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Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

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.

  • 4Ballot items
  • 275Asset managers
  • 1,371Fund votes
  • May 14, 2025Meeting date

Results at a glance

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.

Material dissent

None.

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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Official 2024-2025 meeting results reported by Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

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.

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held May 14, 2025
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: T. Mitch Little 120,213,335---- 7,468,46610,895,647 94%Elected—
Elect Director: John V. Lovoi 112,959,989---- 14,721,81210,895,647 88%Elected—
Proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025. 137,083,1731,439,30754,968 ---- 99%Approveda majority of the votes cast
Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers. 118,962,7158,415,187303,899 --10,895,647 93%Approveda 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.

How asset managers voted at the Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 2024-2025 meeting

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.

1. Elect Director: John V. Lovoi

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

88% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 88%
FOR: 112,959,989WITHHELD: 14,721,812
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 82 asset managers

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.

FOR
FOR: 67,337,839ABSTAIN: 26WITHHOLD: 4,252,149
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two "Class I" directors to serve a three-year term of office expiring at our 2028 Annual Meeting: ” at Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock16,177,5020 00For
Vanguard13,945,2260 260For
Dimensional9,101,4040 00For
Pacer Funds Trust5,094,9520 00For
American Century4,853,7660 00For
Fidelity3,491,7340 00For
State Street8,0510 02,977,129Withhold
Charles Schwab2,136,0760 00For
VanEck ETF Trust2,070,7590 00For
Global X1,765,5290 00For
TIAA878,5020 00For
New York Life00 0680,012Withhold
EA Series Trust639,1570 00For
Principal629,2240 06,417For
OBERWEIS FUNDS501,7000 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC485,4060 00For
Invesco442,4620 00For
Transamerica429,5500 00For
Equitable229,6990 0150,310Mixed
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST360,6480 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS322,6460 00For
Voya320,3570 00For
Columbia Threadneedle00 0292,068Withhold
Jackson National291,0240 00For
JPMorgan255,9120 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 82 asset managers. See all 82 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: T. Mitch Little

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%
FOR: 120,213,335WITHHELD: 7,468,466
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 82 asset managers

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.

FOR
FOR: 70,026,775ABSTAIN: 9WITHHOLD: 1,563,230
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two "Class I" directors to serve a three-year term of office expiring at our 2028 Annual Meeting: ” at Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock16,177,5020 00For
Vanguard13,945,2430 90For
Dimensional9,101,4040 00For
Pacer Funds Trust5,094,9520 00For
American Century4,853,7660 00For
Fidelity3,491,7340 00For
State Street2,985,1800 00For
Charles Schwab2,136,0760 00For
VanEck ETF Trust2,070,7590 00For
Global X1,765,5290 00For
TIAA878,5020 00For
New York Life680,0120 00For
EA Series Trust00 0639,157Withhold
Principal635,6410 00For
OBERWEIS FUNDS501,7000 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC485,4060 00For
Invesco00 0442,462Withhold
Transamerica429,5500 00For
Equitable229,6990 0150,310Mixed
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST360,6480 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS322,6460 00For
Voya320,3570 00For
Columbia Threadneedle00 0292,068Withhold
Jackson National291,0240 00For
JPMorgan255,9120 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 82 asset managers. See all 82 in the interactive database.

3. Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers.

Official resultFund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Approved

Combines 9 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

93% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 93%
FOR: 118,962,715AGAINST: 8,415,187
Details: official tally, votes by 275 asset managers

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).

Fund voting reports: 82 asset managers voting on “Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers.” at Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock16,177,5020 00For
Vanguard13,945,2439 10For
Dimensional9,101,4040 00For
Pacer Funds Trust5,094,9520 00For
American Century4,853,7660 00For
Fidelity3,491,7340 00For
State Street2,985,1800 00For
Charles Schwab2,136,0760 00For
VanEck ETF Trust2,070,7590 00For
Global X1,765,5290 00For
TIAA878,5020 00For
New York Life680,0120 00For
EA Series Trust639,1570 00For
Principal635,6410 00For
OBERWEIS FUNDS501,7000 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC485,4060 00For
Invesco442,4620 00For
Transamerica429,5500 00For
Equitable380,0090 00For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST360,6480 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS322,6460 00For
Voya320,3570 00For
Columbia Threadneedle292,0680 00For
Jackson National291,0240 00For
JPMorgan255,9120 00For

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.

Institutional-manager reports: 217 asset managers voting on “Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers.” at Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
State Street6,028,0230 00For
BlackRock5,924,2652,986 00For
American Century5,008,2640 00For
Encompass Capital Advisors LLC3,584,4940 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC3,337,4840 00For
GATE CITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC03,299,754 00Against
Wellington2,499,7300 00For
Charles Schwab2,293,9530 00For
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP2,070,7590 00For
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO1,842,6150 00For
SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP1,664,5380 00For
Fisher Asset Management, LLC1,594,8300 00For
Northern Trust1,545,9970 00For
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS1,503,7000 00For
BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A.01,497,434 00Against
SIR Capital Management, L.P.1,401,1050 00For
Dimensional946,9610 00For
Nuveen887,8920 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp867,4750 00For
Invesco828,6350 00For
Tensile Capital Management LP673,1620 00For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC641,7000 00For
CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM0518,892 00Against
OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/501,7000 00For
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC485,4060 00For

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.

4. Proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2025.

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 99%
FOR: 137,083,173AGAINST: 1,439,307
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 82 asset managers

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.

FOR
FOR: 70,915,769AGAINST: 649,890ABSTAIN: 24,355
Largest asset managers voting on “RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF KPMG LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL ” at Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., 2024-2025
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BlackRock16,177,5020 00For
Vanguard13,945,2493 00For
Dimensional9,101,4040 00For
Pacer Funds Trust5,094,9520 00For
American Century4,853,7660 00For
Fidelity3,491,7340 00For
State Street2,985,004176 00For
Charles Schwab2,136,0760 00For
VanEck ETF Trust2,070,7590 00For
Global X1,765,5290 00For
TIAA878,5020 00For
New York Life680,0120 00For
EA Series Trust0639,157 00Against
Principal635,6410 00For
OBERWEIS FUNDS501,7000 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC485,4060 00For
Invesco442,4620 00For
Transamerica429,5500 00For
Equitable380,0090 00For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST360,6480 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS322,6460 00For
Voya320,3570 00For
Columbia Threadneedle292,0680 00For
Jackson National291,0240 00For
JPMorgan255,9120 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 82 asset managers. See all 82 in the interactive database.

Largest Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. shareholders voting in 2024-2025

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.

Fund voting reports: top Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers.”, 2024-2025
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1BlackRock 10.68%
2Vanguard 9.20%
3Dimensional 6.01%
4Pacer Funds Trust 3.36%
5American Century 3.20%
6Fidelity 2.30%
7State Street 1.97%
8Charles Schwab 1.41%
9VanEck ETF Trust 1.37%
10Global X 1.17%
Institutional-manager reports: top Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “Advisory vote on the approval of the 2024 compensation of our named executive officers.”, 2024-2025
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1State Street 3.98%
2BlackRock 3.91%
3American Century 3.31%
4Encompass Capital Advisors LLC 2.37%
5GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.20%
6GATE CITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.18%
7Wellington 1.65%
8Charles Schwab 1.51%
9VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 1.37%
10PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 1.22%

Reported Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. holdings and ownership

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.

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2024-2025 proxy season
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.

About this page

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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