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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 19, 2017

 

 

TIDEWATER INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-6311   72-0487776
(State of incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

601 Poydras Street, Suite 1500

New Orleans, Louisiana

  70130
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(504) 568-1010

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).     Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

As previously disclosed, Tidewater Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under
chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) on May 17, 2017. On May 19, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the approval of certain “first day” motions by the Bankruptcy Court. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to, and incorporated by reference into, this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section, unless the registrant specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates it by reference into a filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    The exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K are listed in the Exhibit Index, which appears at the end of this report and is incorporated into this Form 8-K by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  TIDEWATER INC.
By:  

/s/ Quinn P. Fanning

  Quinn P. Fanning
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 19, 2017

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

    
99.1    Press release issued by the Company on May 19, 2017.

 

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