---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000866829-24-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLX"
cik: "0000866829"
company_name: "HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T23:56:03.233667+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helix shareholders approve all four proposals at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Elected directors Amerino Gatti, Diana Glassman, Owen Kratz as Class II with votes for 119.9M to 125.1M.
- Ratified KPMG as independent auditor for 2024; 134.7M votes for, 1.4M against.
- Approved on advisory basis 2023 named executive officer compensation; 120.1M votes for.
- Approved amendment and restatement of 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan; 119.8M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000866829-24-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLX
- cik: 0000866829
- company_name: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682924000022/0000866829-24-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682924000022/hlx-20240515x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on the approval of the 2023 compensation of our named executive officers. at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: This proposal received a majority of the votes cast; accordingly, our shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the 2023 compensation of our named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682924000022/0000866829-24-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC shareholders approved Approval of our 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated. at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: This proposal received a majority of the votes cast; accordingly, our shareholders approved the 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682924000022/0000866829-24-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of Director Nominees at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Each of the directors received the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares cast and were elected as Class II directors to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2027 or, if at a later date, until their respective successor is elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682924000022/0000866829-24-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: This proposal received a majority of the votes cast; accordingly, our shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682924000022/0000866829-24-000022-index.htm

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