Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 1, 2016, Lyndol L. Dew, the Senior Vice President – Worldwide Operations of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (the “Company”), was appointed as the Company’s Senior Vice President – Special Projects and Strategic Initiatives.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On December 1, 2016, the Company appointed Thomas M. Roth as its Senior Vice President – Worldwide Operations. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Roth, age 60, held a variety of managerial positions with Halliburton Company, one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. Most recently, Mr. Roth served as Vice President of the Boots & Coots Product Service Line from July 2013 until September 2015 and Boots & Coots Global Operations Manager from August 2011 until July 2013. Mr. Roth joined Halliburton in 1979 as a Field Engineer and served in numerous managerial positions for Halliburton and its subsidiaries, including within Boots & Coots and the Completions and Production Division. Mr. Roth, a Registered Professional Engineer, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and a Master of Business Administration degree from Tulane University.

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About Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO)

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. is engaged in offshore drilling and providing contract drilling services to the energy industry. The Company has a fleet of approximately 30 offshore drilling rigs, such as semisubmersibles, jack-ups and dynamically positioned (DP) drillships. Its fleet offers a range of services around the world in the floater market (ultra-deepwater, deepwater and mid-water). Its Jack-up rigs are mobile, self-elevating drilling platforms equipped with legs that are lowered to the ocean floor. Its jack-ups are used for drilling in water depths from 20 feet to 350 feet. All of its jack-up rigs are equipped with a cantilever system that enables the rig to extend its drilling package over the aft end of the rig. Its drillships and semisubmersible rigs include Ocean Greatwhite, Ocean Valor, Ocean Courage, Ocean BlackHornet, Ocean BlackRhino and others. It provides offshore drilling services to oils and gas companies and government-owned oil companies.

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) Recent Trading Information

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:DO) closed its last trading session down -0.38 at 18.93 with 5,525,839 shares trading hands.