February 27, 2025 · Form 4 insider transaction
KRATZ OWEN E sold 576,923 shares of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. at $0.00 per share, a transaction worth N/A. The trade was recorded as option exercise and disclosed on an SEC Form 4, filed 4 days after the transaction.
Each Performance Share Unit ("2022 PSU") was granted on January 4, 2022 pursuant to the Company's 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended, the "LTIP") and represented the contingent right to receive one share of Company common stock subject to the terms of the LTIP and the 2022 PSU Award Agreement. Actual number of shares upon vesting could have ranged from 0-200% dependent in equal parts on the Company's total shareholder return performance compared to a selected peer group and the generation of free cash flow ("FCF") compared to benchmarks over the three-year period beginning January 1, 2022 and ended December 31, 2024. The Company generated cumulative FCF during the performance period exceeding the highest benchmark threshold under the 2022 PSU Award Agreement which resulted in a 200% payout for the FCF portion and are settled hereby. The Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors elected to pay in cash the value of a portion of the 2022 PSUs which vested.