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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-132524
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170421
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170421
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170421

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000889900
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DRILLING OIL & GAS WELLS [1381]
		IRS NUMBER:				752504748
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-217414
		FILM NUMBER:		17775952

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4510 LAMESA HWY
		STREET 2:		P O DRAWER 1416
		CITY:			SNYDER
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79549
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9155731104

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O DRAWER 1416
		CITY:			SNYDER
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79550

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PATTERSON ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940228
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2017 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1381</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>75-2504748</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Primary Standard Industrial</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Classification Code Number)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10713 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 800 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77064 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(281) 765-7100 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address,
including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Seth D.
Wexler </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10713 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 800 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77064 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(281) 765-7100 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
address, including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>With
Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stephen&nbsp;M. Gill </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Douglas E. McWilliams </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vinson&nbsp;&amp; Elkins LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77002 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) 758-2222 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;page-break-before:always"></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a small reporting company)</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered (1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Proposed&nbsp;maximum&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price<BR>per&nbsp;share</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Proposed&nbsp;maximum&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate&nbsp;offering<BR>price</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;registration fee&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common&nbsp;Stock,&nbsp;par</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">value&nbsp;$0.01&nbsp;per&nbsp;share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">535,830(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$23.11(3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$12,383,031(3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1,436</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover such additional shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) as may become issuable pursuant to adjustment provisions of the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, as adopted, assumed,
amended, and renamed by the Company, effective as of April&nbsp;20, 2017 (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan, which was adopted, assumed, and amended by the Registrant in connection with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#147;Merger
Agreement&#148;), dated as of December&nbsp;12, 2016, by and among the Registrant, Pyramid Merger Sub, Inc. (the &#147;Merger Sub&#148;), and Seventy Seven Energy Inc. (&#147;SSE&#148;), whereby Merger Sub merges with and into SSE, with SSE
continuing as the surviving corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant (the &#147;Merger&#148;). The Merger closed on April&nbsp;20, 2017. On September&nbsp;23, 2016, 2,200,000 shares of common stock of SSE were registered by SSE
on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-213763 ) (the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;SSE&nbsp;S-8&#148;)</FONT> with respect to a prior version of the Plan (prior to its assumption, adoption and amendment
by the Registrant, the &#147;Prior Plan&#148;). 535,830 shares of Common Stock are now being carried forward from the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">SSE&nbsp;S-8</FONT> (after applying the exchange ratio of 1.7851 pursuant to the Merger Agreement)
and are registered hereby. All shares registered hereby are subject to outstanding awards originally made by SSE under the Prior Plan that have been assumed and adopted by the Registrant in connection with, and that continue to be outstanding after,
the Merger. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act. The price for 535,830 shares of Common Stock being registered hereby
is based on a price of $23.11, the average of the high and low trading prices per share of Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on April&nbsp;19, 2017. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the Merger Agreement, the Registrant has, effective as of April&nbsp;20, 2017, assumed, adopted, and amended the Seventy
Seven Energy Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, and has changed the name of such plan to the Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (as assumed, adopted and amended, the &#147;Plan&#148;). The only outstanding awards under the Plan at the
time of the Merger and immediately prior to the assumption and adoption of the Plan by the Registrant were certain restricted stock units of SSE. All such outstanding awards were converted at the effective time of the Merger into comparable awards
based on Common Stock, which were assumed and adopted by the Registrant and continue to be outstanding and governed by the Plan. The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register 535,830 shares of Common Stock issuable
under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant will provide all participants in the Plan with document(s) containing the information required by Part&nbsp;I of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,</FONT> as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with
Rule 428, the Registrant has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such documents (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except to the extent that information is
deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and will be deemed to be a
part hereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K&nbsp;(File</FONT> <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-22664),</FONT> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2017, for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K/A</FONT> (File No.
000-22664), filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;13, 2017, for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) All other reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission since December&nbsp;31, 2016, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, contained in the Registrant&#146;s
current report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K,</FONT> filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;21, 2005, as such may be amended from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and all reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents.&nbsp;Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.</P>

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to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is a Delaware corporation
subject to the applicable indemnification provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, which is referred to herein as the &#147;Delaware General Corporation Law.&#148; Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, each director and officer of the Company may be indemnified by the Company against all expenses and liabilities (including attorney&#146;s fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) actually or reasonably incurred in connection with
the defense or settlement of any threatened, pending or completed legal proceedings (other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Company) in which he or she is involved by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of
the Company if such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no
reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. If the legal proceeding, however, is by or in the right of the Company, the director or officer (i)&nbsp;may be indemnified by the Company only for expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) but not for judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlements and (ii)&nbsp;may not be indemnified for expenses in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which he or she shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless a court
determines otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s amended and restated bylaws and restated certificate of incorporation both provide for the
indemnification of the Company&#146;s directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, for all liability and loss (including attorney&#146;s fees) incurred in defending actions brought against them
arising out of the performance of their duties. The Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation also contains a provision that eliminates, subject to certain exceptions, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, the personal liability of each director of the Company to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty as a director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law and the Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation and
amended and restated bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the
Company&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into indemnification
agreements with its directors and executive officers, and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future. Pursuant to such agreements, the Company will, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, indemnify such persons against all expenses, judgments, fines and penalties incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any actions brought against them by reason of the fact that they were directors or officers of the
Company or assumed certain responsibilities at the direction of the Company. The preceding discussion of the Company&#146;s indemnification agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant has filed the exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit List
of this Registration Statement (unless otherwise indicated therein as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Registrant). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the
most recent&nbsp;post-effective amendment&nbsp;thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however,</I>&nbsp;that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial&nbsp;<I>bona fide</I>&nbsp;offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial&nbsp;<I>bona fide</I>&nbsp;offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&nbsp;In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the </P>

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opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on April&nbsp;21, 2017.
