As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2006.
Registration No. 333-47687
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Tidewater Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 74-0487776 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
601 Poydras Street
Suite 1900
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
(Address, including zip code, or registrant’s
principal executive offices)
Tidewater Inc. Employee Restricted Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Cliffe F. Laborde
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Tidewater Inc.
601 Poydras Street
Suite 1900
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
(504) 566-4545
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Margaret F. Murphy
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P.
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-5100
DEREGISTRATION
In accordance with the undertakings contained in Part II of this Registration Statement No. 333-47687, the Registrant hereby files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to remove from registration all of the securities registered under this Registration Statement that remain unsold on the date hereof.
The Registrant hereby removes from registration 1,093 shares of common stock issuable under the Employee Restricted Stock Plan.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, on July 20, 2006.
| Tidewater Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Cliffe F. Laborde | |
| Cliffe F. Laborde | ||
| Executive Vice President, | ||
| Secretary and General Counsel | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacity and on the date indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Dean E. Taylor Dean E. Taylor |
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ J. Keith Lousteau J. Keith Lousteau |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Joseph M. Bennett Joseph M. Bennett |
Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Chief Investor Relations Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Arthur R. Carlson Arthur R. Carlson |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Richard T. du Moulin Richard T. du Moulin |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ J. Wayne Leonard J. Wayne Leonard |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Jon C. Madonna Jon C. Madonna |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ William C. O’Malley William C. O’Malley |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Paul W. Murrill Paul W. Murrill |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Richard A. Pattarozzi Richard A. Pattarozzi |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
| Nicholas J. Sutton |
Director | |||
| /s/ Jack E. Thompson Jack E. Thompson |
Director | July 20, 2006 | ||
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