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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000046765-24-000083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HP"
cik: "0000046765"
company_name: "Helmerich & Payne, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T23:55:29.884261+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helmerich & Payne amends KCA Deutag purchase agreement; closing delayed to no earlier than Jan 15, 2025

## Summary
- Signed Deed of Amendment on Dec 20, 2024; transaction closing set for no earlier than Jan 15, 2025.
- Previously expected to close in late 2024; now targeted for January 2025.
- Closing remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.
- Deal terms unchanged beyond the amended closing timeline.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046765-24-000083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HP
- cik: 0000046765
- company_name: Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676524000083/0000046765-24-000083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676524000083/hp-20241220.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000046765-24-000083.txt

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