UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): November 2, 2004
NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
| Delaware | 001-07964 | 73-0785597 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
Commission File Number |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 100 Glenborough, 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. | ||||||||
| Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURE | ||||||||
| INDEX TO EXHIBITS | ||||||||
| Press Release dated November 2, 2004 | ||||||||
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 2, 2004 the Company issued a press release announcing its financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2004. 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 third quarter ended September 30, 2004 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 press release attached to this Form 8-K as 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.
(c) Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished as part of this current Report on Form 8-K:
99.1 Press Release dated November 2, 2004
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. |
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| Date: November 2, 2004 | By: | /s/ James L. McElvany | ||
| James L. McElvany | ||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||