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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 are paid quarterly. Directors have the option of taking Board and committee retainers (but not expenses) in the form of restricted stock. See “Summary of Director Compensation and Procedures” below. Ms. Harris received her retainer in restricted stock for her service in 2024. |

| (5) | In this column we are required to report all fees either earned or paid to directors during 2024. As a result, fees earned in 2023 for fourth quarter service in 2023 but paid in 2024 are also included; thus the dollar amount represents fees paid for five (not four) successive quarters. Fees earned in 2023 but paid in 2024 were as follows: Ms. Glassman, $22,500; Mr. Little, $22,500; Ms. Nelson, $22,500; Mr. Transier, $51,250 and Mr. Lovoi, $25,000. Information with regard to Ms. Harris and Mr. Gatti is included in footnote 7 below. |

| (6) | Amounts shown in this column represent the grant date fair value of the restricted stock as calculated in accordance with the provisions of FASB Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) Topic 718. The value ultimately realized by each director may or may not be equal to the FASB ASC Topic 718 determined value. |

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Director Compensation

| (7) | The grant date fair value of the restricted stock awarded with respect to the year ended December 31, 2024 to each director, computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, is as follows: |

| Name            |     | Date of Grant    |     |       |     |    Number 
 of Shares |     | Grant Date 
 Fair Value |
| Mr. Gatti       |     | December 6, 2023 |     |    -a |     |    17,007 |     |   $150,000 |
| January 1, 2024 |     | -b               |     | 3,040 |     |   $31,251 |     |            |
| Ms. Glassman    |     | December 6, 2023 |     |    -a |     |    17,007 |     |   $150,000 |
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