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 1, 2017

 

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.

 

At our 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2017 Annual Meeting”) 108,937,750 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting and 97,313,924 shares were present either in person or by proxy.

 

The following describes the matters considered by the Company’s stockholders at the 2017 Annual Meeting, as well as the results of the votes cast at the meeting:

 

1.                                      To elect as Directors the eight nominees listed below and named in the Company’s Proxy Statement for one-year terms expiring in 2018.

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

Randy A. Foutch

 

77,402,398

 

11,651,510

 

 

105,728

 

 

8,154,288

Hans Helmerich

 

86,301,026

 

2,808,319

 

 

50,291

 

 

8,154,288

John W. Lindsay

 

88,066,860

 

1,042,379

 

 

50,397

 

 

8,154,288

Paula Marshall

 

58,372,049

 

30,718,113

 

 

69,474

 

 

8,154,288

Thomas A. Petrie

 

87,783,446

 

1,269,304

 

 

106,886

 

 

8,154,288

Donald F. Robillard, Jr.

 

87,819,742

 

1,239,749

 

 

100,145

 

 

8,154,288

Edward B. Rust, Jr.

 

82,865,676

 

6,237,540

 

 

56,420

 

 

8,154,288

John D. Zeglis

 

82,765,215

 

6,332,211

 

 

62,210

 

 

8,154,288

 

2.                                      To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

95,068,623

 

1,816,836

 

428,465

 

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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

85,397,364

 

3,069,501

 

692,771

 

8,154,288

 

4.                                      To cast an advisory vote on whether a stockholder advisory vote to approve executive compensation should occur every 1, 2 or 3 years.

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

53,743,669

 

896,668

 

20,523,833

 

13,930,758

 

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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/ Jonathan M. Cinocca

 

Jonathan M. Cinocca

 

Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

DATE: March 2, 2017

 

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