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Aker Solutions Investor Presentation 2024

Feb 8, 2024

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4Q 2023

Fornebu, February 8, 2024 Kjetel Digre, CEO Idar Eikrem, CFO

2024 © Aker Solutions

4Q 2023 | Building a Strong Foundation for the Future

Excluding special items
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NOK
MILLION
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1Q23
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4Q23

Order Intake Order Backlog

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BILLION
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4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 4Q23

Financials & Operations

  • High revenue growth and improved profitability
  • Large secured backlog of projects with balanced risk-reward
  • Target to distribute 40-60% of adjusted net income over time

Transformation & Strategy

  • Closing of the OneSubsea joint venture
  • Growing our Energy Consulting services
  • Developing unique technologies reducing cost of energy
  • Scaling of digital solutions, creating real impact for our clients

Outlook & Developments

  • Strong focus on delivering solid and predictable project execution
  • Increased capital spending across industries, high tendering and FEED activity positioning Aker Solutions for future growth

2023 | Improved Financials, Strong Intake and Solid Backlog

Solid Backlog of Projects with Balanced Risk-Reward Profiles

1 Alliance model: Contracts under the Aker BP alliance model with balanced risk and upside potential through incentive

2 Reimbursable: Contracts with less than 20% lump sum exposure as share of contract value

3 Lump sum: Contracts with more than 20% lump sum exposure as share of contract value – mainly related to legacy renewables projects

Order Backlog by Contract Model NOK billion Order Backlog by Execution Year NOK billion

4Q 2023 | Operational Highlights

Northern Lights: Carbon Capture & Storage

4Q 2023 | New Orders of NOK 14.6 Billion in the Quarter

Renewables and Field Development

  • Norfolk Vanguard West and Norfolk Vanguard East HVDC projects for Vattenfall
  • Increased activity in consultancy and FEED studies
  • Growth in existing contracts

Life Cycle

Growth in existing contracts and call-offs in frame agreements

Increased Capital Spending in Relevant Energy Markets

Global Market Spending1 USD billion

Safeguard delivery of our secured backlog

Selectively position for projects with balanced risk-reward profiles

Global E&C and O&M spending in USD billions, source Rystad 4Q 2023

Improvements in Offshore Wind "Broken Model"

Legacy Renewables Projects Norfolk Development

  • -
  • East Anglia 3 Sunrise Hywind Tampen
  • Project-by-project tendering
  • Lump sum contracting models
  • First-of-kind -> immature designs

  • Up to 3 HVDC platforms
  • Balanced risk-reward profiles
  • Standardization & industrialization focus

Tender Value at NOK 74 Billion

Growing our Energy Consultancy Business

Increase in Energy Consultancy revenues 47% (year-on-year)

CO2 capture, processing and storage terminal conceptual design

Offshore wind foundation concept comparison and electrical transmission studies

Energy Transition Studies as share of study revenues (full year 2023)

Feasibility studies for emissions reduction of offshore production hubs

Integrated Energy Systems

Industrial transformation decarbonizing onshore processing plants with green hydrogen e-fuel

Unique Technologies Reducing the Cost of Energy

Creating real impact with our digital solutions

Outlook

■ Solid financial position

2024 © Aker Solutions

■ Financial robustness a key priority

■ High quality order backlog

  • Majority to be executed in well proven alliance models with balanced risk-reward profile and shared upside potential
  • Continued focus on predictable project execution
  • Legacy renewables projects remain challenging

■ Well positioned for future growth

  • High investment levels across the energy markets
  • Growing activity in tenders, studies and FEED work
  • Enhanced differentiation through enabling digital solutions and unique technologies

Financial Performance

Idar Eikrem, CFO

2024 © Aker Solutions

4Q 2023 | Solid Performance

NOK million 4Q 2023 4Q 2022 2023 2022
Total revenue 11,066 8,275 36,262 27,500
Total revenue ex. special items1 11,021 8,274 36,107 27,461 strong financial position
Of which Net profit equity accounted investees 197 27 205 33
EBITDA 551 220 1,166 647 Revenues1
of NOK 11.0 billion in the quarter
EBITDA margin 5.0% 2.7% 3.2% 2.4% Continued good progress on project portfolio
EBITDA ex. special items1 615 229 1,295 669
EBITDA margin ex. special items1 5.6% 2.8% 3.6% 2.4%
Depreciation, amortization and impairment (277) (154) (744) (537) 31% from 2022
EBIT 274 66 422 109
EBIT margin 2.5% 0.8% 1.2% 0.4%
EBIT ex. special items1 393 86 611 102
EBIT margin ex. special items1 3.6% 1.0% 1.7% 0.4%
Net financial items (288) (15) (328) (160)
Income (loss) before tax (14) 51 95 (50) EBITDA margin of 3.6%, up from 2.4% in 2022
Income tax 37 3 (110) (92)
Net income (loss) from continuing operations 23 54 (15) (142) EPS1
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations 9,762 381 11,608 1,312 representing growth of more than 100%
Net income for total operations 9,786 435 11,592 1,170
Net income (loss) ex. special items total operations1 385 524 2,428 1,225 segment prior to closing of the transaction
Earnings per share (NOK) from continuing operations 0.22 0.12 0.20 (0.27) EPS1
Earnings per share (NOK) from discontinued operations 19.97 0.78 23.75 2.70 period last year
Earnings per share (NOK) 20.19 0.91 23.94 2.42
Earnings per share (NOK) ex. special items total operations1 0.96 1.09 5.20 2.53
Dividend per share (NOK) - - 2.00 1.00
1 Special items mainly include gain/loss on sale of assets, M&A costs, restructuring costs,
impairments and costs linked to the impact of currency derivatives not qualifying for hedge
dividends and share buybacks over time

1Special items mainly include gain/loss on sale of assets, M&A costs, restructuring costs, impairments and costs linked to the impact of currency derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting. See the appendix for details on special items

Financials continue on-track with targets, with a strong financial position

  • Revenues1 of NOK 11.0 billion in the quarter
    • Continued good progress on project portfolio
    • Quarterly revenues up by 33% compared to same period last year
    • Annual revenues of NOK 36.1 billion, representing a growth of 31% from 2022
  • EBITDA1 of NOK 615 million (5.6% margin) in the quarter
    • Net income from equity accounted investees of NOK 197 million, of which NOK 172 million related to the OneSubsea joint venture
    • EBITDA for the full year of NOK 1.3 billion representing an EBITDA margin of 3.6%, up from 2.4% in 2022
  • EPS1 for the full year of NOK 5.20, compared to NOK 2.53 in 2022, representing growth of more than 100%
    • This was driven by the strong financial performance in our Subsea segment prior to closing of the transaction
    • EPS1 for the quarter of NOK 0.96 compared to NOK 1.09 same period last year
  • Proposed cash dividend of NOK 2.00 per share for 2023
    • Implement a share buyback program of up to NOK 500 million
    • Target to distribute 40-60% of adjusted net income through

High Order Backlog – Solid visibility for activity forward

Order Backlog by Execution Year NOK billion

Strong Order Intake Over Time NOK billion

(Book-to-bill is based on revenue from customer contracts, see APM in the appendix for details)

Renewables and Energy Transition1 %

Strong Order Backlog Development NOK billion

1 See APM for definition

Renewables and Field Development

Revenue EBITDA and Margin1

1Excluding special items

Financials and Highlights

  • Revenue of NOK 7.1 billion in quarter
    • 55% increase compared to same period last year
    • Annual revenues of NOK 22.1 billion, a 49% growth from 2022
  • EBITDA1 of NOK 362 million (5.1% margin) in quarter
    • Annual EBITDA of NOK 979 million (4.4% margin)
    • Several projects in early phase of execution without margin recognition, and continued commercial and operational challenges related to parts of our renewables project portfolio
    • Significant uptick in margins expected in 2024 as large Oil & Gas projects are expected to reach profit recognition milestones
  • Order intake of NOK 11.9 billion (1.7x book-to-bill) in quarter
    • Award of Norfolk Vanguard East and Norfolk Vanguard West HVDC projects for Vattenfall with balanced risk profile
    • Growth in existing contracts
  • Continued strong order backlog of NOK 51.4 billion
    • Majority related to projects executed under the well-proven alliance model with Aker BP
    • Less than 10% lump sum exposure in current backlog2
  • Revenue expected to increase about 25% in 2024

2 Share of backlog of projects with more than 20% lump sum as share of contract value

Life Cycle

Revenue EBITDA and Margin1

Order Intake Order Backlog

Financials and Highlights

  • Revenue of NOK 3.5 billion in quarter
    • 2023 revenues of NOK 13.1 billion representing annual growth of 7% from 2022
  • EBITDA1 of NOK 197 million (5.6% margin) in quarter
    • Annual EBITDA of NOK 686 million (5.2% margin)
    • Continued solid performance on ongoing projects and multi-year frame agreements
  • Order intake of NOK 2.6 billion (0.7x book-to-bill)
    • Order intake in Life Cycle is lumpy in nature, driven by large longterm frame agreements and timing of larger project awards
  • Strong order backlog of NOK 20.6 billion
    • Excluding potential growth in existing contracts and frame agreements, and value of extension options
    • Solid visibility on activity level moving forward
  • Revenues in 2024 expected to continue at close to 2023-levels
    • Predictable revenue profile over time, driven by large multi-year frame agreements for Maintenance and Modification

OneSubsea Joint Venture

OneSubsea Joint Venture Financial Performance (100%)

Revenue1 EBITDA 1,2
10.7
NOK BILLION
2.0
NOK BILLION
Net Income before PPA 1,3 4
Order Backlog
1.1
NOK BILLION
Net income after PPA: NOK 860 million
50.6
NOK BILLION

1 Using average exchange rate in 4Q 2023 of USD/NOK 10.5

  • 2 EBITDA excluding special items
  • 3 Net Income before Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) adjustments 4 Using exchange rate from December 29, 2023 of USD/NOK 10.2

Financials and Highlights

  • Revenue1 of NOK 10.7 billion in quarter
    • High activity levels in all major basins
  • EBITDA1,2 of NOK 2.0 billion in the quarter
    • Representing an EBITDA margin of 19%
  • Net Income before PPA1,3 of NOK 1.1 billion
    • Aker Solutions' share of net income after PPA adjustments of NOK 172 million
  • Solid order backlog4 of NOK 50.6 billion
    • Multi-year upcycle in subsea expected

4Q 2023 | Working Capital Normalization Expected in 2024

Working capital2 at minus NOK 8.5 billion

■ Working capital expected to normalize during 2024 with a cash outflow of approximately NOK 4 billion during the year

CAPEX in the quarter was NOK 0.6 billion

■ Mainly related to investments to safeguard the delivery of the large order backlog

Net cash position1 of NOK 9.0 billion

  • Includes NOK 3 billion in liquid funds, not treated as cash under IFRS
  • No interest-bearing debt after repayment of outstanding bond in quarter

CAPEX NOK billion

1Excluding the effects of IFRS 16 as covenants are based on frozen GAAP

Working Capital2NOK billion

Net Cash Position1NOK billion

2See definition under Alternative Performance Measures

2023 | Cash Generation

Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents NOK million

Solid cash generation in 2023

  • Cash flow from operations of NOK 6.2 billion in the year
    • Driven by solid operational performance and all-time low working capital which is expected to normalize during 2024
    • Includes EBITDA contribution from Subsea segment 1Q-3Q 2023
    • Other changes in cash flow from operating activities related to working capital movements without cash impact
  • CAPEX investments of NOK 2.2 billion
    • Mainly related to upgrades and modification of yards in connection with major awards
  • Financial investment of NOK 3.0 billion
    • Placement in liquid funds with short duration as alternative to cash pool. Annualized returns of 5-7% on current investments
  • Sale of subsidiaries of NOK 621 million
    • Payment received from Subsea7 at closing
    • Loan to OneSubsea joint venture and cash outlays related to the transaction
  • Financing costs of NOK 2.0 billion in 2023
    • NOK 914 million in repayment of bond in period
  • Positive contribution from exchange rates adjustments in 2023

Balanced Approach to Long-term Shareholder Value Creation

  • Operational, industrial and strategic focus
  • Proven industrial track-record with experienced management team
  • Strong backlog of projects with balanced risk-reward profiles

Renewables & Field Development

Life Cycle

  • Solid backlog dominated by projects under the alliance model
  • 2024 margin uptick as large O&G projects reach profit recognition
  • Solid backlog of long-term frame agreements and reimbursable modification projects
  • Asset-light, strong cash generation

Robust and right-sized capital structure

• Sufficient cash position of to handle working capital normalization, capital expenditure, and other operational commitments

Operations Financial assets

  • Transparent set-up to manage investments and holdings
  • Well-capitalized entity with attractive assets
  • Cash invested in low-risk fixed income securities with healthy returns

Industrial holdings

  • 20% ownership in the OneSubsea joint venture
  • Strong outlook for cash generation with attractive dividend policy

Financial investments

  • NOK 3 billion in low risk, fixed income securities
  • 5.1 million shares in SLB

Future proceeds

• Approximately NOK 3 billion in transaction proceeds and receivables from the OneSubsea joint venture - will be converted to cash over the next 12 to 18 months

Summary Outlook

  • On track with strategy and targets
  • Increased revenues and margins compared to last year
  • Generated NOK 4.0 billion of free cash flow in 20231
  • Continued high backlog of NOK 73 billion ensuring good visibility on future activity levels
  • Subsea joint venture transaction closed early October, Aker Solutions to receive USD 700 million in proceeds and retain 20 percent ownership

  • 2024 revenues is expected to grow around 15 percent compared to 2023 driven by the solid backlog

  • 2024 EBITDA margins, excluding net income from the OneSubsea joint venture, are expected to increase significantly from 2023 to a level of around 6-7% as large projects reach profit recognition milestones
  • Working Capital will start to normalize in 2024 with an expected negative cash impact of around NOK 4 billion
  • CAPEX is expected to be in the range of 2.5 3.0% of revenues in 2024. Long term CAPEX forecasted to be around 1.5% of revenues
  • New entity established to manage financial assets and industrial holdings
  • Revised dividend policy of 40-60% of annual net profit, excluding special items, through dividends and buybacks

1 Excluding bond repayment, dividend payments, currency effect on cash position, and other financial investments

2024 © Aker Solutions Forward-looking information and statements are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience and present expectations or projections.

Q&A

2024 © Aker Solutions

Additional Information

2024 © Aker Solutions

Well Positioned for Shareholder Value Creation

Aker Solutions operational segments

  • NOK 73 billion of backlog, majority of which are lower-risk NCS projects with upside potential through alliance models
  • 2024 revenues expected to grow about 15% from 2023 levels
  • EBITDA margin expected to increase to 6-7% in 2024
  • Free cash flow generation of NOK 0.8 billion on average annually from 2024 to 2027 excl. joint venture proceeds and dividends
  • Dividend policy to distribute 40-60% of net income excluding special items to shareholders over time

Significant value creation through the OneSubsea joint venture

  • USD 700 million from transactions (selling 20% stake)
  • Retaining 20% JV ownership, which will contribute to Aker Solutions' EBITDA, and cash flow via dividend

Forward-looking information and statements are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience and present expectations or projections.

Timing of selected large projects in the portfolio, by Segment

Renewables and Field Development Life Cycle

Project Customer Award year Delivery year (est.)
Johan Castberg
FPSO
Equinor 2017 2024
Hugin A Platform Aker BP 2022 2026
Hugin B Platform Aker BP 2022 2026
Valhall
PWP Platform
Aker BP 2022 2026
Fenris UI Aker BP 2022 2026
Rosebank FPSO Altera 2023 2025
Jackdaw WHP Shell 2022 2024
Sunrise Wind HVDC Ørsted & Eversource 2021 2025
East Anglia 3 HVDC ScottishPower 2022 2025
Northern Lights, Carbon Storage Equinor 2020 2024
Brevik
Carbon Capture
Aker Carbon
Capture
2020 2024
Norfolk Vanguard West HVDC
(pending regulatory approval and FID)
Vattenfall/ RWE 2024 TBA
Norfolk Vanguard East HVDC
(pending regulatory approval and FID)
Vattenfall/ RWE 2024 TBA
Project Customer Award year Delivery year (est.)
Aker BP EMM /Modific. Alliance (FA) Aker BP 2015 2024
Equinor H (FA) Equinor 2016 2026
Troll West, electrification Equinor 2021 2025
Brunei (FA) Brunei Shell Petr. 2020 2025
ConocoPhillips M&M (FA) ConocoPhillips 2016 2026
Nyhamna
M&M (FA)
Shell 2007 2028
Shell Modification Contract (FA) Shell 2017 2028
Draugen Electrification OKEA 2023 2027
Hebron Brownfield EPCM Exxon 2015 2025
Angola EPC Services Azule
Energy
2018 2024
Global Inspection Engineering BP 2021 2024

(FA = frame agreement)

(Disclaimer: the tables on this slide show the estimated timing of a selection of large projects in Aker Solutions' backlog per 4Q 2023. This information is unaudited and subject to change)

Renewables and Transitional Energy Solutions

NOK Million
Revenue 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Total revenue (excl. special items) 5,324 19,868 5,340 7,228 6,619 8,274 27,461 7,145 8,826 9,114 11,021 36,107
Renewables and Transitional Energy Solutions 991 3,188 1,061 1,335 1,568 2,136 6,100 1,352 1,394 1,233 1,540 5,519
Renewables and Transitional Energy Solutions (%) 18 % 15 % 20 % 20 % 23 % 25 % 22 % 19 % 16 % 14 % 14 % 15 %
Order intake 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Total order intake 6,594 23,812 5,970 9,995 6,680 45,165 67,811 7,805 7,889 4,963 14,646 35,303
Renewables and Transitional Energy Solutions 361 7,805 751 3,301 1,446 1,113 6,611 2,965 902 717 5,227 9,810
Renewables and Transitional Energy Solutions (%) 14 % 41 % 12 % 24 % 18 % 2 % 8 % 38 % 11 % 14 % 36 % 28 %
Order backlog 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Total order backlog 31,486 31,486 32,014 36,167 36,152 72,784 72,784 73,761 73,080 68,918 72,680 72,680
Renewables and Transitional Energy Solutions 8,915 8,915 8,605 10,571 10,449 9,427 9,427 11,039 10,547 10,031 13,718 13,718
Renewables and Transitional Energy Solutions (%) 34 % 34 % 33 % 32 % 32 % 16 % 16 % 15 % 14 % 15 % 19 % 19 %

Definition

Revenue, order intake and order backlog from work related to renewables and transitional energy solutions. This mainly includes projects with solutions and technologies for offshore wind, hydropower, aquaculture, carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen, electrification of offshore and onshore facilities, and decommissioning & recycling.

These figures are compiled from a bottom-up approach of projects and work in Aker Solutions for the relevant periods. The figures are unaudited and subject to change.

Basis for Preparation

This presentation provides financial highlights for the quarter for Aker Solutions, a Norwegian limited company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

The same measurement principles as presented in the Annual Report 2022 have been used when preparing this report. The report does not meet all disclosure requirements in IAS 34 (Interim Financial Reporting) and the figures are not audited.

Alternative Performance Measures

Aker Solutions discloses alternative performance measures in addition to those normally required by IFRS as such performance measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties.

Alternative performance measures are meant to provide an enhanced insight into the operations, financing and future prospects of the company.

Profit Measures

EBITDA and EBIT terms are presented as they are used by financial analysts and investors. Special items are excluded from EBITDA and EBIT as alternative measures to provide enhanced insight into the financial development of the business operations and to improve comparability between different periods.

EBITDA is short for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA corresponds to the "operating income before depreciation, amortization and impairment" in the consolidated income statement in the annual report.

EBIT is short for earnings before interest and taxes. EBIT corresponds to "operating income" in the consolidated income statement in the annual report.

Margins such as EBITDA margin and EBIT margin are used to compare relative profit between periods. EBITDA margin and EBIT margin are calculated as EBITDA or EBIT divided by revenue.

Special items may not be indicative of the ongoing operating result of cash flows of the company. Profit measures excluding special items are presented as alternative measures to improve comparability of the underlying business performance between the periods.

Renewables &
Field Development
Life Cycle Other/
eliminations
Aker Solutions Aker Solutions
NOK million 4Q 2023 4Q 2022 4Q 2023 4Q 2022 4Q 2023 4Q 2022 4Q 2023 4Q 2022 FY 2023 FY 2022
Revenue 7,025 4,535 3,547 3,576 298 137 10,870 8,248 36,057 27,468
Net profit equity accounted investees 29 19 - - 168 9 197 27 205 33
Non-qualifying hedges - - - - (45) (0) (45) (0) (155) (39)
Sum of special items excluded from revenue - - - - (45) (0) (45) (0) (155) (39)
Total revenue and other income ex. special items 7,054 4,553 3,547 3,576 420 145 11,021 8,274 36,107 27,461
EBITDA 361 185 197 188 (7) (153) 551 220 1,166 647
Restructuring cost (0) 0 0 (0) 19 0 19 (0) 24 1
Non-qualifying hedges - - - - (0) 2 (0) 2 17 12
Other special items 1 - - - 45 7 46 7 87 10
Sum of special items excluded from EBITDA 1 0 0 (0) 63 9 64 9 128 23
EBITDA ex. special items 362 185 197 188 56 (145) 615 229 1,295 669
EBITDA margin 5.1 % 4.1 % 5.6 % 5.3 % 5.0 % 2.7 % 3.2 % 2.4 %
EBITDA margin ex. special items 5.1 % 4.1 % 5.6 % 5.3 % 5.6 % 2.8 % 3.6 % 2.4 %
EBIT 241 106 166 161 (134) (201) 274 66 422 109
Sum of special items excluded from EBITDA 1 0 0 (0) 63 9 64 9 128 23
Impairments 0 - 0 (0) 55 12 55 12 60 (30)
Sum of special items excluded from EBIT 1 0 0 (0) 118 21 119 21 189 (8)
EBIT ex. special items 242 106 166 161 (15) (181) 393 86 611 102
EBIT margin 3.4 % 2.3 % 4.7 % 4.5 % 2.5 % 0.8 % 1.2 % 0.4 %
EBIT margin ex. special items 3.4 % 2.3 % 4.7 % 4.5 % 3.6 % 1.0 % 1.7 % 0.4 %
Net income (loss) from continuing operations 23 54 (15) (142)
Net income from discontinued operations 9,762 381 11,608 1,312
Net income from total operations 9,786 435 11,592 1,170
Sum of special items excluded from EBIT 119 21 189 (8)
Financial items1 337 - 455 -
Non-qualifying hedges 2 8 (34) (15)
Tax effects on special items (98) 29 (125) 26
Net income continuing operations ex. special items 384 112 469 (139)
Gain from disposal of discontinued operations (9,790) - (9,790) -
Other special items on discontinued operations 28 31 142 52
Net income discontinued operations ex. special items 0 412 1,959 1,364
Net income to non-controlling interests 83 6 112 8
Net income continuing operations ex. special items and non-controlling interests 468 118 581 (131)
Average number of shares (in '000) 488,829 486,900 488,829 486,900
Earnings per share from continuing operations2 0.22 0.12 0.20 (0.27)
Earnings per share from discontinued operations2 19.97 0.78 23.75 2.70
Earnings per share from total operations2 20.19 0.91 23.94 2.42
Earnings per share from continuing operations ex. special items3 0.96 0.24 1.19 (0.27)
Earnings per share from discontinued operations ex. special items3 0.00 0.85 4.01 2.80
Earnings per share from total operations ex. special items3 0.96 1.09 5.20 2.53

1 Financial items related to currency derivatives and shares in SLB

2 Earnings per share is calculated using Net income, adjusted for non-controlling interests, divided by average number of shares

3Earnings per share ex. special items is calculated using Net income from total operations ex. special items, adjusted for non-controlling interests, divided by average number of shares

Financing Measures

Alternative financing and equity measures are presented as they are indicators of the company's ability to obtain financing and service its debts.

Liquidity buffer (available liquidity) is a measure of available cash and is calculated by adding together the cash and cash equivalents and the unused credit facility.

NOK million 4Q 2023 4Q 2022
Cash and cash equivalents 6,003 6,170
Credit facility (unused) 3,000 5,000
Liquidity buffer 9,003 11,170

Net Current Operating Assets (NCOA) or Working Capital is a measure of the current capital necessary to maintain operations. Working capital includes trade receivables, trade payables, accruals, provisions and current tax assets and liabilities.

NOK million 4Q 2023 4Q 2022
Current tax assets 75 67
Inventory 44 275
Customer contract assets and other receivables 2,317 4,419
Trade receivables 5,268 5,857
Prepayments 1,214 1,981
Current tax liabilities (62) (65)
Provisions (3,405) (1,719)
Trade payables (2,554) (2,645)
Other payables (6,550) (9,066)
Customer contract liabilities (4,831) (3,134)
Net current operating assets (NCOA) (8,484) (4,032)

Net interest-bearing debt to EBITDA (leverage ratio) is a key financial measure that is used by management to assess the borrowing capacity of a company. The ratio shows how many years it would take for a company to pay back its debt if net debt and EBITDA are held constant. The ratio is one of the debt covenants of the company.

The ratio is calculated as net interest-bearing debt (total principal debt outstanding less unrestricted cash) divided by EBITDA. If a company has more cash than debt, the ratio can be negative. The leverage ratio for Aker Solutions does not include the effects of IFRS 16 Leasing, as the debt covenants are based on frozen GAAP.

Further, the EBITDA is calculated based on the last four quarter period and it excludes certain special items as defined in the loan agreements, such as restructuring of offices (onerous leases) and other restructuring costs.

NOK million, x times 4Q 2023 4Q 2022
Non-current borrowings (0) 962
Current borrowings (0) 60
Cash and cash equivalents (6,003) (6,170)
Net interest-bearing debt (6,003) (5,147)
Trailing four quarters:
EBITDA 1,166 647
IFRS 16 effects excl. onerous lease cost 550 441
EBITDA excl. IFRS 16 effects and onerous lease cost 617 206
Restructuring cost 24 1
Non-qualifying hedges 17 12
Adjusted EBITDA 658 219
Net interest-bearing debt to EBITDA (leverage ratio) -9.1x -23.5x

Order Intake Measures

Order intake, order backlog and book-to-bill ratios are presented as alternative performance measures, as they are indicators of the company's revenues and operations in the future.

Order intake includes new agreed customer contracts in the period in addition to expansion of existing contracts. For construction contracts, the order intake includes the value of agreed contracts and options, and value of agreed change orders and options. It does not include potential options and change orders. For service contracts, the order intake is based on estimated customer revenue in periods that are firm in the contracts.

Order backlog represents the estimated value of remaining work on agreed customer contracts. The order backlog does not include parts of the services contracts, which is short-cycled or book-and-turn in nature. The order backlog does also not include potential growth or value of options in existing contracts.

Book-to-bill ratio is calculated as order intake divided by revenue in the period. A book-to-bill ratio higher than 1 means that the company has secured more contracts in the period than what has been executed in the same period.

NOK million, x times 4Q 2023 4Q 2022
Order intake Revenue
from customer
contracts
Book-to-bill Order intake Revenue
from customer
contracts
Book-to-bill
Renewables and Field Development 11,890 7,025 1.7x 38,934 4,540 8.6x
Life Cycle 2,554 3,543 0.7x 6,108 3,576 1.7x
Other/eliminations 203 241 123 100
Aker Solutions 14,646 10,808 1.4x 45,165 8,216 5.5x
NOK million, x times FY 2023 FY 2022
Order intake Revenue
from customer
contracts
Book-to-bill Order intake Revenue
from customer
contracts
Book-to-bill
Renewables and Field Development 22,523 22,095 1.0x 51,398 14,843 3.5x
Life Cycle 11,781 13,065 0.9x 16,190 12,164 1.3x
Other/eliminations 999 722 222 295
Aker Solutions 35,303 35,882 1.0x 67,811 27,302 2.5x

Special Items 1

NOK million, (Gain) / Loss
Special items (EBITDA) 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Restructuring 6 24 1 0 (0) (0) 1 2 0 3 19 24
Non-qualifying hedges 3 (7) (18) 32 (4) 2 12 5 10 3 (0) 17
Other special items 6 12 1 0 2 7 10 11 16 15 46 87
Total special items EBITDA 15 29 (16) 32 (2) 9 23 19 25 21 64 128
Special items (EBIT)
Impairments 55 50 - 11 (54) 12 (30) 0 2 2 55 60
Total special items EBIT 70 79 (16) 43 (56) 21 (8) 19 27 23 119 189

1Historical figures have been amended compared to 3Q presentation

Income Statement

NOK million
Income statement consolidated 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Revenue 5,323 19,873 5,330 7,276 6,614 8,248 27,468 7,213 8,880 9,094 10,870 36,057
Net profit equity accounted investees 3 5 0 6 (1) 27 33 0 1 8 197 205
Total revenue and other income 5,326 19,878 5,330 7,283 6,613 8,275 27,500 7,213 8,881 9,102 11,066 36,262
Operating expenses (5,262) (19,285) (5,175) (7,161) (6,463) (8,055) (26,854) (6,985) (8,688) (8,908) (10,515) (35,096)
EBITDA 64 593 155 121 150 220 647 229 193 194 551 1,166
Of which related to hedging (3) 7 18 (32) 4 (2) (12) (5) (10) (3) 0 (17)
Depreciation and amortization (147) (540) (134) (139) (152) (134) (559) (135) (158) (155) (222) (670)
Impairment (58) (52) - (11) 54 (20) 22 (14) (2) (2) (55) (74)
EBIT (141) 1 21 (29) 52 66 109 79 33 36 274 422
Net interest cost (47) (77) (63) (60) (40) (22) (185) (17) (3) 42 104 126
Net other financial items 14 (18) (34) 79 (27) 8 26 (16) 63 (109) (391) (453)
Net financial cost (33) (95) (97) 19 (67) (15) (160) (32) 60 (68) (288) (328)
Net income (loss) before tax (173) (94) (76) (10) (15) 51 (50) 47 93 (32) (14) 95
Income tax 9 (80) (15) (34) (46) 3 (92) (25) (67) (56) 37 (110)
Net income (loss) from continuing operations (165) (174) (91) (45) (61) 54 (142) 22 27 (88) 23 (15)
Net income from discontinued operations 228 424 266 320 346 381 1,312 367 513 965 9,762 11,608
Net income from total operations 63 249 175 276 285 435 1,170 390 539 877 9,786 11,592
Net income attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company 62 254 164 269 305 441 1,179 387 528 920 9,869 11,704
Non-controlling interests 1 (5) 11 7 (20) (6) (8) 2 12 (43) (83) (112)
EBITDA margin 1.2 % 3.0 % 2.9 % 1.7 % 2.3 % 2.7 % 2.4 % 3.2 % 2.2 % 2.1 % 5.0 % 3.2 %
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations (NOK) (0.34) (0.35) (0.21) (0.10) (0.08) 0.12 (0.27) 0.04 0.03 (0.09) 0.22 0.20
Basic earnings per share from discontinued operations (NOK) 0.47 0.87 0.54 0.65 0.71 0.78 2.70 0.75 1.05 1.97 19.97 23.75
Basic earnings per share from total operations (NOK) 0.13 0.52 0.34 0.55 0.62 0.91 2.42 0.79 1.08 1.88 20.19 23.94
Dividend per share (NOK) - 0.20 - - - - 1.00 - - - - 2.00

