Current Report Filing (8-k)
December 15 2017 - 4:17PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): December 14, 2017
NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-07964
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73-0785597
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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1001 Noble Energy Way
Houston, Texas 77070
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(281)
872-3100
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(§240.12b-2
of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act. ☐
Item 1.02
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Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
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On December 14, 2017, Noble Energy,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Company
) terminated the Purchase Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, among the Company, Noble Energy US Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Noble Holdings
and
together with Noble Energy, the
Sellers
), a subsidiary of the Company, and Wheeling Creek Midstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Wheeling Creek
), a portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners.
Under the Purchase Agreement, the Sellers had agreed to sell 100% of the outstanding membership interests in NBL Midstream, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
NBL Midstream
), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, to
Wheeling Creek. NBL Midstreeam is a holding company that owns a 50% interest in CONE Gathering LLC and 21.7 million common units in CONE Midstream Partners LP (the
CONE Interests
).
Purchase Agreement
On December 14, 2017, NBL Midstream and CNX Gas Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
CNX Gas
), a wholly
owned subsidiary of CNX Resources Corporation, entered into a Purchase Agreement (the
CNX Purchase Agreement
), pursuant to which NBL Midstream agreed to sell its 50% interest Cone Gathering LLC to CNX Gas for a total cash
consideration of $305 million. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018. Following the closing, NBL Midstream will retain ownership of its 21.7 million common units in CONE Midstream Partners LP.
SIGNATURES
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.
Dated: December 15, 2017
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NOBLE ENERGY, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Aaron G. Carlson
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Aaron G. Carlson
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Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
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