Helmerich & Payne : Report of unscheduled material events or corporate event

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 5, 2019

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		1-4221		73-0679879
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1437 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 1400

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

[phone]

(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 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders ('2019 Annual Meeting') 110,510,342 shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting and 97,741,490 shares were present either in person or by proxy.

The following describes the matters considered by the Company's stockholders at the 2019 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 2020.

Nominee		For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
Delaney M. Bellinger		87,740,064		295,656		48,935		9,656,835
Kevin G. Cramton		87,120,402		915,694		48,559		9,656,835
Randy A. Foutch		84,056,798		2,274,700		1,753,157		9,656,835
Hans Helmerich		86,267,756		1,780,391		36,508		9,656,835
John W. Lindsay		87,110,442		935,598		38,615		9,656,835
Jose R. Mas		77,856,934		10,169,374		58,347		9,656,835
Thomas A. Petrie		87,080,622		944,653		59,380		9,656,835
Donald F. Robillard, Jr.		87,119,418		907,068		58,169		9,656,835
Edward B. Rust, Jr.		85,290,941		2,734,908		58,806		9,656,835
John D. Zeglis		85,229,225		2,795,242		60,188		9,656,835

2. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditors for the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Vote
95,451,763		1,858,952		430,775		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
84,898,293		3,012,517		173,845		9,656,835

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