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This excerpt taken from the DO DEF 14A filed Mar 31, 2009. To Be Held On May 19,
2009
To our Stockholders:
The 2009 annual meeting of stockholders of Diamond Offshore
Drilling, Inc. will be held at The Regency Hotel, 540 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10021 on Tuesday, May 19, 2009
at 11:30 a.m. local time for the following purposes:
(1) To elect nine directors to serve until our 2010 annual
meeting of stockholders;
(2) To ratify the appointment of Deloitte &
Touche LLP as our independent auditors for fiscal year
2009; and
(3) To transact other business that may properly come
before the annual meeting or any adjournment of the annual
meeting.
Our stockholders of record at the close of business on
March 23, 2009 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at,
the annual meeting and any adjournments of the annual meeting.
Stockholders who execute proxies solicited by our Board of
Directors retain the right to revoke them at any time. Unless
you revoke your proxy, your shares of common stock represented
by your proxy will be voted at the annual meeting in accordance
with the directions given in your proxy. If you do not specify a
choice on your proxy, the proxy will be voted FOR the nominees
for director named in the attached proxy statement and FOR the
ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche
LLP as our independent auditors. The list of our stockholders
may be examined at our executive offices at 15415 Katy Freeway,
Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77094.
Additional information regarding the annual meeting is included
in the attached proxy statement.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE
ANNUAL MEETING. HOWEVER, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE
ANNUAL MEETING IN PERSON, PLEASE COMPLETE, DATE, SIGN AND MAIL
PROMPTLY THE ENCLOSED PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTPAID ENVELOPE
OR, IF YOU PREFER, VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THE INTERNET. THE
PROXY IS REVOCABLE AND WILL NOT BE USED IF YOU ARE PRESENT AT
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND PREFER TO VOTE YOUR SHARES IN PERSON.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Sincerely,
William C. Long
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
March 31, 2009
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