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Table of Contents 0 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended September 30 , 2021 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of each class Common Stock ( $ 0.10 par value ) For the transition period from Commission file number 1-4221 Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) HELMERICH & PAYNE , INC . ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Large accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Trading symbol ( s ) HP to 1437 South Boulder Avenue , Suite 1400 , Tulsa , Oklahoma 74119 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( Zip Code ) ( 918 ) 742-5531 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) ΝΙΑ ( Former name , former address and former fiscal year , if changed since last report ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No Accelerated filer Emerging Growth Company 73-0679879 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) No No 0 Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes > No Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Non - accelerated filer If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes No At March 31 , 2021 , the last business day of the Registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , the aggregate market value of the Registrant's common stock held by non - affiliates was approximately $ 2.91 billion based on the closing price of such stock on the New York Stock Exchange on such date of $ 26.96 . Number of shares of common stock outstanding at November 8 , 2021 : 108,002,263 Portions of the Registrant's 2022 Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in calendar year 2022 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10 - K . The 2022 Proxy Statement will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this Form 10 - K relates .