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 6, 2013

 

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 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 6, 2013.  Of the 106,525,227 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 92,693,881 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 four directors comprising the class of directors of the Company known as the “First Class” for a one-year term expiring in 2014.

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Withhold

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

Hans Helmerich

 

80,534,051

 

5,349,643

 

6,810,187

 

John W. Lindsay

 

84,253,353

 

1,630,341

 

6,810,187

 

Paula Marshall

 

82,694,778

 

3,188,916

 

6,810,187

 

Randy A. Foutch

 

81,590,031

 

4,293,663

 

6,810,187

 

 

2.             To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

91,685,429

 

482,101

 

526,351

 

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

 

83,427,098

 

2,168,009

 

288,587

 

6,810,187

 

 

4.             To consider a non-binding stockholder proposal to adopt a majority voting standard in the election of Directors of the Company.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

67,293,649

 

13,373,265

 

5,216,506

 

6,810,461

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven R. Mackey

 

Steven R. Mackey

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

 

DATE: March 7, 2013

 

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