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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 14, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 25, 2026.
Meeting of May 14, 2025: 4 items on Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed May 14, 2025: 2 elected · 2 approved.
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Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided
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These tallies are Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 14, 2025 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: T. Mitch Little | 120,213,335 | -- | -- | 7,468,466 | 10,895,647 | 94% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: John V. Lovoi | 112,959,989 | -- | -- | 14,721,812 | 10,895,647 | 88% | Elected | — |
| Proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025. | 137,083,173 | 1,439,307 | 54,968 | -- | -- | 99% | Approved | a majority of the votes cast |
| Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers. | 118,962,715 | 8,415,187 | 303,899 | -- | 10,895,647 | 93% | Approved | a majority of the votes cast |
Source: Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 14, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 275 asset managers that disclosed a Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
88% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of two "Class I" directors to serve a three-year term of office expiring at our 2028 Annual Meeting: John V. Lovoi
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John V. Lovoi”): 112,959,989 for, 14,721,812 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the directors received the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares cast and were elected as Class I directors to the Company's Board of Directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2028 or, if at a later date, until their respective successor …”
Support: 88% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 82 asset managers below reported 67,337,839 for, 4,252,149 withheld, 26 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 16,177,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 13,945,226 | 0 | 26 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 9,101,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacer Funds Trust | 5,094,952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 4,853,766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,491,734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 8,051 | 0 | 0 | 2,977,129 | Withhold |
| Charles Schwab | 2,136,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 2,070,759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 1,765,529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 878,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 0 | 0 | 0 | 680,012 | Withhold |
| EA Series Trust | 639,157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 629,224 | 0 | 0 | 6,417 | For |
| OBERWEIS FUNDS | 501,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 485,406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 442,462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 429,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 229,699 | 0 | 0 | 150,310 | Mixed |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 360,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 322,646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 320,357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292,068 | Withhold |
| Jackson National | 291,024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 255,912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 82 asset managers. See all 82 in the interactive database.
Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
94% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Election of two "Class I" directors to serve a three-year term of office expiring at our 2028 Annual Meeting: T. Mitch Little
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: T. Mitch Little”): 120,213,335 for, 7,468,466 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Each of the directors received the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares cast and were elected as Class I directors to the Company's Board of Directors to serve a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2028 or, if at a later date, until their respective successor …”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 82 asset managers below reported 70,026,775 for, 1,563,230 withheld, 9 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 16,177,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 13,945,243 | 0 | 9 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 9,101,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacer Funds Trust | 5,094,952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 4,853,766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,491,734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 2,985,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,136,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 2,070,759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 1,765,529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 878,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 680,012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 639,157 | Withhold |
| Principal | 635,641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OBERWEIS FUNDS | 501,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 485,406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 442,462 | Withhold |
| Transamerica | 429,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 229,699 | 0 | 0 | 150,310 | Mixed |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 360,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 322,646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 320,357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292,068 | Withhold |
| Jackson National | 291,024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 255,912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 82 asset managers. See all 82 in the interactive database.
Combines 9 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
93% Approved · of votes cast
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers.”): 118,962,715 for, 8,415,187 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “This proposal received a majority of the votes cast; accordingly, our shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers.”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a majority of the votes cast (“majority of the votes cast”).
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 16,177,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 13,945,243 | 9 | 1 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 9,101,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacer Funds Trust | 5,094,952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 4,853,766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,491,734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 2,985,180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,136,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 2,070,759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 1,765,529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 878,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 680,012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 639,157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Principal | 635,641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OBERWEIS FUNDS | 501,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 485,406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 442,462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 429,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 380,009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 360,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 322,646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 320,357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 292,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 291,024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 255,912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 82 managers: 71,555,096 for, 582 against, 34,337 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Street | 6,028,023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 5,924,265 | 2,986 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 5,008,264 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Encompass Capital Advisors LLC | 3,584,494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 3,337,484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GATE CITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 0 | 3,299,754 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Wellington | 2,499,730 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,293,953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | 2,070,759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO | 1,842,615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP | 1,664,538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 1,594,830 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 1,545,997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS | 1,503,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A. | 0 | 1,497,434 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| SIR Capital Management, L.P. | 1,401,105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 946,961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nuveen | 887,892 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 867,475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 828,635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Tensile Capital Management LP | 673,162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC | 641,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM | 0 | 518,892 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ | 501,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 485,406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 217 managers: 54,429,061 for, 7,245,781 against, 5,971 not voted, 48 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF KPMG LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.”): 137,083,173 for, 1,439,307 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 14, 2025 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “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 2025.”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Voting standard, as the filing states it: a majority of the votes cast (“majority of the votes cast”).
The 82 asset managers below reported 70,915,769 for, 649,890 against, 24,355 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 16,177,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 13,945,249 | 3 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 9,101,404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Pacer Funds Trust | 5,094,952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| American Century | 4,853,766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 3,491,734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 2,985,004 | 176 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 2,136,076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| VanEck ETF Trust | 2,070,759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Global X | 1,765,529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 878,502 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| New York Life | 680,012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| EA Series Trust | 0 | 639,157 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Principal | 635,641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| OBERWEIS FUNDS | 501,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC | 485,406 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 442,462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 429,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 380,009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST | 360,648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| FIRST EAGLE FUNDS | 322,646 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 320,357 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 292,068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 291,024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 255,912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 82 asset managers. See all 82 in the interactive database.
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 151,530,339 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock | 10.68% |
| 2 | Vanguard | 9.20% |
| 3 | Dimensional | 6.01% |
| 4 | Pacer Funds Trust | 3.36% |
| 5 | American Century | 3.20% |
| 6 | Fidelity | 2.30% |
| 7 | State Street | 1.97% |
| 8 | Charles Schwab | 1.41% |
| 9 | VanEck ETF Trust | 1.37% |
| 10 | Global X | 1.17% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Street | 3.98% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 3.91% |
| 3 | American Century | 3.31% |
| 4 | Encompass Capital Advisors LLC | 2.37% |
| 5 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.20% |
| 6 | GATE CITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.18% |
| 7 | Wellington | 1.65% |
| 8 | Charles Schwab | 1.51% |
| 9 | VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | 1.37% |
| 10 | PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO | 1.22% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 15.27% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 9.41% | 13F |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 6.78% | 13F |
| State Street | 4.26% | 13F |
| Wellington Management | 2.22% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 2.22% | 13F |
| Charles Schwab | 1.54% | 13F |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.31% | 13F |
| Northern Trust | 1.13% | 13F |
| Invesco | 0.66% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 151,530,339 shares outstanding, as reported by Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated April 21, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.’s 10-Q dated April 21, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 25, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held May 14, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 275 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,371 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers. — Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 93% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2025.
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