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 EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED: March 7, 2012
HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
State of Incorporation: Delaware
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-4221
Internal Revenue Service – Employer Identification No. 73-0679879
1437 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 1400, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(918)742-5531
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed since Last Report)
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ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on March 7, 2012. Of the 107,548,290 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 94,938,902 shares were present either in person or by proxy.
The following describes the matters considered by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as well as the results of the votes cast at the meeting:
1. To elect three directors comprising the class of directors of the Company known as the “Third Class” for a three-year term expiring in 2015.
|
Nominee |
|
For |
|
Withhold |
|
Broker Non-Vote |
|
Donald F. Robillard, Jr. |
|
88,436,775 |
|
361,222 |
|
6,140,905 |
|
Francis Rooney |
|
86,796,389 |
|
2,001,608 |
|
6,140,905 |
|
Edward B. Rust, Jr. |
|
85,743,878 |
|
3,054,119 |
|
6,140,905 |
2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012.
|
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Vote |
|
93,619,178 |
|
926,082 |
|
393,642 |
|
0 |
3. To cast an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our executives disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement.
|
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Vote |
|
83,995,346 |
|
1,195,737 |
|
3,606,914 |
|
6,140,905 |
4. To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to implement a declassification of the Board of Directors over a three-year period beginning with the election of the class of Directors known as the “First Class” for a one-year term at the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
|
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Vote |
|
88,540,769 |
|
148,563 |
|
108,665 |
|
6,140,905 |
5. To approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide that from and after the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Directors may be removed by the stockholders with or without cause.
|
For |
|
Against |
|
Abstain |
|
Broker Non-Vote |
|
88,586,272 |
|
135,300 |
|
76,425 |
|
6,140,905 |