Company: HLX
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011655
Chunk: 3

Company: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 3
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 | Election of                 
 Directors                   |     | “FOR” each     
 nominee        |     | Plurality Voting Standard: The two nominees receiving the greatest number of votes cast                           |     | “Withhold authority” or abstentions not counted as votes cast and as such have no effect(a) |     | Not counted as votes cast and as such have no effect; brokers may not vote on this proposal absent instructions |
| 2           |     | Ratification                
 of Public                   
 Accounting Firm             |     | “FOR”          |     | Majority of Votes Cast: Votes that shareholders cast “for” must exceed the votes that shareholders cast “against” |     | Counted as votes “against”                                                                  |     | Not counted as votes cast and as such have no effect; brokers may vote without restriction on this proposal     |
| 3           |     | Advisory Vote               
 on the Approval             
 of the 2024                 
 Compensation of             
 Named Executive Officers(b) |     | “FOR”          |     | Majority of Votes Cast: Votes that shareholders cast “for” must exceed the votes that shareholders cast “against” |     | Counted as votes “against”                                                                  |     | Not counted as votes cast and as such have no effect; brokers may not vote on this proposal absent instructions |

| (a) | In accordance with the Corporate Governance Guidelines for the Board, if any nominee receives a greater number of “withhold authority” than votes “for” his or her election, then that nominee is to promptly tender his or her resignation, which the Board, upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, will decide to accept or decline. |

| (b) | Because this shareholder vote is advisory, the vote will not be binding on the Board or Helix. The Compensation Committee, however, will review the voting results and take them into consideration when making future compensation decisions for our named executive officers. |

| 5. | If I received a notice in the mail regarding Internet availability of the proxy materials instead of a paper copy of the proxy materials, why was that the case? |

We are using the “notice and access” process permitted by the SEC to distribute proxy materials to certain shareholders. This process allows us to post proxy materials on a designated website and notify our shareholders of the availability of the proxy materials on that website. As such, we are furnishing proxy materials, including this proxy statement and our 2024 Annual Report to Shareholders, to most of our shareholders by providing