0001246360-12-000672.txt : 20120203 0001246360-12-000672.hdr.sgml : 20120203 20120203161509 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001246360-12-000672 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: Hatley Dustin A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001540900 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07964 FILM NUMBER: 12570185 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NOBLE ENERGY, INC. STREET 2: 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 4 1 form.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0304 4 2012-02-01 false 0000072207 NOBLE ENERGY INC NBL 0001540900 Hatley Dustin A. 100 GLENBOROUGH DRIVE, SUITE 100 HOUSTON TX 77067 false true false false Chief Accounting Officer Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 274 I 401(k) Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2012-02-01 4 A false 969 101.82 A 5165 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2012-02-01 4 F false 72 101.25 D 5093 D Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 2012-02-01 4 F false 50 101.25 D 5043 D Employee Stock Option Grant (right to buy) 101.82 2012-02-01 4 A false 2479 0 A 2013-02-01 2022-02-01 Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock 0 2479 D 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. Options vest 1/3 each year for three years. 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 2,022 restricted shares of Noble Energy, Inc. Common Stock directly held by the reporting person. Arnold J. Johnson 2012-02-03