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): August 5, 2002 MURPHY OIL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 1-8590 71-0361522 - ---------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer or incorporation) Identification No.) 200 Peach Street, P.O. Box 7000 El Dorado, Arkansas 71730-7000 ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code 870-862-6411 ------------
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure On August 5, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Claiborne P. Deming, and Principal Financial Officer, Steven A. Cosse, of Murphy Oil Corporation submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460. A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2. 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 thereunto duly authorized. /s/ John W. Eckart ------------------ By: John W. Eckart Controller Date: August 6, 2002 Exhibit Index Exhibit 99.1: Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 5, 2002 Exhibit 99.2: Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 5, 2002
Exhibit 99.1 OMB Number: 3235-0569 Expires: January 31, 2003 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings I, Claiborne P. Deming, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Murphy Oil Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on or about March 22, 2002, of Murphy Oil Corporation; o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Murphy Oil Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Claiborne P. Deming Subscribed and sworn to before me - ------------------------ this 5th day of August, 2002 Claiborne P. Deming (Principal Executive Officer) August 5, 2002 /s/ Robin M. New ---------------- Robin M. New Notary Public My Commission Expires: July 6, 2009
Exhibit 99.2 OMB Number: 3235-0569 Expires: January 31, 2003 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating Exchange Act Filings I, Steven A. Cosse, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Murphy Oil Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on or about March 22, 2002, of Murphy Oil Corporation; o all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Murphy Oil Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Steven A. Cosse Subscribed and sworn to before me - -------------------- this 5th day of August, 2002 Steven A. Cosse (Principal Financial Officer) August 5, 2002 /s/ Robin M. New ---------------- Robin M. New Notary Public My Commission Expires: July 6, 2009