diff --git a/avm-transpiler/src/transpile_contract.rs b/avm-transpiler/src/transpile_contract.rs
index 6f8922f8045a..f7b732df61db 100644
--- a/avm-transpiler/src/transpile_contract.rs
+++ b/avm-transpiler/src/transpile_contract.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub struct TranspiledContract {
     pub name: String,
     // Functions can be ACIR or AVM
     pub functions: Vec<AvmOrAcirContractFunction>,
-    pub events: serde_json::Value,
+    pub outputs: serde_json::Value,
     pub file_map: serde_json::Value,
     //pub warnings: serde_json::Value,
 }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct CompiledAcirContract {
     pub noir_version: String,
     pub name: String,
     pub functions: Vec<AcirContractFunction>,
-    pub events: serde_json::Value,
+    pub outputs: serde_json::Value,
     pub file_map: serde_json::Value,
     //pub warnings: serde_json::Value,
 }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl From<CompiledAcirContract> for TranspiledContract {
             noir_version: contract.noir_version,
             name: contract.name,
             functions, // some acir, some transpiled avm functions
-            events: contract.events,
+            outputs: contract.outputs,
             file_map: contract.file_map,
             //warnings: contract.warnings,
         }
diff --git a/noir/noir-repo/compiler/wasm/src/types/noir_artifact.ts b/noir/noir-repo/compiler/wasm/src/types/noir_artifact.ts
index 935c99043daf..d4d05b79b494 100644
--- a/noir/noir-repo/compiler/wasm/src/types/noir_artifact.ts
+++ b/noir/noir-repo/compiler/wasm/src/types/noir_artifact.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,44 @@
 import { Abi, AbiType } from '@noir-lang/types';
 
 /**
- * A named type.
+ * A basic value.
  */
-export interface ABIVariable {
+export interface BasicValue<T extends string, V> {
   /**
-   * The name of the variable.
+   * The kind of the value.
    */
-  name: string;
-  /**
-   * The type of the variable.
-   */
-  type: AbiType;
+  kind: T;
+  value: V;
+}
+
+/**
+ * An exported value.
+ */
+export type ABIValue =
+  | BasicValue<'field', bigint>
+  | BasicValue<'boolean', boolean>
+  | BasicValue<'integer', number>
+  | BasicValue<'string', string>
+  | BasicValue<'array', ABIValue[]>
+  | StructValue;
+
+export interface StructValue {
+  kind: 'struct';
+  fields: (ABIValue & { name: string })[];
 }
 
 /**
- * A contract event.
+ * A named type.
  */
-export interface EventAbi {
+export interface ABIVariable {
   /**
-   * The event name.
+   * The name of the variable.
    */
   name: string;
   /**
-   * Fully qualified name of the event.
-   */
-  path: string;
-  /**
-   * The fields of the event.
+   * The type of the variable.
    */
-  fields: ABIVariable[];
+  type: AbiType;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -60,8 +69,11 @@ export interface ContractArtifact {
   noir_version: string;
   /** The functions of the contract. */
   functions: NoirFunctionEntry[];
-  /** The events of the contract */
-  events: EventAbi[];
+
+  outputs: {
+    structs: Record<string, AbiType[]>;
+    globals: Record<string, ABIValue[]>;
+  };
   /** The map of file ID to the source code and path of the file. */
   file_map: DebugFileMap;
 }
diff --git a/noir/noir-repo/tooling/noirc_abi/src/lib.rs b/noir/noir-repo/tooling/noirc_abi/src/lib.rs
index b73af1ccff88..c1fa4b9f2167 100644
--- a/noir/noir-repo/tooling/noirc_abi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/noir/noir-repo/tooling/noirc_abi/src/lib.rs
@@ -521,15 +521,18 @@ pub enum AbiValue {
     Field {
         value: FieldElement,
     },
-    Array {
-        values: Vec<AbiValue>,
-    },
     Integer {
         value: i128,
     },
     Boolean {
         value: bool,
     },
+    String {
+        value: String,
+    },
+    Array {
+        value: Vec<AbiValue>,
+    },
     Struct {
         #[serde(
             serialize_with = "serialization::serialize_struct_field_values",
@@ -540,9 +543,6 @@ pub enum AbiValue {
     Tuple {
         fields: Vec<AbiValue>,
     },
-    String {
-        value: String,
-    },
 }
 