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William Andrew Hendricks, Jr.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">William Andrew Hendricks, Jr.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William Andrew Hendricks, Jr. and John
E. Vollmer III, or either of them, severally, as his/her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration
Statement and any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and either of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities indicated and on April&nbsp;21, 2017. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mark S. Siegel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Mark S. Siegel</P></TD>
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Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">William Andrew Hendricks, Jr.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John E. Vollmer
III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">John E. Vollmer III</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President &#151; Corporate Development,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kenneth N.
Berns&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Kenneth N. Berns</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Charles O.
Buckner&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Charles O. Buckner</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael W.
Conlon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Michael W. Conlon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Curtis W. Huff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Curtis W. Huff</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Terry H. Hunt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Terry H. Hunt</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tiffany J.
Thom&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Tiffany J. Thom</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., as amended (filed August&nbsp;9, 2004 as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT> for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., as amended (filed August&nbsp;9, 2004 as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT> for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (filed August&nbsp;6, 2007 as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT> for the
quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP as to the validity of the shares of Patterson-UTI common stock being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">PATTERSON-UTI</FONT> ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Table of Contents </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Plan</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Objectives</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Definitions</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eligibility</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock Available for Awards</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Administration</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Delegation of Authority</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Employee Awards</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Consultant and Director Awards</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Award Payment; Dividends and Dividend Equivalents</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Option Exercise</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Assignability</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Adjustments</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Restrictions</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unfunded Plan</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Code Section 409A</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">10</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">19.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Awards to Foreign Nationals and Employees Outside the United States</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Governing Law</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">21.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Right to Continued Participation, Service or Employment</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">22.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Clawback Right</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">23.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Usage</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">24.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Headings</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">11</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Effectiveness</P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">PATTERSON-UTI</FONT> ENERGY, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.
<B><I>Plan</I></B>. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148;), has assumed and adopted the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc. Omnibus
Incentive Plan, formerly known as the Seventy Seven Energy Inc. 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#147;<I>Plan</I>&#148;), assumed, amended, and restated effective as of April&nbsp;20, 2017 (the &#147;<I>Effective Date</I>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <B><I>Objectives</I></B>. This Plan is designed to attract and retain employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries (as defined herein), to
attract and retain qualified <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> directors of the Company, to encourage the sense of proprietorship of such employees, consultants and directors and to stimulate the active interest of such persons in
the development and financial success of the Company and its Subsidiaries. These objectives are to be accomplished by making Awards under this Plan and thereby providing Participants (as defined herein) with a proprietary interest in the growth and
performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <B><I>Definitions</I></B>. As used herein, the terms set forth below shall have the following
respective meanings: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Authorized Officer</I>&#148; means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (or any other
senior officer of the Company to whom the Committee or any of such individuals shall delegate the authority to execute any Award Agreement). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Award</I>&#148; means the grant of any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Award, or Cash Award, any of which may be structured as a Performance
Award, whether granted singly, in combination or in tandem, to a Participant pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions, and limitations as the Committee may establish in accordance with the objectives of this Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Award Agreement</I>&#148; means the document (in written or electronic form) communicating the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an
Award. The Committee may, in its discretion, require that the Participant execute or electronically accept such Award Agreement, or may provide for procedures through which Award Agreements are made effective without execution or electronic
acceptance. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Board</I>&#148; means the Board of Directors of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Cash Award</I>&#148; means an Award denominated in cash. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Change in Control</I>&#148; shall be deemed to have occurred upon the date of consummation of any of the following events: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act)) (a
&#147;<I>Person</I>&#148;), other than any Exempt Person (as defined below), of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the total fair
market value of the outstanding equity securities of the Company (the &#147;<I>FMV Outstanding Equity</I>&#148;) or total voting power of the then outstanding equity securities of the Company (the &#147;<I>Outstanding Voting Equity</I>&#148;);
provided, however, that, a Change in Control shall not occur if any person (or more than one person acting as a group) owns more than 50% of the FMV Outstanding Equity or the Outstanding Voting Equity and acquires additional FMV Outstanding Equity
or the Outstanding Voting Equity; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) a Person, other than any Exempt Person (as defined below), acquires (or has acquired during the twelve-month period
ending on the date of the most recent acquisition) ownership of the Company&#146;s equity possessing 30% or more of the Outstanding Voting Equity or FMV Outstanding Equity; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) the individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the &#147;<I>Incumbent Board</I>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a
majority of the Board during any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">24-month</FONT> period. Any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election is approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising
the Incumbent Board will be considered a member of the Incumbent Board as of the date hereof, but any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or
removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Incumbent Board will not be deemed a member of the Incumbent Board as of the date hereof; or </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) the consummation of a reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company (a &#147;<I>Business Combination</I>&#148;), unless following such Business Combination: (i)&nbsp;the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the FMV Outstanding Equity
and Outstanding Voting Equity immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 66.7% of, respectively, the then FMV Outstanding Equity and the then Outstanding Voting Equity, as the case may be, of
the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity which, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets either directly or through one or more
subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the FMV Outstanding Equity and the Outstanding Voting Equity, as the case may be; (ii)&nbsp;no Person (excluding any entity
resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 40% or more of, respectively, the then
outstanding FMV Outstanding Equity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then Outstanding Voting Equity of such entity except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination; and
(iii)&nbsp;at least a majority of the members of the Board resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business
Combination; <I>provided, however</I>, that with respect to any payments or benefits that constitute &#147;deferred compensation&#148; within the meaning of Code Section&nbsp;409A, no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred unless such
event also constitutes a &#147;change in control event&#148; within the meaning of Code Section&nbsp;409A and Treas. Reg. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;&nbsp;1.409A-3(i)(5).</FONT> For purposes of this definition, <B>&#147;</B><I>Exempt
Person</I>&#148; means each of (a)&nbsp;Blue Mountain Capital Management, LLC, Axar Capital Management, LLC and Mudrick Capital Management, LLC and (b)&nbsp;the respective affiliates of each of the Persons referred to in clause (a)&nbsp;above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Code</I>&#148; means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Committee</I>&#148; means the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board, and any successor committee thereto or such other
committee of the Board as may be designated by the Board to administer this Plan in whole or in part including any subcommittee of the Board as designated by the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Common Stock</I>&#148; means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Consultant</I>&#148; means an individual providing services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than an Employee or a Director, and an
