Helix “Off to a Good Start” in 2014

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. reported net income of $53.7 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2014 compared to net income of $1.6 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the same period in 2013 and net income of $36.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2013.

First quarter 2014 results include a $10.5 million gain on the sale of the company's former spoolbase facilities located in Ingleside, Texas, and a $7.2 million insurance reimbursement settlement related to our former oil and gas business. These items contributed $0.11 of after-tax earnings per diluted share in the first quarter of 2014.

Owen Kratz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Helix, stated, “We successfully introduced the Helix 534 to our well intervention fleet in the first quarter and the vessel is off to a good start. We also realized better than expected robotics activity in the first quarter of 2014; our robotics unit is projected to have a much stronger 2014 versus 2013.”

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