Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · TIDEWATER INC (TDW)

Piers Middleton

A named executive officer of TIDEWATER in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2024 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,621,821

FY2024: $2,082,707

5th of 5 named executive officers at Tidewater by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for TIDEWATER, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 28, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Piers Middleton compensation by year

TIDEWATER Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as TIDEWATER reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2024FY2025
Salary$398,750$415,000
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$1,335,144$683,808
Option awards$0$0
Non-equity incentive$326,975$500,000
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$21,838$23,013
Total$2,082,707$1,621,821

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: TIDEWATER INC DEF 14A filed April 28, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-050441, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the TIDEWATER INC filed document, accession 0001104659-26-050441. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 28, 2026.

$2.1M
$1.6M
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU7,864$397,211—
PSU7,863$397,160—
PSU5,000$252,550—
PSU3,768$190,322—
PSU2,782$140,519—
PSU1,855$93,696—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in TIDEWATER INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

TIDEWATER’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Quintin KneenPresident, Chief Executive Officer, and Director$5,732,208
David DarlingSenior Advisor (Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer)$3,209,739
Samuel RubioExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer$1,989,821
Daniel HudsonExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary$1,809,520
Piers Middleton · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$1,621,821

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