---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-005293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PTEN"
cik: "0000889900"
company_name: "PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:22:11.106857+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Patterson-UTI appoints Julie J. Robertson and Cesar Jaime to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Appointed Julie J. Robertson (over 40 yrs offshore drilling exec, former CEO/Chair) and Cesar Jaime (30 yrs international oilfield services) to Board.
- Board expanded to eight members with these appointments.
- Each received 11,041 restricted stock units vesting in one year, plus standard director compensation.
- Robertson brings global compliance, risk mitigation, governance expertise; Jaime adds Latin America experience after recent acquisition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-005293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PTEN
- cik: 0000889900
- company_name: PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+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/889900/000095017022005293/0000950170-22-005293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889900/000095017022005293/pten-20220401.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-005293
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-005293.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-005293.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cesar Jaime was appointed as Director at PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 1, 2022, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Julie J. Robertson and Cesar Jaime to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889900/000095017022005293/0000950170-22-005293-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julie J. Robertson was appointed as Director at PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 1, 2022, Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Julie J. Robertson and Cesar Jaime to the Company’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889900/000095017022005293/0000950170-22-005293-index.htm

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