Company: HLX
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-011655
Chunk: 21

Company: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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 to the compensation of our executive officers. The Compensation Committee has the responsibilities described in the Compensation Committee charter, which was most recently amended in December 2024, including the overall responsibility for reviewing, evaluating and approving Helix’s executive officer compensation plans, policies, programs and agreements (to the extent such agreements are considered necessary or appropriate by the Compensation Committee). The Compensation Committee is also responsible for reviewing and recommending to the Board whether the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” should be included in our proxy statement. Among its duties, all of which are more specifically described in its charter, the Compensation Committee has the responsibility to:

| • | Review our overall compensation philosophy and objectives; |

| • | Make recommendations to the Board with respect to our 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) (our “2005 Long Term Incentive Plan”), our Employees’ 401(k) Savings Plan, our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), and any other equity-based plans; |

| • | Commission independent consultants to assist the committee in the evaluation of independent board member and executive officer compensation, as discussed in our “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” below; |

| • | Review and approve employment, severance, change in control agreements and other compensatory arrangements with our executive officers, as the committee determines are appropriate, in consultation with the Board; |

| • | Review and approve annually executive officer compensation and compensatory arrangements, including base salary and short-term and long-term incentive compensation, in consultation with the Board; |

| • | Review and reassess the adequacy of its charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval; |

| • | Perform an annual self-evaluation of its performance; |

| • | Oversee the development and management of our human capital management policies, strategies and initiatives, including but not limited to those regarding diversity and inclusion as well as our employee culture, relations and engagement; |

| • | Adopt, periodically review and administer one or more recoupment or “clawback” policies; and |

| • | Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board from time to time. |

Compensation Committee Independence The Board has affirmatively determined that all members of the Compensation Committee are considered “independent” as defined under NYSE Rule 303A.

| 24 |     | 2025 Proxy Statement |     | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. |

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