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Tidewater Inc. announced first quarter net earnings for the period ended June 30, 2007, of $87.5 million, or $1.55 per common share, on revenues of $305.5 million. Included in the current quarter's net earnings are after-tax charges totaling $3.5 million, or $.06 per common share, related to the settlement of a recent class action in California related to certain wage and hour claims of certain former and current employees, retirement costs of a senior executive and legal costs associated with the company's ongoing previously disclosed investigation of its Nigerian operations. For the same quarter last year, net earnings were $71.4 million, or $1.23 per common share, on revenues of $269.8 million.