individual who has agreed to become a consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and actually becomes such a consultant following such date of agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Consultant Award</I>&#148; means the grant of any Award (other than an Incentive Stock Option), whether granted singly, in combination, or in tandem,
to a Participant who is a Consultant pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions, and limitations established by the Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Covered
Employee</I>&#148; means any Employee who is a &#147;covered employee,&#148; as defined in Code Section&nbsp;162(m) or, with respect to a particular Award, may be a &#147;covered employee&#148; while such Award is outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Director</I>&#148; means an individual serving as a member of the Board who is not an Employee or a Consultant and an individual who has agreed to
become a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and actually becomes such a director following such date of agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Director
Award</I>&#148; means the grant of any Award (other than an Incentive Stock Option), whether granted singly, in combination, or in tandem, to a Participant who is a Director pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions, and limitations established
by the Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Disability</I>&#148; means: (1)&nbsp;if the Participant has entered into an employment agreement as of the date of an Award,
the meaning in such agreement; (2)&nbsp;or, if the Participant has not entered into such agreement or the agreement does not define Disability, then if the Participant (a)&nbsp;is an Employee, a disability that entitles the Employee to benefits
under the Company&#146;s long-term disability plan, as may be in effect as of the date of an Award, as determined by the plan administrator of the long-term disability plan or (b)&nbsp;is a Director or a Consultant, a disability whereby the Director
or Consultant is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than
12 months. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Award is subject to Code Section&nbsp;409A and the Award Agreement expressly provides, the definition of Disability shall conform to the requirements of Treasury Regulation &#167; <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.409A-3(i)(4)(i).</FONT> </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Dividend Equivalents</I>&#148; means, in the case of Restricted Stock Units or Performance Units, an
amount equal to all ordinary cash dividends that are payable to stockholders of record during the Restriction Period or performance period, as applicable, on a like number of shares of Common Stock that are subject to the Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Employee</I>&#148; means an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and an individual who has agreed to become an employee of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries and actually becomes such an employee following such date of agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Employee Award</I>&#148; means the grant of
any Award, whether granted singly, in combination, or in tandem, to an Employee pursuant to such applicable terms, conditions, and limitations established by the Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Exchange Act</I>&#148; means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Exercise Price</I>&#148; means the price at which a Participant may exercise his right to receive cash or Common Stock, as applicable, under the
terms of an Award. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Fair Market Value</I>&#148; of a share of Common Stock means, as of a particular date, (1)&nbsp;if shares of Common Stock are
listed on a national securities exchange, the closing sales price per share of Common Stock on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the principal national securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are listed on that date, or,
if there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which such a sale was so reported, (2)&nbsp;if the Common Stock is not so listed, the average of the closing bid and asked price on that date, or, if there
are no quotations available for such date, on the last preceding date on which such quotations shall be available, as reported by an inter-dealer quotation system, (3)&nbsp;if shares of Common Stock are not publicly traded, the most recent value
determined by an independent appraiser appointed by the Committee for such purpose, or (4)&nbsp;if none of the above are applicable, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Committee in accordance with
Code Section 409A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Grant Date</I>&#148; means the date an Award is granted to a Participant pursuant to this Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Incentive Stock Option</I>&#148; means an Option that meets the requirements of Code Section&nbsp;422 and which is intended to constitute an
Incentive Stock Option. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Nonqualified Stock Option</I>&#148; means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Option</I>&#148; means a right to purchase a specified number of shares of Common Stock at a specified Exercise Price, which is either an Incentive
Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Original Effective Date</I>&#148; means September&nbsp;20, 2016. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Participant</I>&#148; means an Employee, Consultant or Director to whom an Award has been made under this Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Performance Award</I>&#148; means an Award made pursuant to this Plan to a Participant which is subject to the attainment of one or more Performance
Goals. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Performance Goal</I>&#148; means one or more standards established by the Committee to determine in whole or in part whether a
Performance Award shall be earned. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Performance Unit</I>&#148; means a unit evidencing the right to receive in specified circumstances one share
of Common Stock or, to the extent specified in the Award Agreement, the equivalent value in cash, the value of which at the time it is settled is determined as a function of the extent to which established performance criteria have been satisfied.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Performance Unit Award</I>&#148; means an Award in the form of Performance Units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Qualified Performance Awards</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Paragraph 8(g)(ii). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Restricted Stock</I>&#148; means a share of Common Stock that is restricted or subject to forfeiture provisions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Restricted Stock Award</I>&#148; means an Award in the form of Restricted Stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Restricted Stock Unit</I>&#148; means a unit evidencing the right to receive in specified circumstances one share of Common Stock or, to the extent
specified in the Award Agreement, the equivalent value in cash which right may be restricted or subject to forfeiture provisions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Restricted
Stock Unit Award</I>&#148; means an Award in the form of Restricted Stock Units. </P>
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Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit Award is granted pursuant to this Plan and ending as of the date upon which such Award is no longer restricted or subject to forfeiture provisions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Stock Appreciation Right</I>&#148; or &#147;SAR&#148; means a right to receive a payment, in Common Stock or, to the extent specified in the Award
Agreement, cash, equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock on the date the right is exercised over a specified Exercise Price. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Stock Award</I>&#148; means an Award in the form of shares of Common Stock, including fully vested Common Stock, a Restricted Stock Award, a
Restricted Stock Unit Award or a Performance Unit Award that may be settled in shares of Common Stock, and excluding Options and SARs. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Stock-Based Award Limitations</I>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Paragraph&nbsp;5. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<I>Subsidiary</I>&#148; means (1)&nbsp;in the case of a corporation, any corporation of which the Company directly or indirectly owns shares
representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the shares of all classes or series of capital stock of such corporation which have the right to vote generally on matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of such corporation, and
(2)&nbsp;in the case of a partnership or other business entity not organized as a corporation, any such business entity of which the Company directly or indirectly owns 50% or more of the voting, capital or profits interests (whether in the form of
partnership interests, membership interests or otherwise). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. <B><I>Eligibility</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Employees</I>. All Employees are eligible for Employee Awards under this Plan; <I>provided, however</I>, that if the Committee makes an Employee Award
to an individual whom it expects to become an Employee following the Grant Date of such Award, such Award shall be subject to (among other terms and conditions) the individual actually becoming an Employee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Consultants</I>. All Consultants are eligible for Consultant Awards under this Plan, <I>provided, however</I>, that if the Committee makes a Consultant
Award to an individual whom it expects to become a Consultant following the Grant Date of such Award, such Award shall be subject to (among other terms and conditions) the individual actually becoming a Consultant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Directors</I>. All Directors are eligible for Director Awards under this Plan, <I>provided, however</I>, that if the Committee makes a Director Award
to an individual whom it expects to become a Director following the Grant Date of such Award, such Award shall be subject to (among other terms and conditions) the individual actually becoming a Director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Committee shall determine the type or types of Awards to be made under this Plan and shall designate from time to time the Employees, Consultants or
Directors who are to be granted Awards under this Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. <B><I>Common Stock Available for Awards</I></B>. Subject to the provisions of
Paragraph&nbsp;15 hereof, there shall be available for Awards under this Plan granted wholly or partly in Common Stock (including rights or Options that may be exercised for or settled in Common Stock) an aggregate of 505,783 shares of Common Stock
(the &#147;<I>Maximum Share Limit</I>&#148;), all of which shall be available for Incentive Stock Options. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Awards settled in cash shall not reduce the
Maximum Share Limit under the Plan. If an Award expires or is terminated, cancelled or forfeited, the shares of Common Stock associated with the expired, terminated, cancelled or forfeited Award shall again be available for Awards under the Plan.
