UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 9, 2021 (December 8, 2021)

HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota	001-32936	95-3409686
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS. Employer Identification No.)
3505 West Sam Houston Parkway North
Suite 400
Houston, Texas		77043
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 281-618-0400

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	HLX	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) Effective December 8, 2021, Brent Arriaga was appointed Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Helix and designated as its “principal accounting officer” for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Mr. Arriaga (age 47) joined Helix in January 2018 as Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Helix Mr. Arriaga served as Senior Director, Technical Accounting at Weatherford International plc, an Irish public multinational oilfield service company, from July 2015 to January 2018, and prior thereto held various roles of increasing responsibility at Citigroup, Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG and KPMG LLP. Mr. Arriaga has also served on the board of directors for Riley Exploration Permian, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, since March 2021. Mr. Arriaga holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting degree from The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Rice University, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 9, 2021
	HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Erik Staffeldt
		Erik Staffeldt
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer