Company: HLX
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001140361-25-039546
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Company: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: S-3ASR
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 as of the date they are made, and other than as required under the securities laws, we assume no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, or provide reasons why actual results may differ. All forward-looking statements, express or implied, included in this prospectus are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. We urge you to carefully review and consider the disclosures made in this prospectus and our reports filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference herein that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business. Please see “Where You Can Find More Information.”

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USE OF PROCEEDS Unless we inform you otherwise in a prospectus supplement, we anticipate using any net proceeds we receive from the sale of our securities offered by this prospectus for general corporate purposes. These purposes may include, but are not limited to:

| • | working capital; |

| • | capital expenditures; |

| • | acquisitions; and |

| • | the repayment, refinancing, redemption or repurchase of indebtedness or other securities. |

Any specific allocation of the net proceeds we receive from an offering of securities to a specific purpose will be determined at the time of the offering and will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Pending any specific application, we may initially invest funds in short-term liquid investments or apply them to the reduction of short-term indebtedness, or indebtedness under our credit agreements. We will not receive any proceeds from the sales of our common stock by the selling shareholders.

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### SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
Information about selling shareholders, where applicable, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement, in a post-effective amendment or in filings we make with the SEC under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK Set forth below is a description of the material terms of our capital stock. The following description is only a summary. This summary does not purport to be complete, or to give full effect to, the provisions of statutory or common laws, and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the terms and detailed provisions of our amended and restated articles of incorporation (including any certificate of designation