The following shares of Common Stock shall also become available again for Awards under the Plan other than Awards of Incentive Stock Options: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Shares
of Common Stock that are tendered by a Participant or that are withheld as full or partial payment of withholding taxes or as payment for the Exercise Price of an Award; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon grant of an SAR, to the extent the number of reserved shares of Common Stock exceeds the number of
shares of Common Stock actually issued upon exercise or settlement of such SAR. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing notwithstanding, subject to the principal national securities exchange on which shares of Common
Stock are listed at the time, the Maximum Share Limit shall not be reduced by (x)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock issued under Awards granted in assumption, substitution or exchange for previously granted awards of a company acquired by the Company and
(y)&nbsp;available shares under a stockholder approved plan of an acquired company (as appropriately adjusted to reflect the transaction) and such shares shall be available for Awards under the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board and the appropriate officers of the Company shall from time to time take whatever actions are necessary to file any required documents with
governmental authorities, stock exchanges and transaction reporting systems to ensure that shares of Common Stock are available for issuance pursuant to Awards. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, the following limitations shall apply to any Awards made hereunder (and if an Award is
cancelled, the cancelled Award shall continue to be counted toward the applicable limitation in this Section, to the extent required by Code Section&nbsp;162(m)): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) No Employee may be granted during any calendar year Awards consisting of Options or SARs that are exercisable for more than 1,000,000 shares of Common
Stock; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) No Employee may be granted during any calendar year Qualified Performance Awards that are Stock Awards covering or relating to more than
1,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the limitation set forth in this clause (b), together with the limitation set forth in clause (a)&nbsp;above, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#147;<I>Stock-Based Award Limitations</I>&#148;); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) No Employee may be granted during any calendar year Qualified Performance Awards that are (1)&nbsp;Cash Awards or (2)&nbsp;Restricted Stock Unit Awards or
Performance Unit Awards that may be settled solely in cash having a value determined on the Grant Date in excess of $7,500,000; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) No Director may
be granted during any calendar year Awards having a value determined on the Grant Date when added to all cash compensation paid to the Director during the same calendar year in excess of $1,000,000. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shares delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock, shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of
the Company, shares of Common Stock purchased on the open market or by private purchase or any combination of the foregoing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.
<B><I>Administration</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Authority of the Committee</I>. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan with respect to actions or determinations
by the Board, this Plan shall be administered by the Committee; <I>provided, however</I>, that (i)&nbsp;any and all members of the Committee shall satisfy any independence requirements prescribed by any stock exchange on which the Company lists its
Common Stock; (ii)&nbsp;Awards may be granted to individuals who are subject to Section&nbsp;16(b) of the Exchange Act only if the Committee is comprised solely of two or more <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;Non-Employee</FONT>
Directors&#148; as defined in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3</FONT> (as amended from time to time, and any successor rule, regulation or statute fulfilling the same or similar function); and
(iii)&nbsp;any Award granted to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify for the &#147;performance-based compensation&#148; exception under Code Section&nbsp;162(m) shall be granted only if the Committee is comprised solely of two or more
&#147;outside directors&#148; within the meaning of Code Section l62(m) and regulations pursuant thereto. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Committee shall have full and exclusive power and authority to administer this Plan and to take all
actions that are specifically contemplated hereby or are necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration hereof. The Committee shall also have full and exclusive power to interpret this Plan and to adopt such rules, regulations and
guidelines for carrying out this Plan as it may deem necessary or proper, all of which powers shall be exercised in the best interests of the Company and in keeping with the objectives of this Plan. Subject to Paragraph 6(c) hereof, the Committee
may, in its discretion, (x)&nbsp;provide for the extension of the exercisability of an Award, or (y)&nbsp;in the event of death, Disability, retirement, termination of employment or service or Change in Control, accelerate the vesting or
exercisability of an Award, eliminate or make less restrictive any restrictions contained in an Award, waive any restriction or other provision of this Plan or an Award or otherwise amend or modify an Award in any manner that is, in either case,
(1)&nbsp;not materially adverse to the Participant to whom such Award was granted, (2)&nbsp;consented to by such Participant or (3)&nbsp;authorized by Paragraph&nbsp;15(c) hereof; <I>provided, however</I>, that except as expressly provided in
Paragraph 8(a) or 8(b) hereof, no such action shall permit the term of any Option or SAR to be greater than 10 years from its Grant Date. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or
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in any Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable to further this Plan&#146;s purposes. Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and
administration of this Plan shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)<I>
Indemnity</I>. No member of the Board or the Committee or officer of the Company to whom the Committee has delegated authority in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph&nbsp;7 of this Plan shall be liable for anything done or omitted to be done
by him, by any member of the Board or the Committee or by any officer of the Company in connection with the performance of any duties under this Plan, except for his own willful misconduct or as expressly provided by statute. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Prohibition on Repricing of Awards</I>. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph&nbsp;15 hereof, the terms of outstanding Award Agreements may not be
amended without the approval of the Company&#146;s stockholders so as to (i)&nbsp;reduce the Exercise Price of any outstanding Options or SARs. (ii)&nbsp;cancel any outstanding Options or SARs in exchange for cash or other Awards when the Exercise
Price of the original Options or SARs exceeds the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock, or (iii)&nbsp;take any other action with respect to an Option or SAR that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the
principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7. <B><I>Delegation of Authority</I></B>. The Committee may
delegate any of its authority to grant Awards to Employees who are not subject to Section&nbsp;16(b) of the Exchange Act and Consultants, subject to Paragraph 6(a) above, to the Board, to any other committee of the Board or a member of the Board or
an executive officer of the Company, provided such delegation is made in writing and specifically sets forth such delegated authority. The Committee may also delegate to an Authorized Officer authority to execute on behalf of the Company any Award
