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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) announced today revenue for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025 of $336.8 million and $1,352.8 million, respectively, compared with $345.1 million and $1,345.8 million, respectively, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024. Tidewater's net income for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025, was $219.9 million ($4.41 per common share) and $334.7 million ($6.64 per common share), respectively, compared with net income of $36.9 million ($0.70 per common share) and $180.7 million ($3.40 per common share), respectively, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024.

Quintin Kneen, Tidewater’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Although 2025 was anticipated to be a down year for the offshore industry, I am pleased to say that by all measures Tidewater was able to successfully navigate these challenges to deliver one of the best years in recent memory, demonstrating the resilience of the company we’ve endeavored to build over the last eight years. The business generated year-over-year revenue growth, gross margin expansion and average day rate growth. Adjusted EBITDA grew by approximately 7% to just under $600 million and we generated nearly $430 million of free cash flow, far outpacing our free cash flow generation in 2024. In addition, we retired approximately 2.5 million shares through open market repurchases and netting shares related to taxes on employee share awards that would have otherwise entered the market. Lastly, we successfully reset our debt capital structure this summer and established a sizable revolving credit facility, positioning Tidewater with one of the strongest balance sheets in the offshore vessel industry. All the success we realized in 2025 is due to a persistent focus across the organization to excellence and I appreciate the effort of all employees during 2025 to achieve these outcomes.

“The fourth quarter of 2025 nicely exceeded our expectations as vessel up-time across the fleet continued to exceed our original expectations, delivering revenue of $336.8 million and a gross margin of 48.7%. Vessel up-time improvement came through a combination of more time on-hire, lower than anticipated down for repair time and fewer drydock days than anticipated. The improvement in utilization is a function of certain projects extending longer than anticipated and the benefits realized from the substantial investments made in the fleet over the past few years to improve the operational reliability of our fleet. Day rates also slightly exceeded our expectations driven by our Middle East and Asia Pacific segments. Through this outperformance, we finished the year on a strong note with Adjusted EBITDA of $143.1 million and free cash flow of $151.2 million for the fourth quarter.

“Additionally, during the fourth quarter, we completed a strategic internal restructuring of our vessel ownership (Vessel Realignment) to consolidate a significant portion of the fleet into a single, wholly-owned U.S. entity. The non-cash deferred tax benefit of $201.5 million recognized in 2025 is primarily due to the impact of the Vessel Realignment.

“Subsequent to the end of the fourth quarter, we announced the acquisition of Wilson Sons Ultratug, a 22-vessel fleet of PSVs exclusively focused on serving the Brazilian market. We are very excited to announce this acquisition as it continues our strategy of bringing high-quality fleets onto the Tidewater platform. We have long discussed our desire to enter the Brazilian market in a more meaningful way, and we believe that the Wilson acquisition represents the best path to benefit from the secular trends occurring in that market. The Brazilian offshore vessel market is the largest in the world and given some of the structural factors influencing vessel demand in that market, coupled with the favorable position we will hold with Brazilian-built tonnage and the ability to import and protect Tidewater’s legacy international tonnage, we view this acquisition as creating a distinctly advantaged position for Tidewater on a long-term basis.

“Looking forward to the remainder of 2026, although some open questions exist relating to the pace of drilling activity throughout this year, recent comments from offshore drillers and leading indicators of tendering and new contract awards suggest that a recovery in offshore drilling should manifest as we progress through the year and into 2027. Tidewater remains advantaged by the broad set of demand drivers for our business in addition to drilling support, including production support, offshore construction support, and subsea and EPCI support. As we experienced in 2025, we believe this broad-based set of demand drivers will continue to support our business as we progress through 2026. Vessel supply remains sufficiently tight such that we have maintained day rates and puts us in a position to again push day rates as offshore drilling activity picks up and our customers begin to secure vessels for future work. When we combine this with the recently announced Wilson acquisition, we are optimistic about the continued growth for our business during 2026. As such, we are updating our 2026 financial guidance to contemplate the impact of the Wilson acquisition, with our new full-year revenue guidance of $1.43 to $1.48 billion and a full-year gross margin guidance of 49% to 51%, assuming a mid-year close of the Wilson acquisition. To the extent that the offshore drilling recovery begins in earnest towards the end of the year, this development could increase our full-year expectations.

“As pleased as we are with the success we realized during 2025, I am optimistic that the outlook for our business is as good as it’s been since the offshore recovery began a few years ago. With the addition of the Wilson fleet, we have meaningfully increased the earnings and cash flow profile of the business and have gained critical mass in the largest offshore vessel market in the world. We anticipate the substantial free cash flow of the business to continue and given the low level of leverage projected for the Wilson acquisition, we expect to retain substantial financial flexibility to continue to pursue incremental capital allocation opportunities.

