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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 20, 2011
NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   001-07964   73-0785597
         
(State or other jurisdiction of   Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   File Number   Identification No.)
         
100 Glenborough Drive, Suite 100        
Houston, Texas       77067
         
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 872-3100
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
     On October 20, 2011, Noble Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
     The Company’s press release announcing its financial results for its fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011 contains non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, the Company has provided quantitative reconciliations within the press release of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
     The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)   Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished as part of this current report on Form 8-K:
  99.1   Press Release dated October 20, 2011 announcing results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011.

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
 
 
Date: October 20, 2011  By:   /s/ Arnold J. Johnson    
    Arnold J. Johnson   
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary   
 

 


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
99.1
  Press Release dated October 20, 2011 announcing results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011.