---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000866829-21-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLX"
cik: "0000866829"
company_name: "HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:06:50.318129+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helix appoints T. Mitch Little to board; board size increased to 7

## Summary
- Board expanded from 6 to 7 directors; Little elected Class I director effective July 22, 2021.
- Little received 14,664 restricted shares (vesting one year) plus standard director compensation.
- Little is former EVP of Operations at Marathon Oil, retired Dec 2020, with 30+ years in oil & gas.
- His term as Class I director expires at Helix's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000866829-21-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLX
- cik: 0000866829
- company_name: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682921000015/0000866829-21-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682921000015/hlx-20210723x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000866829-21-000015
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000866829-21-000015.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000866829-21-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  T. Mitch Little was elected as Director at HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: increased the size of the Helix Board from six to seven directors, and also elected T. Mitch Little as a director, both effective as of July 22, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682921000015/0000866829-21-000015-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.