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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 Helix’s directors may do so by sending them in care of our Corporate Secretary at Helix’s corporate office. All such communications will be forwarded to the intended recipient(s). All such communications should provide the shareholder’s name, address, and class and number of voting securities held, and indicate whether they contain a message for the Board as a whole, a particular group or committee of directors, our Chairman or another individual director. Code of Business Conduct and Ethics In addition to the Corporate Governance Guidelines, our written Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applies to all of our directors, officers and employees. We have also established a Code of Ethics for Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers applicable to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer or Corporate Controller (or person performing a similar function, if any), and Vice President – Internal Audit. We have posted a current copy of both codes on our website at www.helixesg.com/about-helix/our-company/corporate-governance. In addition, we intend to post on our website all disclosures that are required by law or NYSE listing standards concerning any amendments to, or waivers of, any provision of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, the Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers and the Corporate Governance Guidelines are available free of charge to any shareholder in print upon request sent to the Corporate Secretary at Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 3505 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77043. Attendance at the Annual Meeting The Board holds a regular meeting immediately preceding and/or immediately after each year’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Therefore, members of the Board generally attend Helix’s Annual Meetings of Shareholders. The Board encourages its members to attend the Annual Meeting, but does not have a written policy regarding attendance at the meeting. Seven members of the Board attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mandatory Retirement Policy The Board has a mandatory retirement policy for directors such that no person may be a director nominee to serve for a term of service on the Board if during the applicable term he or she would reach the age of 75, and as written such policy does not contemplate waivers or exceptions. Directors’ Continuing Education The Board encourages all directors to attend director education programs if they believe attendance will enable them to perform better and to recognize and effectively deal with issues as they arise. To assist directors’ continuing education, Helix is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and from