{"url_path":"/sec/pten/8-k/2026-06-04/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-04","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889900/0000889900-26-000044-index.html","accession_number":"0000889900-26-000044","cik":"0000889900","ticker":"PTEN","issuer_name":"PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889900/0000889900-26-000044-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000889900","primary_entity_name":"PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC"},"word_count":218,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nThe Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on June 4, 2026. Of the 379,615,632 shares of the Company’s Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 345,360,405 were present either in person or by proxy.\n\nThe following describes the matters considered by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as well as the votes cast at the meeting:\n\n1.To elect ten directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified.\n\nNomineeVotes ForVotes WithheldBroker Non-votes\n\nTiffany (TJ) Thom Cepak321,692,9425,598,36318,069,100\n\nRobert W. Drummond326,258,0751,033,23018,069,100\n\nGary M. Halverson325,202,9212,088,38418,069,100\n\nWilliam A. Hendricks, Jr.325,095,0212,196,28418,069,100\n\nCurtis W. Huff319,918,3147,372,99118,069,100\n\nCesar Jaime326,877,131414,17418,069,100\n\nJaneen S. Judah325,601,5411,689,76418,069,100\n\nAmy H. Nelson326,901,277390,02818,069,100\n\nJulie J. Robertson317,669,2559,622,05018,069,100\n\nJames C. Stewart325,524,2441,767,06118,069,100\n\n2.To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.\n\nVotes ForVotes AgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-votes\n\n334,874,71110,307,536178,1580\n\n3.To approve an amendment to the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan.\n\nVotes ForVotes AgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-votes\n\n319,700,1147,391,767199,42418,069,100\n\n4.To cast a vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s compensation of its named executive officers as set forth in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.\n\nVotes ForVotes AgainstAbstentionsBroker Non-votes\n\n311,543,03915,554,952193,31418,069,100"}