---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-035065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HLX"
cik: "0000866829"
company_name: "HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-31T20:11:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-31T20:12:08.816401+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helix shareholders approve all-stock merger with Hornbeck; close set for Sept 1

## Summary
- Special meeting votes: 126.7M for stock issuance, 117.9M for second merger approval.
- Hornbeck holders to own ~55%, Helix ~45% of combined company; new ticker HOS.
- Corporate opportunities provision rejected: 69.99M against vs 57.24M for.
- Transaction expected to close Sept 1, 2026; combined entity named Hornbeck Offshore Services.
- Advisors: Goldman Sachs for Helix; Barclays, Piper Sandler, J.P. Morgan for Hornbeck.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-035065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HLX
- cik: 0000866829
- company_name: HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-31T20:11:06+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000114036126035065/0001140361-26-035065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/866829/000114036126035065/ef20081337_8k.htm

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