Company: HLX
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011655
Chunk: 19

Company: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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Board Attendance During 2024, the Board held a total of fifteen meetings. Each director attended 75% or more of the total meetings of the Board held during the time such director was a member, and each director attended 75% or more of the total meetings of the committees on which such director served. Executive Sessions of Directors Non-management directors regularly meet in executive sessions following Board and committee meetings without any members of management being present and at which only those directors who meet the independence standards of the NYSE are present, provided, however, that committees do occasionally meet with individual members of management, including the Chief Executive Officer, by invitation during executive sessions. The independent Chairman presides at executive sessions of the independent directors. In the case of an executive session of independent directors held in connection with a committee meeting, the Chair of the applicable committee presides.

| 22 |     | 2025 Proxy Statement |     | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. |

TABLE OF CONTENTS Corporate Governance

Audit Committee The Audit Committee currently is composed of four independent directors: Ms. Nelson, Chair, Ms. Glassman, and Messrs. Lovoi and Transier. The Audit Committee is appointed by the Board to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibility to our shareholders, potential shareholders, the investment community and others relating to: (i) the integrity of our financial statements, (ii) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, (iii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iv) the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm and (v) the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence. Among its duties, all of which are more specifically described in the Audit Committee charter, which was most recently amended in December 2024, the Audit Committee:

| • | Appoints and oversees our independent registered public accounting firm; |

| • | Reviews the adequacy of our accounting and audit principles and practices, and the adequacy of compliance assurance procedures and internal controls; |

| • | Reviews and pre-approves all non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm in order to maintain the accounting firm’s independence; |

| • | Reviews the scope of the annual audit; |

| • | Reviews with management and the independent registered public accounting firm our annual and quarterly financial statements, including disclosures made in management’s discussion and analysis and in our earnings press releases; |

| • | Discusses with management