TIDEWATER INC. (NYSE:TDW) Files An 8-K Other EventsItem 8.01Other Events.
At the time of emergence from bankruptcy on July 31, 2017, Tidewater Inc. (“Tidewater” or the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries and the lessor parties (the “Sale Leaseback Parties”) to certain sale leaseback agreements holding claims thereunder (collectively, the “Sale Leaseback Claims”) had not reached agreement with respect to the allowed amount of the Sale Leaseback Claims. Accordingly, at that time, the Company reserved a portion of the aggregate cash, new creditor warrants and new secured notes (“Sale Leaseback Reserve”) ultimately to be distributed to holders of Class 3 General Unsecured Claims (as defined in the Second Amended Joint Prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors, as modified by the Confirmation Order) pending resolution of the Sale Leaseback Claims.In August 2017, Tidewater reached settlements with the Sale Leaseback Parties, other than Fifth Third Equipment Finance Company (“Fifth Third”), to resolve their respective Sale Leaseback Claims.
On November 28, 2017, Tidewater entered into a letter agreement with Fifth Third that settled and resolved its Sale Leaseback Claim. to the letter agreement, Fifth Third was permitted an allowed claim of $67.5 million. As with each of the other Sale Leaseback Parties, Fifth Third’s claim was settled for an amount less than the amount reserved.Fifth Third’s allowed claim will be treated and receive the same proportionate initial distribution as if it had been an allowed claim as of the Effective Date assuming the full Sale Leaseback Reserve.
Fifth Third’s claim is the final claim that needed to be resolved with the holders of Class 3 General Unsecured Claims.Accordingly, the Company will proceed as soon as practicable to distribute the remaining cash, new creditor warrants and new secured notes in the Sale Leaseback Reserve to all holders of allowed Class 3 General Unsecured Claims.In the aggregate, Tidewater expects to distribute, pro rata, approximately $8.7 million in cash, $13.2 million in face amount of new secured notes and 1.1 million new creditor warrants to the holders of allowed Class 3 General Unsecured Claims through this final distribution.
About TIDEWATER INC. (NYSE:TDW)
Tidewater Inc. provides offshore service vessels and marine support services. The Company operates through four segments: Americas, Asia/Pacific, Middle East/North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa/Europe. Its Americas segment includes the activities of the Company’s North American operations, which include operations in the United States Gulf of Mexico (GOM), and the United States and Canadian coastal waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as operations of offshore Mexico, Trinidad and Brazil. The Asia/Pacific segment includes its Australian and Southeast Asian and Western Pacific operations. The Middle East/North Africa segment includes its operations in the Mediterranean and Red Seas, the Black Sea, the Arabian Gulf and offshore India. The Company’s Sub-Saharan Africa/Europe segment includes operations conducted along the East and West Coasts of Africa, as well as operations in and around the Caspian Sea, the North Sea, and certain other arctic/cold water markets.
