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)
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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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |