Company: HLX
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011655
Chunk: 33

Company: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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| Audit-Related Fees |     |             0 |     |      0 |
| Tax Fees(2)        |     |            60 |     |     55 |
| All Other Fees     |     |             0 |     |      0 |
| Total              |     |        $2,751 |     | $2,890 |

| (1) | Audit fees include fees related to the following services: the annual consolidated financial statement audit (including required quarterly reviews), subsidiary audits, audits of internal controls over financial reporting, comfort letters, statutory audits and consultations relating to the audit or quarterly reviews. |

| (2) | Tax fees relate to tax compliance work in the United States. |

Vote Required The ratification of KPMG requires the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the shares of common stock present or represented and entitled to vote on the proposal at the Annual Meeting.

| Board of DirectorsRecommendation                                                                                                                                        
 The Board recommends that you vote“FOR”the ratification of the selection of KPMG as Helix’s independent registered public accounting firm set forth in this Proposal 2. |

| Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. |     | 2025 Proxy Statement |     | 33 |

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Compensation Discussion and Analysis This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes Helix’s 2024 executive compensation program, including the philosophy behind the program, how the Compensation Committee made compensation decisions in 2024, and the level and elements of 2024 compensation for each of our “named executive officers” (“NEOs”). The Compensation Committee encourages you to read this CD&A carefully and consider it when conducting your Say on Pay vote on the 2024 compensation of our NEOs. Although this is a non-binding advisory vote, the Compensation Committee considers the outcome of the vote when making future compensation decisions. Executive Summary and Recommendation Executive Summary For 2024 our four NEOs consisted of the following individuals, who are our only executive officers:

| Owen Kratz              
 President and           
 Chief Executive Officer |     | Scotty Sparks               
 Executive Vice President    
 and Chief Operating Officer |     | Erik Staffeldt              
 Executive Vice President    
 and Chief Financial Officer |     | Ken Neikirk               
 Executive Vice President, 
 General Counsel and       
 Corporate Secretary       |

As shown throughout this CD&A, in upholding our commitment to our shareholders, for 2024 compensation the Compensation Committee continued to:

| • | Establish an appropriate Benchmarking Peer Group and pay our