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
Chunk 5
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, dating and returning the proxy card. Beneficial Owner. If like most Helix shareholders you hold your shares in “street name” through a broker, bank or other nominee (your “Nominee”) rather than directly in your own name, you are considered the “beneficial owner” of those shares, and the Notice is being forwarded to you by your Nominee as the shareholder of record. If you are a beneficial owner, you may appoint proxies and vote as provided by your Nominee. The availability of telephone or Internet voting will depend upon the voting process of your Nominee. You should follow the voting directions provided by your Nominee. If you provide specific voting instructions in accordance with the directions provided by your Nominee, your Nominee will vote your shares as you have directed. Your Nominee is considered to be the shareholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, you may vote shares held in “street name” at the Annual Meeting only if you (a) obtain a signed “legal proxy” from your Nominee giving you the right to vote the shares and (b) provide an account statement or letter from your Nominee showing that you were the beneficial owner of the shares on the record date. If your shares are not registered in your name and you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and vote your shares, you should contact your Nominee to obtain a proxy executed in your favor and bring it to the Annual Meeting.

| 9. | May I change my vote? |

Yes. If you are a shareholder of record, you may change your vote and revoke your proxy prior to the vote at the Annual Meeting by sending a written statement to that effect to the Corporate Secretary of Helix, submitting a properly signed proxy card with a later date, or attending the meeting and voting in person at the Annual Meeting. If you hold shares in “street name,” you must follow the procedures required by your Nominee to revoke or change a proxy. You should contact your Nominee directly for more information on these procedures.

| 10. | What is a quorum? |

A majority of Helix’s outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date must be present at the Annual Meeting in order to hold the meeting and conduct business. This is called a quorum. Shares are counted as present at the Annual Meeting if a shareholder:

| • | ispresentat the Annual Meeting, or |

| • | has properly submitted aproxy(by telephone, electronically using the Internet or written proxy card). |

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