Edgar Filing: DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING INC

Date: May 5, 2015

DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING, INC.

/s/ DAVID L. ROLAND

David L. Roland

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Form 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): May 5, 2015

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-13926

76-0321760

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

file number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

15415 Katy Freeway

Houston, Texas 77094

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(281) 492-5300

(Registrant’s 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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Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

A subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”) has received written notices of termination from PEMEX - Exploración y Producción (“PEMEX”) of the drilling contracts on the Ocean Summit and the Ocean Nugget. The Company had previously disclosed that a representative of PEMEX verbally informed it of PEMEX’s intention to exercise its contractual right to terminate its drilling contracts on the Ocean Ambassador, the Ocean Nugget and the Ocean Summit, and to cancel its drilling contract on the Ocean Lexington. The Company continues to engage in discussions with PEMEX regarding the four drilling rigs. As of the date of this Current Report, the Company has not received notice of termination or cancellation on the Ocean Ambassador or the Ocean Lexington.

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.