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EXHIBIT
10.33
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
TIDEWATER
INC.
MANAGEMENT ANNUAL
INCENTIVE PLAN
The primary objective of the
Tidewater Inc. Management Annual Incentive Plan (the
“MAIP” or the “Plan”) is to reward certain
of Tidewater’s officers and key employees for their
assistance in helping Tidewater Inc. (the “Company”)
achieve its financial and operating goals for the fiscal year. The
Plan links a significant element of variable annual compensation to
the accomplishment of these goals.
The Plan shall be
administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the “Committee”). The
authority of the Committee shall include, in particular, authority
to:
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designate participants and target award percentages for a
particular year; |
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B. |
establish performance goals and objectives for a particular
year; |
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C. |
consider the achievement of the performance goals and
objectives, and |
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D. |
establish regulations for the administration of the Plan and
make all determinations deemed necessary for the administration of
the Plan. |
The Chief Executive Officer
shall have the authority to name additional participants after the
beginning of a particular plan year and establish target award
percentages for such, participants, in connection with promotions,
new hires and the establishment of new positions within the
Company
The Plan concept for fiscal
2007 and for future years focuses upon Tidewater’s
performance in the areas of economic value added
(“EVA”), safety and the individual.
Eligibility for participation
in the MAIP will be limited to officers and certain key employees
who directly impact the Company’s financial performance and
who do not participate in another Company bonus plan. The specific
positions eligible to participate in the plan will be reviewed and
determined annually by Tidewater’s Chief Executive Officer
and the Committee. The Chief Executive Officer also has the
authority to name participants as described in Section II above.
The Committee has determined that the participants in this Plan and
in the Company’s Executive Officer Annual Incentive Plan
shall constitute the “specified employees” of the
Company under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder (“Section
409A”).
As Amended through
January 30, 2008
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PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND STANDARDS |
The Committee has designed an
annual bonus program for fiscal 2007 and future years that will be
based upon economic value added, safety performance and individual
performance.
Prior to or early in each
fiscal year, the Committee will specify target incentive awards for
each participant. These amounts are determined based upon each
eligible participant’s base salary multiplied by the target
percentage associated with the participant’s position within
the Company and the measurable amount of the participant’s
direct influence on the Company’s financial performance. This
percentage increases or decreases based upon performance above or
below the target. The base target percentage will be adjusted as a
result of changes in position or initial hiring during a fiscal
year.
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GENERATION OF FUNDING POOL |
The bonus pool is equal to
the aggregate of the percentage of salary bonus amounts set by the
Committee for all participants and applied to Company performance.
The target bonus pool for participants based on a percentage of
salary is funded as follows:
75% of pool is generated and
declared based on EVA performance. Seventy-five percent of this
portion eligible for payout is based upon EVA performance and 25%
eligible for payout is based upon individual performance;
and
25% of pool is generated
based upon satisfaction of Total Reported Incident Rate safety
objectives, defined below.
At EVA and safety performance
levels above and below the target levels, the 75%/25% relationship
will change. The 25% safety component can be increased by up to
150% of target for exceptional safety performance.
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
The performance criteria
described below will be used to determine annual bonus amounts. The
economic value added and safety performance goals for a particular
year will be established by the Compensation Committee prior to or
early in each fiscal year.
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EVA Criteria . Economic Value Added (“EVA”)
equals net operating profit after taxes (“NOPAT”), less
a charge for capital employed. NOPAT equals revenues less operating
expenses (including depreciation) and taxes on operating profit.
The capital charge equals capital employed multiplied by the
weighted average cost of debt and equity. |
Certain adjustments to NOPAT
will be made in determining EVA. Accordingly, the following items
reported in the Company’s consolidated statement of earnings
will be added to or subtracted from NOPAT as reported in order to
determine EVA for purposes of the Plan:
2
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Cumulative effect of accounting changes. |
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Extraordinary items, as that term is defined in Accounting
Principles Board Opinion #30. |
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Discontinued operations; and |
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4. |
Unusual or infrequently occurring items (less the amount of
related income taxes), as that term is used in Accounting
Principles Board Opinion #30. |
The EVA target for the first
three years of Plan bonuses is set at $5 million additional EVA per
year, but may be changed by the Compensation Committee for a future
fiscal year in its discretion.
In order to limit volatility
in annual bonus payouts and to tie payouts to sustainable value
creation, a bonus bank mechanism applies to the portion of the
bonus based upon EVA and paid through the Plan.
The materials presented to
the Committee by Stern Stewart & Co. at the Committee
meeting held March 29, 2006 (the “Stern Stewart
Materials”) provide examples of the calculation of the
declared EVA portion of the bonus under various scenarios. Any
declared EVA bonus is credited to a participant’s personal
bonus bank account each year, with a payout of up to the lesser of
the declared EVA portion or 150% of the target bonus, and one-third
of any net positive bank balance paid out. The resulting EVA
portion available for payout can be reduced by the Committee by up
to 25% depending upon an evaluation of individual performance. The
remaining two-thirds of the bonus bank is held at risk.
In a year in which EVA bonus
declared is a negative number, this negative amount determined
according to the Stern Stewart Materials is deducted from the bonus
bank.
Residual amounts, including
negative balances, are banked forward to be credited or debited
against future declared bonus amounts. If a negative balance is
more than half of a future positive declaration, one-third of the
negative balance will be deducted against the positive declaration
in that year, with the remaining negative balance carried forward
to subsequent years. If a negative balance is less than half of a
future positive declaration,
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