Current Report Filing (8-k)

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 30, 2018

Concho Resources Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-33615		76-0818600
(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Concho Center 600 West Illinois Avenue Midland, Texas		79701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (432) 683-7443

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-99.1

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 30, 2018, Concho Resources Inc. (the “ Company ”) issued a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 (the “ Earnings Release ”). A copy of the Company’s Earnings Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits .


Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit

99.1		Press release dated October 30, 2018, announcing financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CURRENT REPORT, INCLUDING THE EXHIBITS ATTACHED HERETO, SHALL NOT BE DEEMED “FILED” FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 18 OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, NOR SHALL THEY BE DEEMED INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO ANY REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR OTHER FILING PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED IN SUCH FILING.

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.

	CONCHO RESOURCES INC.

Date: October 30, 2018	By:	/s/ Travis L. Counts
	Name:		Travis L. Counts
	Title:		Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit

99.1		Press release dated October 30, 2018, announcing financial and operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018.