Executive Vice President of Eastern Hemisphere Land · Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (HP)

John Bell

A named executive officer of Helmerich & Payne in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,536,765

FY2024: $2,619,112

4th of 5 named executive officers at Helmerich & Payne by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 22, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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John Bell compensation by year

Helmerich & Payne Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Helmerich & Payne reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$365,544$376,510$379,272$398,000$422,538$439,232$460,962$487,475
Bonus$243,426$184,736$0—$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$526,104$1,130,829$1,205,129$1,262,744$1,094,425$1,229,870$1,349,927$1,394,870
Option awards$566,994$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$324,568$246,314$0$463,421$523,570$500,013$650,014$307,066
Pension and deferred compensation$1,982$17,214$2,440$8,343$0$0$7,354$18,086
All other$69,563$93,039$78,901$92,927$104,151$161,249$150,855$329,268
Total$2,098,181$2,048,642$1,665,742$2,225,435$2,144,684$2,330,364$2,619,112$2,536,765

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Helmerich & Payne, Inc. DEF 14A filed January 22, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-005786, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Helmerich & Payne, Inc. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-005786. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed January 22, 2026.

$2.1M
$2.0M
$1.7M
$2.2M
$2.1M
$2.3M
$2.6M
$2.5M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU20,246$447,234—
PSU13,124$289,909—
PSU9,167$202,499—
PSU4,106$90,702—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Helmerich & Payne, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

1 Form 4 line since the FY2025 proxy (filed January 22, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-25I—1,748$28.460

The 1 most recent of 1 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Helmerich & Payne’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John LindsayChief Executive Officer$9,010,799
J. Kevin VannSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,360,261
Cara HairSenior Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer$3,208,362
John Bell · this pageExecutive Vice President of Eastern Hemisphere Land$2,536,765
Michael LennoxExecutive Vice President of Western Hemisphere Land$2,441,261

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