Shareholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Note 9 — Shareholders’ Equity

Our amended and restated Articles of Incorporation provide for authorized Common Stock of 240,000,000 shares with no stated par value per share and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, issuable in one or more series.

In connection with the 2026 Notes offering (Note 7), we entered into the 2026 Capped Calls with three separate option counterparties. The 2026 Capped Calls were initially for an aggregate of 28,675,900 shares of our common stock, which corresponded to the shares into which the 2026 Notes were initially convertible. The capped call shares are subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments. Each capped call option has an initial strike price of approximately $6.97 per share, which corresponds to the initial conversion price of the 2026 Notes, and an initial cap price of approximately $8.42 per share. The 2026 Capped Calls are intended to offset some or all of the potential dilution to Helix common shares or increases to the economic cost caused by any conversion of the 2026 Notes up to the cap price. The 2026 Capped Calls can be settled in either net shares or cash at our option in components commencing December 15, 2025 and ending February 12, 2026, which could be extended under certain circumstances.

The 2026 Capped Calls strike and cap prices are subject to adjustment and the 2026 Capped Calls are subject to termination upon the occurrence of specified extraordinary events affecting Helix, including a merger, tender offer, nationalization, insolvency or delisting. In addition, certain events may result in a termination of the 2026 Capped Calls, including changes in law, insolvency filings and hedging disruptions. The 2026 Capped Calls were initially recorded at their aggregate cost of $10.6 million as a reduction to “Common stock” in the shareholders’ equity section of our consolidated balance sheets.

Concurrently with the 2026 Notes Repurchases in December 2023 (Note 7), we entered into agreements with each of the counterparties to terminate a proportionate amount of the 2026 Capped Calls (the “2026 Capped Calls Terminations”). Upon entering into the 2026 Capped Calls Terminations, we recorded the $14.2 million fair value of the terminated 2026 Capped Calls to “Derivative assets” with a corresponding increase in “Common stock” as those capped calls no longer qualified for equity classification. The derivative assets were subsequently marked to market to the cash settlement amount of $15.6 million with the changes reported in “Loss on extinguishment of long-term debt” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.