---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000046765-24-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HP"
cik: "0000046765"
company_name: "Helmerich & Payne, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:15:57.173322+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helmerich & Payne appoints J. Kevin Vann as CFO, succeeding retiring Smith on Aug 15

## Summary
- J. Kevin Vann named CFO Designate effective Aug 5, will become CFO on Aug 15, 2024 after Mark Smith's retirement.
- Vann previously served as CFO of WPX Energy (2014-2021) and as a director of Empire Petroleum since 2023.
- Initial base salary of $580,000; eligible for annual cash bonus target of 100% of base and long-term equity incentives.
- CEO cites Vann's M&A background as key for planned KCA Deutag acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046765-24-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HP
- cik: 0000046765
- company_name: Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676524000049/0000046765-24-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676524000049/hp-20240805.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000046765-24-000049
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000046765-24-000049.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000046765-24-000049.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Kevin Vann was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Helmerich & Payne, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: announced the hiring of J. Kevin Vann as Chief Financial Officer Designate and that Mr. Vann will succeed Mark W. Smith as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on August 15, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676524000049/0000046765-24-000049-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark W. Smith retired as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Helmerich & Payne, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: upon Mr. Smith’s previously announced retirement from that position
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676524000049/0000046765-24-000049-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.