8-K 1 a14-22883_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

 

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):  October 23, 2014

 

 

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

1-9210

 

95-4035997

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 110
Houston, Texas

 

77046

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (713) 215-7000

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02.                Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 23, 2014, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial condition and results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2014.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information contained in this report and the exhibit hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filings made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01.                Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated October 23, 2014

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jennifer Kirk

 

Name:

Jennifer Kirk

 

Title:

Vice President, Controller and

 

 

Principal Accounting Officer

DATED:  October 23, 2014

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated October 23, 2014