Company: HLX
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011655
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Company: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Proxy Statement Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on May 14, 2025 The Board of Directors of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (referred to herein as “Helix,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”), is soliciting your proxy to vote at our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. This proxy statement contains information about the items being voted on at the Annual Meeting and information about Helix. Please read it carefully. The Annual Meeting will be held at Helix’s corporate office, 3505 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77043. Helix’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has set March 18, 2025 as the record date for the Annual Meeting. There were 151,530,339 shares of Helix common stock outstanding on the record date. As permitted by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules, we are making this proxy statement and our 2024 Annual Report to Shareholders available to our shareholders electronically via the Internet. On or about April 2, 2025, we intend to mail to our shareholders a Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”). The Notice contains instructions on how to vote online, by telephone or, in the alternative, how to request a paper copy of the proxy materials and proxy card. By providing the Notice and access to our proxy materials via the Internet, we are lowering the costs and reducing the environmental impact of the Annual Meeting.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Information

| 1. | Why am I receiving these materials? |

We are providing these proxy materials to you in connection with the Annual Meeting, to be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time (Houston Time) at Helix’s corporate office, 3505 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77043, and all reconvened meetings after adjournments thereof. As a shareholder of Helix, you are invited to attend the Annual Meeting and are entitled and requested to vote on the proposals described in this proxy statement.

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