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 4, 2015

 

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):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on March 4, 2015.  Of the 108,049,743 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 90,770,679 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 as Directors the ten nominees listed below and named in the Company’s Proxy Statement for one-year terms expiring in 2016.

 

Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

William L. Armstrong

 

77,071,846

 

4,672,244

 

473,528

 

8,553,061

 

Randy A. Foutch

 

79,251,381

 

2,654,112

 

312,125

 

8,553,061

 

Hans Helmerich

 

78,697,633

 

3,225,745

 

294,240

 

8,553,061

 

John W. Lindsay

 

79,529,633

 

2,389,261

 

298,724

 

8,553,061

 

Paula Marshall

 

79,625,120

 

2,302,177

 

290,321

 

8,553,061

 

Thomas A. Petrie

 

80,665,622

 

1,234,435

 

317,561

 

8,553,061

 

Donald F. Robillard, Jr.

 

80,523,323

 

1,382,156

 

312,139

 

8,553,061

 

Francis Rooney

 

80,608,273

 

1,300,953

 

308,392

 

8,553,061

 

Edward B. Rust, Jr.

 

78,997,308

 

2,745,801

 

474,509

 

8,553,061

 

John D. Zeglis

 

79,265,581

 

2,479,733

 

472,304

 

8,553,061

 

 

2.             To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015.

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

88,029,675

 

2,173,650

 

567,354

 

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

 

80,160,052

 

1,655,744

 

401,822

 

8,553,061

 

 

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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 5, 2015

 

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