Item 8.01. Other Events
On October 5, 2009, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the pricing of an offering of $500 million principal amount of its 5.70% senior unsecured notes due October 15, 2039 pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-157865) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Filed herewith is a copy of such press release.
Statements in this report may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements which project, indicate or imply future results and may contain words like "expect," "intend," "plan," "will," "estimated" and "budgeted," among others. Such statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or projected. These factors include, among others, general economic and business conditions, changes in oil and natural gas prices, casualty losses, industry fleet capacity, changes in foreign and domestic oil and gas exploration and production activity, competition, changes in foreign, political, social and economic conditions, regulatory initiatives and compliance with governmental regulations, customer preferences and various other matters, many of which are beyond the Company's control. Given these concerns, investors and analysts should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this report. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based. A further discussion of the risk factors that could impact these areas and the Company's overall business and financial performance can be found in the Company's reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits. Exhibit number Description 12.1 Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges 99.1 Press release dated October 5, 2009

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