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): March 5, 2019

 

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-4221

 

73-0679879

(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

1437 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 1400

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(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.):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

 

 


 

ITEM 5.07           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2019 Annual Meeting”) 110,510,342 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting and 97,741,490 shares were present either in person or by proxy.

 

The following describes the matters considered by the Company’s stockholders at the 2019 Annual Meeting, as well as the results of the votes cast at the meeting:

 

1.             To elect as Directors the ten nominees listed below and named in the Company’s Proxy Statement for one-year terms expiring in 2020.

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

Delaney M. Bellinger

 

87,740,064

 

295,656

 

48,935

 

9,656,835

 

Kevin G. Cramton

 

87,120,402

 

915,694

 

48,559

 

9,656,835

 

Randy A. Foutch

 

84,056,798

 

2,274,700

 

1,753,157

 

9,656,835

 

Hans Helmerich

 

86,267,756

 

1,780,391

 

36,508

 

9,656,835

 

John W. Lindsay

 

87,110,442

 

935,598

 

38,615

 

9,656,835

 

Jose R. Mas

 

77,856,934

 

10,169,374

 

58,347

 

9,656,835

 

Thomas A. Petrie

 

87,080,622

 

944,653

 

59,380

 

9,656,835

 

Donald F. Robillard, Jr.

 

87,119,418

 

907,068

 

58,169

 

9,656,835

 

Edward B. Rust, Jr.

 

85,290,941

 

2,734,908

 

58,806

 

9,656,835

 

John D. Zeglis

 

85,229,225

 

2,795,242

 

60,188

 

9,656,835

 

 

2.             To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

95,451,763

 

1,858,952

 

430,775

 

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

 

84,898,293

 

3,012,517

 

173,845

 

9,656,835

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

 

 

 

Date: March 6, 2019

By:

/s/ Debra R. Stockton

 

Name:

Debra R. Stockton

 

Title:

Corporate Secretary

 

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