Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On June 4, 2020, Charles O. Buckner's previously announced retirement from the Board of Directors of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the "Company") became effective. On June 4, 2020, as previously announced, Mark S. Siegel stepped down as Executive Chairman of the Company and his retirement from the Board became effective. Curtis W. Huff became non-executive Chairman of the Board and the size of the Board was reduced from eight members to six members.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company was held on June 4, 2020. Of the 186,356,475 shares of the Company's Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, 170,594,485 were present either in person or by proxy.

The following describes the matters considered by the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting, as well as the votes cast at the meeting:



   1. To elect six 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.


Nominee                        Votes For       Votes Withheld      Broker Non-votes
Tiffany (TJ) Thom Cepak       138,960,914         16,816,384           14,817,187
Michael W. Conlon             133,405,454         22,371,844           14,817,187
William A. Hendricks, Jr.     136,778,909         18,998,389           14,817,187
Curtis W. Huff                136,012,428         19,764,870           14,817,187
Terry H. Hunt                 135,728,037         20,049,261           14,817,187
Janeen S. Judah               139,382,759         16,394,539           14,817,187


   2. To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's
      independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending
      December 31, 2020.




 Votes For     Votes Against      Abstentions     Broker Non-votes
164,279,771       6,186,908          127,806             0


   3. 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.




 Votes For     Votes Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-votes
149,521,756       5,792,184          463,358           14,817,187

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