Form 8-K Amendment No. 1

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2013

 

 

TIDEWATER INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   1-6311   72-0487776

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. 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)

Not Applicable

(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:

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) On November 20, 2013, Tidewater Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) to announce, among other things, that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) had elected Robert L. Potter as a director of the Company effective December 1, 2013. At the time of the Initial Report, the Board had not yet assigned Mr. Potter to serve on any Board committees.

This Amendment to the Initial Report is being filed pursuant to instruction 2 to Item 5.02 for the sole purpose of amending and supplementing Item 5.02(d) of the Initial Report to reflect that effective as of January 29, 2014, the Board appointed Mr. Potter as a member of its Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The contents of the Initial Report are incorporated by reference herein.

SIGNATURE

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.
January 31, 2014    

/s/ Bruce D. Lundstrom

    Bruce D. Lundstrom
    Executive Vice President,
    Secretary and General Counsel