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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 29, 2003
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, SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77067
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (281) 872-3100
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
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ITEM 7. 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 October 29, 2003.
ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
On October 29, 2003 Noble Energy, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing its financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended
September 30, 2003. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The press release 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.
The Company's press release 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.
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 31, 2003 By: /s/ ALBERT D. HOPPE
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Albert D. Hoppe
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item Exhibit
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99.1 Press Release dated October 29, 2003.