<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001564590-17-025237.txt : 20171221
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-17-025237
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171221
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171221

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TIDEWATER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000098222
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER TRANSPORTATION [4400]
		IRS NUMBER:				720487776
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06311
		FILM NUMBER:		171270038

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 POYDRAS ST.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5045681010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 POYDRAS ST.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1500
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70130

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TIDEWATER MARINE SERVICE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780724
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 8.01</font><font style="margin-left:36pt;">Other Events.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The New York Stock Exchange (&#8220;NYSE&#8221;) has requested that Tidewater Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) disclose on a Current Report on Form 8-K certain corporate governance information required by Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual that otherwise would have been included in the Company&#8217;s 2017 annual meeting proxy statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;In response to this request, the Company is providing the corporate governance information set forth below. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Director Independence<font style="font-weight:normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#8217;s board of directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) has affirmatively determined that five of its six current directors &#8211; Thomas R. Bates, Jr., Alan J. Carr, Randee E. Day, Dick Fagerstal, and Steven L. Newman&#8211; are independent by applying the independence standards of the NYSE.&nbsp;&nbsp;The sixth director, Larry T. Rigdon, was independent upon his appointment to the Board on July 31, 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp;On October 16, 2017, Mr. Rigdon was appointed to serve as the Company&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis, and therefore is not currently independent.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Executive Sessions of Independent Board Members<font style="font-weight:normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;The independent members of the Board meet in regularly-scheduled executive sessions presided over by the chairman of the Board, who is also independent. At the conclusion of each board meeting, the independent directors have an opportunity to meet in executive session.&nbsp;&nbsp;The independent directors may schedule additional executive sessions throughout the year.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Availability of Corporate Governance Materials<font style="font-weight:normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Stockholders and other interested parties may access the Company&#8217;s certificate of incorporation, its bylaws, its Corporate Governance Policy, its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and all committee charters under &#8220;Corporate Governance&#8221; in the &#8220;About Tidewater&#8221; section of the Company&#8217;s website at </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">http://www.tdw.com</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">.&nbsp;&nbsp;Stockholders may also request printed copies, which will be mailed to stockholders without charge, by writing to the Company in care of its Secretary, 601 Poydras Street, Suite 1500, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Communication with Our Board of Directors.&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="font-weight:normal;">Stockholders and other interested parties may communicate directly with our Board, the non-management directors, or any committee or individual director by writing to any one of them in care of our Secretary at 601 Poydras Street, Suite 1500, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company or the director contacted will forward the communication to the appropriate director.&nbsp;&nbsp;Concerns can also be communicated to the Board in an anonymous manner by writing to the Tidewater Compliance Helpline, 601 Poydras St., Suite 1500, New Orleans, LA 70130 USA, or one of the other options provided on the Company&#8217;s compliance website at </font><font style="text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;">http://www.tdw.com/core-responsibilities/compliance-2/</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For more information regarding how to contact the members of our board, please visit our website at <font style="text-decoration:underline;">http://www.tdw.com/about-tidewater/corporate-governance/</font>.</p>
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