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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000866829-26-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLX"
cik: "0000866829"
company_name: "HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:20:09+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T21:51:58.497404+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helix Energy Solutions reports annual meeting voting results; all proposals approved

## Summary
- Director nominees Paula Harris, Amy H. Nelson, and William L. Transier elected as Class III directors (three-year term).
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor for 2026: 132,170,631 for, 447,964 against, 43,805 abstentions.
- Advisory vote on 2025 named executive officer compensation approved: 116,003,801 for, 6,593,429 against, 410,193 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes of 9,654,977 recorded on director election and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000866829-26-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLX
- cik: 0000866829
- company_name: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:20:09+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682926000017/0000866829-26-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000086682926000017/hlx-20260513x8k.htm

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