Edgar Filing: DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC

Date: June 12, 2015

DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.

/s/ DAVID L. ROLAND

David L. Roland

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Secretary

8-K

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): June 12, 2015

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-13926

76-0321760

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

file number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

15415 Katy Freeway

Houston, Texas 77094

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(281) 492-5300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure

On June 12, 2015, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it will release future fleet status reports on a quarterly basis. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 to this report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any previous or future registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits.


Exhibit number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated June 12, 2015

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.