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accession: "0000046765-26-000051"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HP"
cik: "0000046765"
company_name: "Helmerich & Payne, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-22T20:04:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-22T20:05:17.181912+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helmerich & Payne raises CEO Trey Adams' base salary to $1.0M, CFO to $570K

## Summary
- CEO Adams' base salary to $1,000,000 effective Oct 1, 2026; bonus target 130% and LTI 500% of base for FY2027.
- CFO Todd Scruggs' base salary to $570,000 effective Oct 1, 2026; bonus target 100% of base for FY2027.
- Board ratified compensation increases previously approved by Human Resources Committee on Sept 16, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046765-26-000051
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HP
- cik: 0000046765
- company_name: Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-22T20:04:33+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676526000051/0000046765-26-000051-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46765/000004676526000051/hp-20260916.htm

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