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: November 8, 2013
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 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (“H&P”) today announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has approved the previously disclosed October 30, 2013 plea agreement between H&P’s wholly owned subsidiary, Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. (“H&PIDC”), and the United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana (“DOJ”). The court’s approval of the plea agreement resolves the DOJ’s investigation into certain choke manifold testing irregularities that occurred in 2010 at one of H&PIDC’s offshore platform rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The plea agreement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
H&P further announced that H&PIDC and the Inspector General’s Office of the Department of Interior are currently engaged in discussions of the same events that were the subject of the DOJ’s investigation. Although we presently believe that the outcome of these discussions will not have a material adverse effect on the Company, we can provide no assurances as to the timing or eventual outcome of these discussions.
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.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
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99.1 |
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Plea Agreement dated October 30, 2013 between Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. and the United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana |
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.
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HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC. |
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(Registrant) |
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/s/ Steven R. Mackey |
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Steven R. Mackey |
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Executive Vice President |
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DATE: November 8, 2013 |