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): June 14, 2018

 

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

0-22664

 

75-2504748

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

10713 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N, Suite 800, Houston, Texas

 

 

 

77064

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 281-765-7100

 

Not Applicable

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:

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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 

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. 

 



Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)On April 3, 2018, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a current report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) disclosing under Item 5.02 that Ms. Janeen Judah had been appointed to the Board of Directors. Committee assignments for Ms. Judah had not been determined as of the filing of the Initial Report.  Pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 5.02 of Form 8-K, the Company is including this Item 5.02 to disclose that the Board of Directors appointed Ms. Judah to serve on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors on June 14, 2018.

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

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on June 14, 2018. Of the 221,569,305 shares of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 199,586,513 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 votes cast at the meeting:

 

1.

To elect eight directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified.

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker Non-votes

Mark S. Siegel

 

 

189,873,173

 

 

 

1,877,668

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

Charles O. Buckner

 

 

187,938,588

 

 

 

3,812,253

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

Tiffany (TJ) Thom Cepak

 

 

190,894,685

 

 

 

856,156

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

Michael W. Conlon

 

 

188,592,252

 

 

 

3,158,589

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

William A. Hendricks, Jr.

 

 

190,425,526

 

 

 

1,325,315

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

Curtis W. Huff

 

 

186,615,115

 

 

 

5,135,726

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

Terry H. Hunt

 

 

187,109,811

 

 

 

4,641,030

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

Janeen S. Judah

 

 

191,418,555

 

 

 

332,286

 

 

 

7,835,672

 

 

2.

To cast a vote to approve an amendment of the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-votes

197,610,784

 

 

1,818,615

 

 

 

157,114

 

 

 

 

0

 

3.

To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-votes

196,224,822

 

 

3,327,351

 

 

 

34,340

 

 

 

 

0

 

4.

To cast a vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s compensation of its named executive officers as set forth in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-votes

46,532,261

 

 

143,757,733

 

 

 

1,460,847

 

 

 

7,835,672

 


SIGNATURES

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

 

 

 

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

June 15, 2018

 

By:

 

/s/ Seth D. Wexler

 

 

 

 

Name: Seth D. Wexler

 

 

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary