Company: TDDWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-038699
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Company: TIDEWATER INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 on an advisory basis. This vote is non-binding, but our Board and the C&HC Committee will review and consider the voting results when making future decisions regarding our executive compensation program. Although annual “say-on-pay” advisory votes are not required by our Bylaws, the shareholders have previously approved on an advisory basis that “say-on-pay” advisory votes be held annually. In addition, our Board currently believes that having our shareholders provide annual feedback on our compensation practices supports effective governance. Thus, we expect our next “say-on-pay” advisory vote will occur at our 2026 annual meeting.

| ​ | OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PAID TO TIDEWATER’S NEO’S AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT. | ​ | ​ |     | ​ |

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INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Each of our executive officers is appointed by, and serves at the pleasure of, our Board. Information regarding our current executive officers (other than Mr. Kneen, who also serves as a director and whose biography is included above under “Proposal 1—Election of Directors”), including all offices held by the officer as of December 31, 2024, is as follows:

| Executive Officer | ​ | ​ | Age | ​ | ​ | Position                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | ​ |
| David E. Darling  | ​ | ​ |  70 | ​ | ​ | Mr. Darling has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2021, bringing with him over 30 years of operations and human resources experience in the OSV industry. Prior to his appointment, he served as our Vice President—Chief Human Resources Officer since joining Tidewater in March 2018. From 2007 to March 2018, he served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for GulfMark Offshore Inc. (formerly NYSE: GLF), a company providing marine transportation services to the energy industry through a fleet of offshore support vessels, which was acquired by Tidewater in November 2018. Prior to GulfMark, he served in executive human resources roles with Rigdon Marine Corp., a privately held company providing offshore vessel services in the Gulf of Mexico, which was acquired by GulfMark in 2008, and Automobile Protection Corporation, a provider