UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-A/A
(Amendment No. 1)
(Amendment No. 1)
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Minnesota | 95-3409686 |
(State of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3505 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 400 Houston, Texas | 77043 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class to be so Registered | Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered | |
Common Stock (no par value) | New York Stock Exchange |
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒
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Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates: N/A
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-A (this “Amendment”) amends and restates the information set forth in Item 1 and Item 2 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 30, 2006 (the “Original Form 8-A”) by Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”). No new securities are being registered pursuant to this Amendment, which is being filed solely to update both the description of the Company’s capital stock, which includes the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), registered hereunder, and the exhibit index included in the Original Form 8-A.
Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.
Item 1 of the Original Form 8-A is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by incorporating by reference herein the description under the heading “Description of Capital Stock” contained in the prospectus included in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-234325), filed with the Commission on October 25, 2019, as may be amended from time to time. In addition, to the extent that an updated or amended description of the Common Stock is included in a prospectus filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such description included in such prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.
Item 2. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | |
2005 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2006 (000-22739)). | ||
Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 28, 2006 (001-32936)). | ||
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Form 8-A filed on June 30, 2006 (001-32936)). |
(Signature Page Follows)
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Kenneth E. Neikirk | |
Name: | Kenneth E. Neikirk | |
Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Date: October 25, 2019