Agreement. The Committee and the Board, as applicable, may engage or authorize the engagement of a third party administrator to carry out administrative functions under this Plan. Any such delegation hereunder shall only be made to the extent
permitted by applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8. <B><I>Employee Awards</I></B>. The Committee shall determine the type or types of Employee Awards to be made under this
Plan and shall designate from time to time the Employees who are to be the recipients of such Awards. Each Award shall be embodied in an Award Agreement, which shall contain such terms, conditions and limitations as shall be determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion, and, if required by the Committee, shall be signed by the Participant to whom the Award is granted and by an Authorized Officer for and on behalf of the Company. Awards may consist of those listed in this
Paragraph&nbsp;8 hereof and may be granted singly, in combination or in tandem. Awards may also be made in combination or in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, grants or rights under this Plan or any other plan of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, including the plan of any acquired entity; <I>provided, however</I>, that, except as contemplated in Paragraph 15 hereof, no Option or SAR may be issued in exchange for the cancellation of an Option or SAR with a higher
Exercise Price nor may the Exercise Price of any Option or SAR be reduced. All or part of an Award may be subject to conditions established by the Committee. Upon the termination of employment by a Participant who is an Employee, any unexercised,
unvested or unpaid Awards shall be treated as set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or in any other written agreement the Company has entered into with the Participant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>Options</I>. An Employee Award may be in the form of an Option. An Option awarded pursuant to this Plan may consist of either an Incentive Stock Option
or a Nonqualified Stock Option. The price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased upon the exercise of an Option shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date, subject to adjustment as provided in
Paragraph 15 hereof. The term of an Option shall not exceed 10 years from the Grant Date; <I>provided, however</I>, if the term of a Nonqualified Option (but not an Incentive Option) expires at a time when the Company has imposed a prohibition on
trading of the Company&#146;s securities in order to avoid violations of applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law, then such term may be extended by the Committee or pursuant to procedures of the Committee and shall expire on the 30th day
after the expiration of such prohibition on trading. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Option, including, but not limited to, the term of any Option and the date or dates upon which the
Option becomes vested and exercisable, shall be determined by the Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Stock Appreciation Rights</I>. An Employee Award may be in the form
of an SAR. The Exercise Price for an SAR shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date, subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 15 hereof. The holder of a tandem SAR may elect to exercise either the Option
or the SAR, but not both. The exercise period for an SAR shall extend no more than 10 years after the Grant Date; <I>provided, </I> </P>
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<I>however</I>, if the term of an SAR expires at a time when the Company has imposed a prohibition on trading of the Company&#146;s securities in order to avoid violations of applicable Federal,
state, local or foreign law, then such term may be extended by the Committee or pursuant to procedures of the Committee and shall expire on the 30th day after the expiration of such prohibition on trading. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the
terms, conditions, and limitations applicable to any SAR, including, but not limited to, the term of any SAR and the date or dates upon which the SAR becomes vested and exercisable, shall be determined by the Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <I>Stock Awards</I>. An Employee Award may be in the form of a Stock Award. The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Stock Award,
including, but not limited to, any vesting or other restrictions, shall be determined by the Committee, and subject to the performance period requirements and any other applicable requirements described in this Paragraph 8 hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Restricted Stock Unit Awards</I>. An Employee Award may be in the form of a Restricted Stock Unit Award. The terms, conditions and limitations
applicable to a Restricted Stock Unit Award, including, but not limited to, the Restriction Period, shall be determined by the Committee. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee shall specify in the applicable Award Agreement whether the
Restricted Stock Unit shall be settled in the form of cash or in shares of Common Stock (or in a combination thereof) equal to the value of the vested Restricted Stock Units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <I>Performance Unit Awards</I>. An Employee Award may be in the form of a Performance Unit Award. Each Performance Unit shall have an initial value that
is established by the Committee on the Grant Date. Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable performance period has ended, the Participant shall be entitled to receive settlement of the value and number of Performance Units earned by
the Participant over the performance period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved. Settlement of earned Performance Units shall be as determined by the Committee and specified
in an Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee shall specify in the applicable Award Agreement whether the Performance Units shall be settled in the form of cash or in shares of Common Stock (or in a combination thereof)
equal to the value of the earned Performance Units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <I>Cash Awards</I>. An Employee Award may be in the form of a Cash Award. The terms, conditions
and limitations applicable to a Cash Award, including, but not limited to, vesting or other restrictions, shall be determined by the Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)
<I>Performance Awards</I>. Without limiting the type or number of Awards that may be made under the other provisions of this Plan, an Employee Award may be in the form of a Performance Award. The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to an
Award that is a Performance Award shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee shall set Performance Goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value and/or amount of Performance Awards
that will be paid out to the Participant and/or the portion of an Award that may be exercised. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <I>Nonqualified Performance Awards</I>. Performance
Awards granted to Employees that are not intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section&nbsp;162(m) shall be based on achievement of such Performance Goals and be subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions
as the Committee or its delegate shall determine. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <I>Qualified Performance Awards</I>. Performance Awards granted to Employees under this Plan that
are intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section&nbsp;162(m) shall be paid, vested or otherwise deliverable solely on account of the attainment of one or more
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-established,</FONT> objective Performance Goals established by the Committee prior to the earlier to occur of (1)&nbsp;90 days after the commencement of the performance period to which the Performance Goal
relates and (2)&nbsp;the lapse of 25% of the performance period to which the Performance Goal relates, and in any event while the outcome of the Performance Goal is substantially uncertain. A Performance Goal is objective if a third party having
knowledge of the relevant facts could determine whether and the extent to which the goal is met. One or more of such goals may apply to the Employee, one or more business units, divisions or sectors of the Company, or the Company as a whole, and if
