Company: TDDWW
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-038699
Chunk: 83

Company: TIDEWATER INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 83
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 this proxy statement. Shares represented by proxies that include broker non-votes on a given proposal will be considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum, but those shares will not be considered to be represented at the meeting for purposes of calculating the vote with respect to that proposal. If you do not vote shares registered in your name, your shares will not be voted. However, the proxy agent may vote your shares if you execute and return a blank or incomplete proxy card (see “What happens if I return a proxy card without voting instructions?” below regarding record holders). Q: What happens if I return a proxy card without voting instructions? A: If you properly execute and return a proxy or voting instruction form, your stock will be voted as you specify. If you are a shareholder of record and you execute and return a blank or incomplete proxy card without voting instructions, the proxy agent will vote your shares (i) FOR each of the eight director 79

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nominees, (ii) FOR the say-on-pay vote, and (iii) FOR the ratification of the selection of PwC as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025. Brokers holding shares must vote according to specific instructions they receive from the beneficial owners of those shares. If brokers do not receive specific instructions, brokers may in some cases vote the shares in their discretion, but are not permitted to vote on certain proposals, including the election of directors, and may elect not to vote on any of the proposals unless you provide voting instructions. Voting your shares will help to ensure that your interests are represented at the meeting. If you do not provide voting instructions and the broker elects to vote your shares on some but not all matters, it will result in a “broker non-vote” for the matters on which the broker does not vote. Q: How does Tidewater recommend I vote on each proposal? What vote is required to approve each proposal? What effect do abstentions and broker non-votes have on each proposal? A: The following chart explains what your voting options are with regard to each matter proposed for a vote at the Annual Meeting, how we recommend that you vote, what vote is required for that proposal to be approved, and how abstentions and broker non-votes affect the outcome of that vote.

| Proposal                                          | ​ | ​ | Your Voting                                                                       
 Options                                                                           | ​ | ​ | Voting                                                                                                         
 Recommendation                                                                                                 
 of the Board                                                                                                   | ​ | ​ | Vote Required