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 6, 2018

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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)

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

At our 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“2018 Annual Meeting”) 109,872,066 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting and 98,219,804 shares were present either in person or by proxy.

The following describes the matters considered by the Company’s stockholders at the 2018 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 2019.

2.                                      To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.

3.                                      To cast an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our executives disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement.

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.

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