so desired by the Committee, by comparison with a peer group of companies. Performance goals may be measured in aggregate or with reference to specific objective measurement units, such as geographic regions, employees or assets. To the extent
necessary to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Code Section&nbsp;162(m), a Performance Goal shall include one or more of the following: aggregate earnings, earnings per share, share price, net income, operating income, gross
revenue, cash flows, progress toward debt reduction goals, credit rating upgrades, meeting geographic expansion goals, objectively identified project milestones, market share, expense levels, operating costs, overhead or
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other costs, development or use of new technology, acquisitions and divestitures, risk management activities, asset monetization strategies, environmental compliance and safety and accident
rates, return on equity, total or comparative stockholder return, changes in capital structure, work output, cycle time and any of the above goals determined on an absolute or relative basis or as compared to the performance of a published or
special index deemed applicable by the Committee including, but not limited to, the Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s 500 Stock Index or a group of comparable companies. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise stated, such a Performance Goal need not be based upon an increase or positive result under a particular business criterion and could
include, for example, maintaining the status quo or limiting economic losses (measured, in each case, by reference to specific business criteria). In interpreting Plan provisions applicable to Qualified Performance Awards, it is the intent of this
Plan to conform with the standards of Code Section&nbsp;162(m) and Treasury Regulation &#167; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.162-27(e)(2)(i),</FONT> as to grants to Covered Employees and the Committee in establishing such goals and interpreting
this Plan shall be guided by such provisions. Prior to the payment of any compensation based on the achievement of Performance Goals applicable to Qualified Performance Awards, the Committee must certify in writing that applicable Performance Goals
and any of the material terms thereof were, in fact, satisfied. For this purpose, approved minutes of the Committee meeting in which the certification is made shall be treated as such written certification. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the
terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Qualified Performance Awards made pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee. At the time it establishes the Performance Goals, the Committee may provide in any such Performance
Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (a)&nbsp;asset write-downs, (b)&nbsp;litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c)&nbsp;the effect of changes in
tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d)&nbsp;any reorganization and restructuring programs, (e)&nbsp;unusual, infrequently occurring, nonrecurring or
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-time</FONT> events affecting the Company or its financial statements, as determined by the Company&#146;s auditors in accordance with applicable accounting standards, (f)&nbsp;acquisitions or divestitures,
(g)&nbsp;foreign exchange gains and losses and (h)&nbsp;settlement of hedging activities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <I>Adjustment of Performance Awards</I>. Awards that are
intended to be Qualified Performance Awards may not be adjusted upward. The Committee may retain the discretion to adjust such Performance Awards downward, either on a formula or discretionary basis or any combination, as the Committee determines.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9. <B><I>Consultant and Director Awards</I></B>. The Committee has the sole authority to grant Consultant Awards and Director Awards from time to time in
accordance with this Paragraph 9. Consultant Awards and Director Awards may consist of the forms of Award described in Paragraph 8, with the exception of Incentive Stock Options, may be granted singly, in combination, or in tandem and shall be
granted subject to such terms and conditions as specified in Paragraph 8. Each Consultant Award and Director Award shall be embodied in an Award Agreement, which shall contain such terms, conditions, and limitations as shall be determined by the
Committee, in its sole discretion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10. <B><I>Award Payment; Dividends and Dividend Equivalents</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <I>General</I>. The form of the payment of Awards shall be specified in the Award Agreement and may be made in the form of cash or Common Stock, or a
combination thereof, and may include such restrictions as the Committee shall determine, including, but not limited to, in the case of Common Stock, restrictions on transfer and forfeiture provisions. For a Restricted Stock Award, the certificates
evidencing the shares of such Restricted Stock (to the extent that such shares are so evidenced) shall contain appropriate legends and restrictions that describe the terms and conditions of the restrictions applicable thereto. For a Restricted Stock
Unit Award that may be settled in shares of Common Stock, the shares of Common Stock that may be issued at the end of the Restriction Period shall be evidenced by book entry registration or in such other manner as the Committee may determine. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <I>Dividends and Dividend Equivalents</I>. Rights to (1)&nbsp;dividends will be extended to and made part of any Restricted Stock Award and
(2)&nbsp;Dividend Equivalents may be extended to and made part of any Restricted Stock Unit Award and Performance Unit Award, subject in each case to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Committee may establish; <I>provided, however</I>,
that no such dividends or Dividend Equivalents shall be paid with respect to unvested Stock Awards, including Stock Awards subject to Performance Goals. Dividends or Dividend Equivalents paid with respect to unvested Stock Awards may, in the
discretion of the Committee, be accumulated and paid to the Participant at the time that such Stock Award vests. Dividends and/or Dividend Equivalents shall not be made part of any Options or SARs. </P>
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if set forth in the Award Agreement and elected by the Participant, the Participant may purchase such shares by means of the Company withholding shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable on exercise of the Award or tendering Common Stock valued
at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise, or any combination thereof. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine acceptable methods for Participants to tender Common Stock or other Awards. The Committee may provide for procedures to
permit the exercise or purchase of such Awards by use of the proceeds to be received from the sale of Common Stock issuable pursuant to an Award (including cashless exercise and net exercise procedures approved by the Committee involving a broker or
dealer approved by the Committee). The Committee may adopt additional rules and procedures regarding the exercise of Options from time to time, provided that such rules and procedures are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Paragraph 11.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12. <B><I>Taxes</I></B>. The Company shall have the right to deduct applicable taxes from any Award payment and withhold, at the time of delivery or
vesting of cash or shares of Common Stock under this Plan, an appropriate amount of cash or number of shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof for payment of required withholding taxes or to take such other action as may be necessary in the
opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for withholding of such taxes. The Committee may also permit withholding to be satisfied by the transfer to the Company of shares of Common Stock theretofore owned by the holder of the Award with
respect to which withholding is required. If shares of Common Stock are used to satisfy tax withholding, such shares shall be valued based on the Fair Market Value when the tax withholding is required to be made. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13. <B><I>Amendment, Modification, Suspension or Termination</I></B>. The Board may amend, modify, suspend or terminate this Plan (and the Committee may amend
