KENNETH N. BERNS - 01 May 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC (PTEN)

Role: Executive Vice President
Signature: By Forrest Robinson pursuant to a Limited Power of Attorney filed with the SEC on 3/29/2013 /s/ Forrest Robinson
Issuer symbol: PTEN
Transactions as of: 01 May 2025
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 May 2025, 16:23:47 UTC
Previous filing: 13 May 2024
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
BERNS KENNETH N	Executive Vice President	1801 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 1111, LOS ANGELES	By Forrest Robinson pursuant to a Limited Power of Attorney filed with the SEC on 3/29/2013 /s/ Forrest Robinson	05 May 2025	0001238210

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	PTEN	Common Stock	Award	$0	+84,700	+8.9%	$0.000000	1,032,020	01 May 2025	Direct	F1
holding	PTEN	Common Stock						34,000	01 May 2025	By Trust(s)	F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	PTEN	Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Units	Award		+60,100			60,100	01 May 2025	Common Stock	60,100		Direct	F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock units that convert into shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), on a one-for-one basis. One-third of the restricted stock units vests on each of May 1, 2026, May 1, 2027 and May 1, 2028.
F2	Held by trust(s) for which the reporting person is the trustee.
F3	Each cash-settled restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive cash in an amount equal to the value of one share of Common Stock on the applicable vesting date. One-third of the cash-settled restricted stock units vests on each of May 1, 2026, May 1, 2027 and May 1, 2028.