8-K 1 h07641e8vk.txt NOBLE ENERGY, INC. - DATED JULY 23, 2003 =============================================================================== 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): JULY 23, 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 350 GLENBOROUGH, SUITE 100, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77067 ---------------------------------------------------- (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) =============================================================================== 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 July 23, 2003. ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. The following information is being furnished pursuant to Item 12 "Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition," and is included under this Item 9 in accordance with the procedure guidance in SEC Release No. 33-8216. On July 23, 2003 Noble Energy, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended June 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: July 23, 2003 By: /s/ ALBERT D. HOPPE ----------------------------------- Albert D. Hoppe Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary INDEX TO EXHIBITS Item Exhibit ---- ------- 99.1 Press Release dated July 23, 2003.