an Award Agreement) for the purpose of meeting or addressing any changes in legal requirements or for any other purpose permitted by law, except that (1)&nbsp;no amendment or alteration that would materially adversely affect the rights of any
Participant under any Award previously granted to such Participant shall be made without the consent of such Participant and (2)&nbsp;no amendment or alteration shall be effective prior to its approval by the stockholders of the Company to the
extent stockholders&#146; approval is otherwise required by applicable legal requirements or the requirements of the securities exchange on which the Company&#146;s stock is listed, including any amendment that expands the types of Awards available
under this Plan, materially increases the number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards under this Plan, materially expands the classes of persons eligible for Awards under this Plan, materially extends the term of this Plan, materially
changes the method of determining the Exercise Price of Options, deletes or limits any provisions of this Plan that prohibit the repricing of Options or SARs. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14. <B><I>Assignability</I></B>. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee or expressly provided for in an Award Agreement, no Award or any other benefit
under this Plan shall be assignable or otherwise transferable except (1)&nbsp;by will or the laws of descent and distribution or (2)&nbsp;pursuant to a domestic relations order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction that is not contrary to the
terms and conditions of this Plan or applicable Award and in a form acceptable to the Committee. The Committee may prescribe and include in applicable Award Agreements other restrictions on transfer. Any attempted assignment of an Award or any other
benefit under this Plan in violation of this Paragraph 14 shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Award may be transferred for value or consideration. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15. <B><I>Adjustments</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The existence of
outstanding Awards shall not affect in any manner the right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the capital stock of the Company or its
business or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stock (whether or not such issue is prior to, on a parity with or junior to the Common Stock) or the dissolution or liquidation
of the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other corporate act or proceeding of any kind, whether or not of a character similar to that of the acts or proceedings enumerated above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) In the event of any subdivision or consolidation of outstanding shares of Common Stock, declaration of a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or
other stock split, then (1)&nbsp;the number of shares of Common Stock reserved under this Plan, (2)&nbsp;the number of shares of Common Stock covered by outstanding Awards in the form of Common Stock or units denominated in Common Stock,
(3)&nbsp;the Exercise Price or other price in respect of such Awards, (4)&nbsp;the Stock-Based Award Limitations, and (5)&nbsp;the appropriate Fair Market Value and other price </P>
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determinations for such Awards shall each be proportionately adjusted by the Committee as appropriate to reflect such transaction. In the event of any other recapitalization or capital
reorganization of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation or entity, the adoption by the Company of any plan of exchange affecting the Common Stock or any distribution to holders of Common Stock of securities
or property (other than normal cash dividends or dividends payable in Common Stock), the Committee shall make appropriate adjustments to (i)&nbsp;the number and kind of shares of Common Stock covered by Awards in the form of Common Stock or units
denominated in Common Stock, (ii)&nbsp;the Exercise Price or other price in respect of such Awards, (iii)&nbsp;the appropriate Fair Market Value and other price determinations for such Awards, and (iv)&nbsp;the Stock-Based Award Limitations to
reflect such transaction; provided that such adjustments shall only be such as are necessary to maintain the proportionate interest of the holders of the Awards and preserve, without increasing, the value of such Awards. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) In the event of a corporate merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or liquidation, the Committee may make
such adjustments to Awards or other provisions for the disposition of Awards as it deems equitable, and shall be authorized, in its discretion, (1)&nbsp;to provide for the substitution of a new Award or other arrangement (which, if applicable, may
be exercisable for such property or stock as the Committee determines) for an Award or the assumption of the Award, regardless of whether in a transaction to which Code Section&nbsp;424(a) applies, (2)&nbsp;to provide, prior to the transaction, for
the acceleration of the vesting and exercisability of, or lapse of restrictions with respect to, the Award and, if the transaction is a cash merger, provide for the termination of any portion of the Award that remains unexercised at the time of such
transaction, or (3)&nbsp;to cancel any such Awards and to deliver to the Participants cash in an amount that the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion is equal to the Fair Market Value of such Awards on the date of such event, which in
the case of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights shall be the excess (if any) of the Fair Market Value of Common Stock on such date over the Exercise Price of such Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) No adjustment or substitution pursuant to this Paragraph 15 shall be made in a manner that results in noncompliance with the requirements of Code
Section&nbsp;409A, to the extent applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16. <B><I>Restrictions</I></B>. No Common Stock or other form of payment shall be issued with respect to any
Award unless the Company shall be satisfied based on the advice of its counsel that such issuance will be in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock delivered under this Plan (to
the extent that such shares are so evidenced) may be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any
securities exchange or transaction reporting system upon which the Common Stock is then listed or to which it is admitted for quotation and any applicable federal or state securities law. The Committee may cause a legend or legends to be placed upon
such certificates (if any) to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17. <B><I>Unfunded Plan</I></B>. This Plan is unfunded. Although
bookkeeping accounts may be established with respect to Participants who are entitled to cash, Common Stock or rights thereto under this Plan, any such accounts shall be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company shall not be required to
segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by cash, Common Stock or rights thereto, nor shall this Plan be construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Company, the Board or the Committee be deemed to be a trustee of any
cash, Common Stock or rights thereto to be granted under this Plan. Any liability or obligation of the Company to any Participant with respect to an Award of cash, Common Stock or rights thereto under this Plan shall be based solely upon any
contractual obligations that may be created by this Plan and any Award Agreement, and no such liability or obligation of the Company shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or other encumbrance on any property of the Company. None of the
Company, the Board or the Committee shall be required to give any security or bond for the performance of any obligation that may be created by this Plan. With respect to this Plan and any Awards granted hereunder, Participants are general and
unsecured creditors of the Company and have no rights or claims except as otherwise provided in this Plan or any applicable Award Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">18.
