Second Supplemental Indenture


 Exhibit 4.2 
 Execution Copy 
 GULFMARK OFFSHORE, INC. 

AND 
 U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
 as Trustee 

 
  

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of March 12, 2012 
 to 

Indenture 
 Dated
as of July 21, 2004 
 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2014 






 This SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”),
dated as of March 12, 2012, between GULFMARK OFFSHORE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), under the Indenture, dated
as of July 21, 2004, as amended to date (the “Indenture”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture. 

WITNESSETH: 
 WHEREAS, the Company has issued its 7 3/4% Senior Notes Due 2014 (the “Notes”) pursuant to the Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Company has offered to purchase for cash any and all outstanding Notes (the “Tender Offer”); 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Tender Offer, the Company has requested that Holders of the Notes deliver their consents with
respect to the deletion of certain provisions of the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, Section 9.02 of the Indenture provides
that the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained
in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes); 
 WHEREAS, the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes have duly consented to the proposed modifications set forth in this Second Supplemental Indenture in accordance with the Indenture (including Section 9.02 thereof); 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore delivered, or is delivering contemporaneously herewith, to the Trustee (i) a copy of
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the execution of this Second Supplemental Indenture, (ii) evidence of the consent of the Holders set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph and (iii) the Officers’
Certificate and the Opinion of Counsel described in Section 9.06 of the Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all conditions
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture and to make this Second Supplemental Indenture valid and binding have been complied with or have been done or performed. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision of the Indenture which, absent this Second
Supplemental Indenture, might operate to limit such action, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE ONE 
 AMENDMENTS 

SECTION 1.01 Amendments. 
 (a) Subject to Section 2.02 hereof, the Indenture is hereby amended by deleting in their entireties Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16,
5.01(iv), 6.01(c), 6.01(e), 6.01(f), 6.01(g), 6.01(h) and 6.01(i) of the Indenture. 
 (b) Effective as of the
date hereof, none of the Company, the Trustee or other parties to or beneficiaries of the Indenture shall have any rights, obligations or liabilities under such Sections or Clauses and such Sections or Clauses shall not be considered in determining
whether an Event of Default has occurred or whether the Company has observed, performed or complied with the provisions of the Indenture. 
 SECTION 1.02 Amendment of Definitions. Subject to Section 2.02 hereof, the Indenture is hereby amended by deleting any definitions from the Indenture with respect to which references
would be eliminated as a result of the amendments of the Indenture pursuant to Section 1.01 hereof. 






 ARTICLE TWO 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 2.01 Effect of Supplemental Indenture.
Except as amended hereby, all of the terms of the Indenture shall remain and continue in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects. From and after the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture, all references to the Indenture
(whether in the Indenture or in any other agreements, documents or instruments) shall be deemed to be references to the Indenture as amended and supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture. 

SECTION 2.02 Effectiveness. The provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be effective only upon execution and
delivery of this instrument by the parties hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture shall become operative only upon the purchase by the Company of at least a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Notes pursuant to the Tender Offer, with the result that the amendments to the Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be revoked retroactively to the date hereof if such purchase shall not
occur. The Company shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee certifying that the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture have become operative. 
 SECTION 2.02 Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. 

SECTION 2.03 No Representations by Trustee. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statement of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness or completeness of the same. 
 SECTION 2.04
Counterparts. This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 

(signature page follows) 






 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture
to be duly executed as of the date hereof. 
  

			
	GULFMARK OFFSHORE, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ Quintin V. Kneen
	Name:	 	Quintin V. Kneen
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	/s/ Susan C. Chadbourne
	Name:	 	Susan C. Chadbourne
	Title:	 	Vice President