UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.




MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
757 N. ELDRIDGE PKWY
HOUSTON, TX 77079

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:    Annual Meeting
Date: May 5, 2017  Time: 10:00 a.m., local time
For holders as of:    March 13, 2017

Location:

The Westin Houston Hotel
945 Gessner Road
Houston, Texas 77024

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Voting Items
  
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:
 
1.     To elect eight members to our Board of Directors, each for a term of one year.
 
Nominees:
 
  01)      John F. Bookout, III       05)       Gary P. Luquette
  02)   David Dickson   06)   William H. Schumann, III
  03)   Stephen G. Hanks   07)   Mary L. Shafer-Malicki
  04)   Erich Kaeser   08)   David A. Trice

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:
 
2. To conduct an advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 year on the following proposal:
 
3. To conduct an advisory vote on the frequency with which to hold advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.
 
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:
 
4. To ratify our Audit Committee's appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2017.