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GulfMark Reports First Quarter Results and New Contract

GulfMark Offshore Inc.announced record net income for the first quarter of 2002 of $5.4 million, or $0.62 per share (diluted), on revenues of $29.8 million. This compares to net income of $2.6 million, or $0.31 per share (diluted), on revenues of $21.9 million in the first quarter of 2001. Bruce Streeter, president and COO of the Company, said, "We are very pleased with the results of the first quarter. Despite the usual seasonal slowdown and the lay-up of one of our smallest PSVs in the North Sea (the Highland Legend), the first quarter not only outperformed the first quarter of 2001 by more than 100%, it outperformed our previous first quarter record set in 1998 by approximately 55%.