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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-23-024384
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230512

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866829
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389]
		IRS NUMBER:				953409686
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-51259
		FILM NUMBER:		23916171

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3505 W SAM HOUSTON NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		281-618-0400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3505 W SAM HOUSTON NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77043

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CAL DIVE INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960821

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KRATZ OWEN E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041815

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3505 W SAM HOUSTON PKWY NORTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77043
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">May 2, 2023</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Note:&#160; Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.&#160; See 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person&#8217;s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be &#8220;filed&#8221; for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;Act&#8221;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">This statement on Schedule 13D (this &#8220;Schedule 13D&#8221;) relates to shares of common stock (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), no par value, of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the &#8220;Issuer&#8221;). The Issuer&#8217;s
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">This Schedule 13D is being filed by Owen Kratz (the &#8220;Reporting Person&#8221;), who is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of the Issuer. The Reporting Person&#8217;s
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">During the past five years, the Reporting Person has not been (a) convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (b) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reported Person were acquired by purchase on the open market with personal funds or received by the Reporting Person pursuant to compensatory equity incentive
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The Reporting Person became the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock on May 2, 2023 as a result of a decrease in the aggregate number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Issuer.&#160;
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">From time to time, the Reporting Person may acquire beneficial ownership of additional shares of Common Stock, by open market purchase or otherwise, including (a) pursuant to the vesting of Restricted Stock Units
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Except as noted above, the Reporting Person has no current plans or proposals which relate to, or would result in, any of the matters set forth in sub-items (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. In the Reporting
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Set forth below are the contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) between the Reporting Person and any other persons with respect to any securities of the Issuer.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Certain of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person were acquired pursuant to grants of compensatory equity incentive awards under the Plan. The Issuer&#8217;s executive
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          the Reporting Person.&#160; The terms of the outstanding Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements provide that the RSU awards vest over a three-year period in one-third increments on each anniversary of the grant date, and are payable in either stock,
          cash or a combination thereof in the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.&#160; The terms of the outstanding Performance Share Unit Award Agreements provide that each PSU
          represents the contingent right to receive either (a) one share of the Issuer&#8217;s Common Stock or (b) cash representing the fair market value of one share of the Issuer&#8217;s Common Stock, at the end of a three-year period based equally on the Issuer&#8217;s
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">In November 2008, the Reporting Person executed an amended and restated employment agreement with the Issuer, as amended by a first amendment effective May 22, 2020 (collectively, the &#8220;Employment Agreement&#8221;).
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        vest. The Employment Agreement generally contains benefits payable to the Reporting Person if the Reporting Person terminates his employment for &#8220;Good Reason&#8221; or is terminated without &#8220;Cause&#8221; within a two-year period following a &#8220;Change in Control&#8221;
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The foregoing descriptions of the Plan, Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements, Performance Share Unit Award Agreements and the Employment Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Exhibit 1 &#8211; 2005 Long Term Incentive Plan of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., as Amended and Restated Effective May 25, 2019 (Annex A to the Definitive Proxy Statement of Issuer filed with the Securities and
        Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on April 2, 2019 (001-32936).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Exhibit 2 &#8211; Form of Performance Share Unit Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on December 14, 2020 (001-32936).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Exhibit 3 &#8211; Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 16, 2020 (001-32936).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Exhibit 4 &#8211; Employment Agreement between Owen Kratz and Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. dated November 17, 2008 (Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 19, 2008 (001-32936).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Exhibit 5 &#8211; First Amendment to Employment Agreement between Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. and Owen Kratz effective May 22, 2020 (Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 22, 2020 (001-32936).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="brhc20052837_ex6.htm">Exhibit 6</a> &#8211; Limited Power of Attorney for Section 13 Reporting Obligations.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is signed on behalf of a person by his authorized representative (other
        than an executive officer or general partner of this filing person), evidence of the representative&#8217;s authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with the statement, provided, however, that a power of attorney for this purpose which
        is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference.&#160; The name and any title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or printed beneath his signature.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Limited Power of Attorney for Section&#160;13 Reporting Obligations</div>
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        <div style="text-indent: 48.95pt; color: #000000;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Erik Staffeldt and Kenneth E. Neikirk as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:</div>
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                  <div>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned reports on Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G relating to Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</div>
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                  <div>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such report on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G and the timely filing of such reports with the
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          <div style="text-indent: 48.95pt; color: #000000;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
            exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
            such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.&#160;The undersigned acknowledges that neither of the
            foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is assuming any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section&#160;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.&#160;This Power of Attorney may be
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          <div style="text-indent: 48.95pt; color: #000000;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of May 2023.</div>
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