MIME-Version: 1.0 Server: CERN/3.0 Date: Wednesday, 19-Nov-97 23:04:47 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 5137 Last-Modified: Friday, 07-Nov-97 18:22:49 GMT Financial Strength

Tidewater Inc.

Is a Billion-Dollar Business!

From one boat and a handful of employees in 1956, Tidewater has grown and prospered. Today, more than 40 years after that humble beginning, Tidewater is a billion-dollar company with thousands of employees at work in scores of locations worldwide.

More than twice its size than in 1990, Tidewater has experienced tremendous growth in the 1990s, fueled by an improving energy market and strategic corporate acquisitions.

Although much of what Tidewater does is affected by global oil and gas supply and demand and resulting pricing, more company growth and profitability is foreseen by company officials in the 1990s with continued industry strength, stability and expansion anticipated.

A publicly-owned company, Tidewater stock is traded on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges under the letters
'TDW'.

For more information about Tidewater, call the company at (504)-568-1010 or toll-free at (800)-678-8433. Personnel in Investor Relations or Corporate Communications will be glad to answer your questions and send you the latest in financial information. For instant access to Tidewater's latest financial filings, visit the Security & Exchange Commission's web site:
http://www.sec.gov

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