<B><I>Code Section</I></B><B><I></I></B><B><I>&nbsp;409A</I></B>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Awards made under this Plan are intended to comply with or be exempt from Code
Section&nbsp;409A, and ambiguous provisions hereof, if any, shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent. No payment, benefit or consideration shall be substituted for an Award if such action would result in the
imposition of </P>
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taxes under Code Section&nbsp;409A. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, if any Plan provision or Award under this Plan would result in the imposition of an additional tax under
Code Section&nbsp;409A, that Plan provision or Award shall be reformed, to the extent permissible under Code Section&nbsp;409A, to avoid imposition of the additional tax, and no such action shall be deemed to adversely affect the Participant&#146;s
rights to an Award. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Unless the Committee provides otherwise in an Award Agreement, each Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Unit Award or Cash
Award (or portion thereof if the Award is subject to a vesting schedule) shall be settled no later than the 15th day of the third month after the end of the first calendar year in which the Award (or such portion thereof) is no longer subject to a
&#147;substantial risk of forfeiture&#148; within the meaning of Code Section&nbsp;409A. If the Committee determines that a Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Unit Award or Cash Award is intended to be subject to Code Section&nbsp;409A, the
applicable Award Agreement shall include terms that are designed to satisfy the requirements of Code Section&nbsp;409A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) If the Participant is
identified by the Company as a &#147;specified employee&#148; within the meaning of Code Section&nbsp;409A(a)(2)(B)(i) on the date on which the Participant has a &#147;separation from service&#148; (other than due to death) within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation &#167; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.409A-1(h),</FONT> any Award payable or settled on account of a separation from service that is deferred compensation subject to Code Section&nbsp;409A shall be paid or settled on the
earliest of (1)&nbsp;the first business day following the expiration of six months from the Participant&#146;s separation from service, (2)&nbsp;the date of the Participant&#146;s death, or (3)&nbsp;such earlier date as complies with the
requirements of Code Section&nbsp;409A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">19. <B><I>Awards to Foreign Nationals and Employees Outside the United States</I></B>. The Committee may, without
amending this Plan, (1)&nbsp;establish special rules applicable to Awards granted to Participants who are foreign nationals, are employed or otherwise providing services outside the United States, or both, including rules that differ from those set
forth in this Plan, and (2)&nbsp;grant Awards to such Participants in accordance with those rules. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20. <B><I>Governing Law</I></B>. This Plan and all
determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by mandatory provisions of the Code or the securities laws of the United States, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Delaware. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">21. <B><I>No Right to Continued Participation, Service or Employment</I></B>. Unless otherwise set forth in an employment agreement, no
person shall have any right to participate in this Plan. Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate any Participant&#146;s employment or other
service relationship with the Company or its Subsidiaries at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the capacity in which he is employed or otherwise serves the Company or its Subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">22. <B><I>Clawback Right</I></B>. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Plan, any Award shall be subject to recovery or clawback by the Company under
any clawback policy adopted by the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">23. <B><I>Usage</I></B>. Words used in this Plan in the singular shall include the plural and in the plural
the singular, and the gender of words used shall be construed to include whichever may be appropriate under any particular circumstances of the masculine, feminine or neuter genders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">24. <B><I>Headings</I></B>. The headings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of
this Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">25. <B><I>Effectiveness</I></B>. This amended and restated Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date and shall continue in effect for a
term of 10 years commencing from the Original Effective Date, unless earlier terminated by action of the Board. </P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10713 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 800 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Houston, Texas 77064 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as counsel for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the Company&#146;s registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), of the offer and sale of an aggregate of up to 535,830 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;), pursuant to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) on April&nbsp;21, 2017, which Shares may be issued from time to time in accordance with the terms of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time
(the &#147;Plan&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In reaching the opinions set forth herein, we have examined and are familiar with originals or copies, certified
or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents and records of the Company and such statutes, regulations and other instruments as we deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion, including (i)&nbsp;the Registration
Statement, (ii)&nbsp;certain resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company, (iii)&nbsp;the Plan, and (iv)&nbsp;such other certificates, instruments, and documents as we have considered necessary for purposes of this opinion letter. As
to any facts material to our opinions, we have made no independent investigation or verification of such facts and have relied, to the extent that we deem such reliance proper, upon certificates of public officials and officers or other
representatives of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have assumed (i)&nbsp;the legal capacity of all natural persons, (ii)&nbsp;the genuineness of all
signatures, (iii)&nbsp;the authority of all persons signing all documents submitted to us on behalf of the parties to such documents, (iv)&nbsp;the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (v)&nbsp;the conformity to authentic
original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, (vi)&nbsp;that all information contained in all documents reviewed by us is true, correct and complete, and (vii)&nbsp;that the Shares will be issued in accordance with the terms of the
Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on the foregoing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, and having due regard for the legal considerations we deem
relevant, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when the Shares are issued by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instruments executed pursuant to the Plan, as applicable, which govern the
awards to which any Share relates, will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This
opinion is limited in all respects to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to any other law or any matter other than as expressly set forth above, and no opinion as to any other law or matter may be inferred
or implied herefrom. The opinions expressed herein are rendered as of the date hereof, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update this letter or advise you of any change in any matter after the date hereof. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> of
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc.<B> </B>of our report dated February&nbsp;13, 2017 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting of<B> </B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Patterson-UTI</FONT> Energy, Inc., which appears in such Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;21, 2017</TD></TR>
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