Tidewater : Material Event - Form 8-K

Item 8.01. Other Events.

Tidewater Inc. (the "Company") has repurchased 590,499 shares of its common stock on the open market for approximately $35 million, completing its previously announced $35 million share repurchase program.

The information in this Item 8.01 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.