| | | | | (A) | | (Instr. 3 | Indirect | Owner-
| (Month/Day/ | | | | or | | and 4) | (I) | ship
| Year) | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | |(Instr. 4)|(Instr. 4)
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Common Stock | 1/18/02 | M | |1,250 | A | 4.78 | | D | +
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Common Stock | 1/18/02 | M | |1,250 | A | 6.64 | | D | +
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Common Stock | 1/18/02 | M | |1,250 | A | 7.89 | 73,972 | D | +
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+ EXERCISED PURSUANT TO COMPANY'S 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative | 2. Conver- |3. Trans- |4. Trans- |5. Number of |6. Date Exer- |7. Title and Amount |8. Price
Security | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying | of
(Instr. 3) | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities Ac- | Expiration | Securities | Deriv-
| Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. 8)| quired (A) or | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) | ative
| Deriv- | Day/ | | Disposed of (D)| (Month/Day/ | | Secur-
| ative | Year) | | (Instr. 3, 4, | Year) | | ity
| Security | | | and 5) | | | (Instr. 5)
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| | | | |Date |Expira- | | Amount or |
| | |-------------------------------|Exer- |tion | Title | Number of |
| | | Code |V | (A) |(D) |cisable|Date | | Shares |
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Options | 4.78 | 1/18/02 | M | | | 1,250 |1/31/01|1/31/06 |Stock | 1,250 |
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| | | | | | | | |Common | |
Options | 6.64 | 1/18/02 | M | | | 1,250 |1/31/01|1/31/06 |Stock | 1,250 |
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Options | 7.89 | 1/18/02 | M | | | 1,250 |1/31/01|1/31/06 |Stock | 1,250 |
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9. Number of | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of
Derivative | of Derivative | Indirect
Securities | Securities | Beneficial
Beneficially | Beneficially | Ownership
Owned at End | owned at end | (Instr. 4)
of Month | of month |
(Instr. 4) | (Instr. 4) |
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6,250 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ JONATHAN P. RYE 2-7-02
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Jonathan P. Rye
Signature of Reporting Person** Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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(Print or Type Responses)
Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month
(Instr. 4)