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, 2013

 

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-4221

 

73-0679879

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation)

 

Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

1437 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 1400

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(918) 742-5531

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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)

 

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Item 8.01.  Other Events.

 

The Directors of Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (the “Company”), at a Board of Directors meeting held on March 6, 2013, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.15 per share on its common stock, payable May 31, 2013, to stockholders of record at the close of business May 15, 2013.  This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 8.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: March 6, 2013

HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven R. Mackey

 

 

Name:

Steven R. Mackey

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President

 

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