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 21, 2012
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 1900 New Orleans, Louisiana |
70130 (Zip Code) | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) |
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(504) 568-1010
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company notes that certain statements set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K provide other than historical information and are forward looking. The actual achievement of any forecasted results, or the unfolding of future economic or business developments in a way anticipated or projected by the Company, involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual performance to be materially different from that stated or implied in the forward-looking statement. Among those risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, include, without limitation, volatility in worldwide energy demand and oil and gas prices; fleet additions by competitors and industry overcapacity; changes in capital spending by customers in the energy industry for offshore exploration, field development and production; changing customer demands for vessel specifications, which may make some of our older vessels technologically obsolete for certain customer projects or in certain markets; uncertainty of global financial market conditions and difficulty in accessing credit or capital; acts of terrorism and piracy; significant weather conditions; unsettled political conditions, war, civil unrest and governmental actions, such as expropriation, especially in higher risk countries where we operate; foreign currency fluctuations; labor influences proposed by international conventions; increased regulatory burdens and oversight following the Deepwater Horizon incident; and enforcement of laws related to the environment, labor and foreign corrupt practices. Readers should consider all of these risk factors as well as other information contained in this report.
The following information is being provided under Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure in this Current Report on Form 8-K: a transcript from the company’s May 21, 2012 analyst conference call discussing its financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2012.
The transcript is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.
The information contained in the transcript, which was prepared by Thomson Reuters, is a textual representation of the Company’s conference call. There may be material errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the reporting of the contents of the conference call. The Company assumes no responsibility to correct or update the third-party transcript. Users are advised to review the Company’s conference call itself (which is accessible via the Company’s website) and the Company’s SEC filings before making any investment or other decisions.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are furnished with this Form 8-K:
| 99.1 | Transcript from the May 21, 2012 analyst conference call. |
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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. | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Quinn P. Fanning | |||||
| Quinn P. Fanning | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
Date: May 23, 2012
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