“Tidewater’s ability to continue to execute both operationally and financially is the product of a global effort by many hard-working employees both onshore and offshore and I would like to thank our entire team for their continued efforts. The dedication and diligence driving these outcomes is critical to our mission to make Tidewater the safest, most sustainable, most reliable, most profitable, highest specification offshore energy support vessel fleet in the world.”

In addition to the number of outstanding shares, as of December 31, 2025, the Company also has the following in-the-money warrants.

Tidewater will hold a conference call to discuss results for the three months ending December 31, 2025 on March 3, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time. Investors and interested parties may listen to the earnings conference call via telephone by calling +1.800.715.9871 if calling from the U.S. or Canada (+1.647.932.3411 if calling from outside the U.S. or Canada) and provide Conference ID: 8745688 prior to the scheduled start time. A live webcast of the call will also be available in the Investor Relations section of Tidewater’s website at investor.tdw.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available beginning at 11:00 a.m. Central Time on March 3, 2026. To access the replay, visit the Investor Relations section of Tidewater’s website at investor.tdw.com.

About Tidewater

Tidewater owns and operates the largest fleet of offshore support vessels in the industry, with 70 years of experience supporting offshore energy exploration, production and offshore wind activities worldwide. To learn more, visit www.tdw.com.

Cautionary Statement

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws – that is, any statements that are not historical facts. Such statements often contain words such as “expect,” “believe,” “think,” “anticipate,” “predict,” “plan,” “assume,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “target,” “projections,” “intend,” “should,” “will,” “shall” and other similar words. Forward-looking statements address matters that are, to varying degrees, uncertain and based on our management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential impact on Tidewater Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”).

These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements, including, among others: fluctuations in worldwide energy demand and oil and gas prices; fleet additions by competitors and industry overcapacity; limited capital resources available to replenish our asset base as needed, including through acquisitions or vessel construction, and to fund our capital expenditure needs; uncertainty of global financial market conditions and potential constraints in accessing capital or credit if and when needed with favorable terms, if at all; changes in decisions and capital spending by customers based on industry expectations for offshore exploration, field development and production; global trade trends, including evolving impacts from implementation of new tariffs and potential retaliatory measures; consolidation of our customer base; loss of a major customer; changing customer demands for vessel specifications, which may make some of our older vessels technologically obsolete for certain customer projects or in certain markets; rapid technological changes; delays and other problems associated with vessel maintenance; the continued availability of qualified personnel and our ability to attract and retain them; the operating risks normally incident to our lines of business, including the potential impact of liquidated counterparties; our ability to comply with covenants in our indentures and other debt instruments; acts of terrorism and piracy; the impact of regional or global public health crises or pandemics; the impact of potential information technology, cybersecurity or data security breaches; uncertainty around the use and impacts of artificial intelligence applications; integration of acquired businesses and entry into new lines of business; disagreements with our joint venture partners; natural disasters or significant weather conditions; unsettled political conditions, war, civil unrest and governmental actions, such as expropriation or enforcement of customs or other laws that are not well developed or consistently enforced; risks associated with our international operations, including local content, local currency or similar requirements especially in higher political risk countries where we operate; interest rate and foreign currency fluctuations; labor changes proposed by international conventions; increased regulatory burdens and oversight; changes in laws governing the taxation of foreign source income; retention of skilled workers; enforcement of laws related to the environment, labor and foreign corrupt practices; increased global concern, regulation and scrutiny regarding climate change; increased stockholder activism; the potential liability for remedial actions or assessments under existing or future environmental regulations or litigation; the effects of asserted and unasserted claims and the extent of available insurance coverage; the resolution of pending legal proceedings; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in our most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks filed with or furnished to the SEC.

If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize (or the consequences of any such development changes), or should our underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those reflected in our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking and other statements in this presentation regarding our environmental, social and other sustainability plans, goals or activities are not an indication that these statements are necessarily material to investors or required to be disclosed in our filings with the SEC. In addition, historical, current, and forward-looking environmental, social and sustainability-related statements may be based on standards still developing, internal controls and processes that we continue to evolve, and assumptions subject to change in the future. Statements in this release are made as of the date hereof, and the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update publicly or revise such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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The supplementary information presented in this press release were not audited. This press release presents extracts from the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; the Condensed Consolidated Income Statements and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024; and the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Extracts are drawn from the December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 audited annual financial statements of Tidewater Inc. All per-share amounts are stated on a diluted basis.

Revision of Previously Issued Financial Statements

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. The effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalent balances were not previously presented as a separate item in the reconciliation of the net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in our Statements of Cash Flows, but rather included as a component of net cash provided by operating activities. Accordingly, we have revised our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to reflect the effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalent balances for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, the three months ended December 31, 2024, March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025. Also, the presentation of Free cash flow has been revised to reflect the effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalent balance.