0001246360-12-000535.txt : 20120201 0001246360-12-000535.hdr.sgml : 20120201 20120201143012 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001246360-12-000535 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120201 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Brown Ted D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001297978 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07964 FILM NUMBER: 12562128 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1625 BROADWAY ST. STREET 2: SUITE 2000 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NOBLE ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000072207 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 730785597 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GLENBOROUGH STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77067 BUSINESS PHONE: 2818723100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 GLENBOROUGH STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77067 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOBLE AFFILIATES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020426 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOBLE AFFILIATES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 4 1 form.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0304 4 2012-01-30 false 0000072207 NOBLE ENERGY INC NBL 0001297978 Brown Ted D 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77067 false true false false Sr. VP Northern Region Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2012-01-30 4 F false 2008 100.13 D 52347 D This reported transaction reflects shares relinquished to Noble Energy, Inc. by the reporting person out of, and to cover estimated tax witholding for, restricted shares granted on January 30, 2009, and vesting on January 30, 2012. The stock price reflected in Table I Column 4 was determined based on "fair market value," defined in the Noble Energy, Inc. 1992 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan as the average of the reported high and low trading price of Noble Energy, Inc. common stock on the NYSE on January 30, 2012. Column 5 of Table I includes 16,078 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock directly held by the reporting person. Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact 2012-02-01