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: May 21, 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)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (the “Company”) will discuss information to be distributed in an investor and securities analyst conference that includes the slides attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference. This presentation, among other things, references the Company’s signing of incremental long-term contracts with two exploration and production companies to operate three new FlexRigs® in the United States.
This information is not “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing made pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The furnishing of these slides is not intended to constitute a representation that such information is required by Regulation FD or that the materials they contain include material information that is not otherwise publicly available.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits.
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99.1 |
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Slides to be distributed at an investor and securities analyst conference. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly authorized the undersigned to sign this report on its behalf.
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HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC. |
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(Registrant) |
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/s/ Steven R. Mackey |
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Steven R. Mackey |
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Executive Vice President |
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DATE: May 21, 2012 |