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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001246360-12-000666
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120201
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120203
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120203
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bruning Frederick Brian
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001344584
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07964
FILM NUMBER: 12570066
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100
CITY: HOUSTON
STATE: TX
ZIP: 77067
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
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2012-02-01
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Options vest 1/3 each year for three years.
Restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock subject to vesting 20% after year one, an additional 30% after year two and the final 50% after year three, granted under the 1992 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
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 February 1, 2010, and vesting on February 1, 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 for this transaction as the average of the reported high and low trading price of Noble Energy, Inc. common stock on the NYSE on February 1, 2012.
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 February 1, 2011, and vesting on February 1, 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 for this transaction as the average of the reported high and low trading price of Noble Energy, Inc. common stock on the NYSE on February 1, 2012.
Column 5 of Table I includes 5,805 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock directly held by the reporting person.
Arnold J. Johnson, Attorney-in-Fact
2012-02-03