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): 9 July 2010 |
| Ensco plc |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| England and Wales | 1-8097 | 98-0635229 | ||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
6 Chesterfield Gardens London, England W1J 5BQ |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 44 (0) 20 7659 4660 Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address, 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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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT | ||
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure | ||
On 9 July 2010, Ensco Offshore Company, a subsidiary of Ensco plc ("Ensco") filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans against the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and other defendants seeking a declaration that the defendants violated the U.S. Administrative Procedures Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The lawsuit seeks a more well-defined regulatory process for instituting new safety measures and operational and permitting requirements for U.S. Gulf of Mexico shallow and deep water offshore drilling so as to comply with the U.S. Administrative Procedures Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. A copy of the complaint is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference. | ||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit relating to Item 7.01 shall be deemed to be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for any purpose: | ||
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Complaint, Ensco Offshore Company v. Salazar, et al., Case 2:10-cv-01941 (E.D. La. July 9, 2010). | |
Ensco plc | ||
| Date: 12 July 2010 | /s/ CARY A. MOOMJIAN, JR. Cary A. Moomjian, Jr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
EXHIBIT INDEX |
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Complaint, Ensco Offshore Company v. Salazar, et al., Case 2:10-cv-01941 (E.D. La. July 9, 2010). |
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