 impl AbiValue {
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ impl AbiValue {
             HirExpression::Literal(literal) => match literal {
                 HirLiteral::Array(hir_array) => match hir_array {
                     HirArrayLiteral::Standard(expr_ids) => {
-                        let values = expr_ids
+                        let value = expr_ids
                             .iter()
                             .map(|expr_id| {
                                 Self::from_hir_expression(
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ impl AbiValue {
                                 )
                             })
                             .collect();
-                        Self::Array { values }
+                        Self::Array { value }
                     }
                     _ => unreachable!("Repeated arrays cannot be used in the abi"),
                 },
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/contract.test.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/contract.test.ts
index 90e822a8f8e5..3d332775a638 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/contract.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/contract/contract.test.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ describe('Contract Class', () => {
         debugSymbols: '',
       },
     ],
-    events: [],
+    outputs: {
+      structs: {},
+      globals: {},
+    },
     fileMap: {},
   };
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/mocks.ts b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/mocks.ts
index 30ad57764ac9..37b807aff0df 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/mocks.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuit-types/src/mocks.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ export const mockTx = (seed = 1, logs = true) => {
 export const randomContractArtifact = (): ContractArtifact => ({
   name: randomBytes(4).toString('hex'),
   functions: [],
-  events: [],
+  outputs: {
+    structs: {},
+    globals: {},
+  },
   fileMap: {},
 });
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/contract/artifact_hash.ts b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/contract/artifact_hash.ts
index a51a609ccfd4..4201f6f27141 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/contract/artifact_hash.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/contract/artifact_hash.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function computeArtifactHash(artifact: ContractArtifact): Fr {
 
 export function computeArtifactMetadataHash(artifact: ContractArtifact) {
   // TODO(@spalladino): Should we use the sorted event selectors instead? They'd need to be unique for that.
-  const metadata = { name: artifact.name, events: artifact.events };
+  const metadata = { name: artifact.name, outputs: artifact.outputs };
   return sha256(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(metadata), 'utf-8'));
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts
index b1463de3acd8..fc0a77366048 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/test/mocks.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ export const mockContractArtifact: ContractArtifact = {
       debugSymbols: '',
     },
   ],
-  events: [],
+  outputs: {
+    structs: {},
+    globals: {},
+  },
   fileMap: {},
 };
diff --git a/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts b/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts
index d8ba0f8a7e4f..b3218a24420b 100644
--- a/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/foundation/src/abi/abi.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,33 @@ import { inflate } from 'pako';
 
 import { type FunctionSelector } from './function_selector.js';
 
+/**
+ * A basic value.
+ */
+export interface BasicValue<T extends string, V> {
+  /**
+   * The kind of the value.
+   */
+  kind: T;
+  value: V;
+}
+
+/**
+ * An exported value.
+ */
+export type ABIValue =
+  | BasicValue<'field', bigint>
+  | BasicValue<'boolean', boolean>
+  | BasicValue<'integer', number>
+  | BasicValue<'string', string>
+  | BasicValue<'array', ABIValue[]>
+  | StructValue;
+
+export interface StructValue {
+  kind: 'struct';
+  fields: (ABIValue & { name: string })[];
+}
+
 /**
  * A named type.
  */
@@ -101,24 +128,6 @@ export interface StructType extends BasicType<'struct'> {
   path: string;
 }
 
-/**
- * A contract event.
- */
-export interface EventAbi {
-  /**
-   * The event name.
-   */
-  name: string;
-  /**
-   * Fully qualified name of the event.
-   */
-  path: string;
-  /**
-   * The fields of the event.
-   */
-  fields: ABIVariable[];
-}
-
 /**
  * Aztec.nr function types.
  */
@@ -258,7 +267,10 @@ export interface ContractArtifact {
   /**
    * The events of the contract.
    */
-  events: EventAbi[];
+  outputs: {
+    structs: Record<string, ABIType[]>;
+    globals: Record<string, ABIValue[]>;
+  };
 
   /**
    * The map of file ID to the source code and path of the file.
diff --git a/yarn-project/types/src/abi/contract_artifact.ts b/yarn-project/types/src/abi/contract_artifact.ts
index 04f820181948..cbbabe120f6d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/types/src/abi/contract_artifact.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/types/src/abi/contract_artifact.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function generateContractArtifact(contract: NoirCompiledContract, aztecNrVersion
   return {
     name: contract.name,
     functions: contract.functions.map(generateFunctionArtifact),
-    events: contract.events,
+    outputs: contract.outputs,
     fileMap: contract.file_map,
     aztecNrVersion,
   };
diff --git a/yarn-project/types/src/noir/index.ts b/yarn-project/types/src/noir/index.ts
index 097129d74fb5..1de030e78df4 100644
--- a/yarn-project/types/src/noir/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/types/src/noir/index.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import {
   ABIParameter,
   ABIParameterVisibility,
   ABIType,
+  ABIValue,
   DebugFileMap,
   DebugInfo,
-  EventAbi,
 } from '@aztec/foundation/abi';
 
 export const AZTEC_PRIVATE_ATTRIBUTE = 'aztec(private)';
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ export interface NoirCompiledContract {
   /** The functions of the contract. */
   functions: NoirFunctionEntry[];
   /** The events of the contract */
-  events: EventAbi[];
+  outputs: {
+    structs: Record<string, ABIType[]>;
+    globals: Record<string, ABIValue[]>;
+  };
   /** The map of file ID to the source code and path of the file. */
   file_map: DebugFileMap;
 }