Cash Flow

NOK million
Cash flow 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
EBITDA continuing operations 64 593 155 121 150 220 647 229 193 194 551 1,166
EBITDA discontinued operations 519 1,249 443 532 586 727 2,288 640 906 1,225 0 2,772
Change in cash flow from operating activities 898 957 986 (681) 33 1,245 1,584 832 695 434 317 2,278
Net cash flow from operating activities 1,481 2,799 1,584 (28) 769 2,193 4,518 1,701 1,794 1,853 868 6,216
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (125) (218) (33) (91) (151) (233) (507) (217) (414) (624) (579) (1,833)
Payments for capitalized development (48) (144) (29) (26) (25) (33) (113) (61) (20) (288) (20) (388)
Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired - - (126) 8 (4) (47) (169) (13) (0) 0 (0) (13)
Disposal of subsidiaries (2) (2) - 0 17 - 17 - (0) (0) 621 621
Change in current interest-bearing receivables (0) 4 (9) (0) 9 - - - - - (106) (106)
Change in current investments 0 0 - - - - - - - (1,001) (1,999) (3,000)
Sub-lease income received 31 125 28 32 33 16 110 28 32 31 27 119
Interest received 16 190 14 28 38 49 128 51 102 108 107 368
Interest received on sub-leases 7 30 5 5 5 14 29 8 5 6 10 27
Cash flow from other investing activities 10 20 3 1 8 16 29 1 1 10 45 58
Net cash flow from investing activities (111) 6 (147) (44) (70) (216) (476) (203) (294) (1,758) (1,893) (4,147)
Change in external borrowings (42) (352) (491) (22) (950) 19 (1,444) (499) (31) (0) (437) (967)
Lease installments paid (201) (680) (175) (166) (169) (186) (695) (201) (188) (204) (180) (774)
Paid dividends (3) (3) - (97) (0) 0 (97) 0 (489) - 0 (489)
Interest paid (33) (144) (37) (37) (27) (22) (124) (18) (17) 0 (30) (64)
Interest paid on leases (50) (196) (50) (49) (48) (47) (195) (48) (48) (47) (38) (181)
Other financing activities (2) (49) (0) 0 (2) (9) (11) (0) (0) (8) (0) (8)
Net cash flow from financing activities (331) (1,424) (753) (372) (1,196) (245) (2,566) (767) (773) (259) (685) (2,483)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,040 1,381 685 (443) (497) 1,732 1,476 731 727 (163) (1,710) (415)
Cash and cash equivalents as at the beginning of the period 3,504 3,171 4,560 5,198 5,026 4,469 4,560 6,170 7,102 8,078 7,787 6,170
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 16 8 (47) 272 (60) (31) 134 201 249 (128) (75) 248
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 4,560 4,560 5,198 5,026 4,469 6,170 6,170 7,102 8,078 7,787 6,003 6,003

Balance Sheet – Assets

NOK million
Assets 4Q 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023
Property, plant and equipment 3,231 3,269 3,424 3,533 3,596 3,762 4,246 2,883 3,487
Intangible assets including Goodwill 5,724 5,808 6,101 6,064 5,949 5,958 5,933 3,413 3,563
Right-of-use assets and investment property 2,803 2,746 2,824 2,693 2,723 2,764 2,809 1,904 1,911
Deferred tax assets 581 540 671 593 584 543 605 345 491
Non-current lease receivables 634 569 572 580 561 560 561 501 529
Equity accounted investees 58 58 67 75 103 94 95 99 6,786
Investments in other companies 203 163 28 26 25 22 21 39 19
Interest-bearing receivables 206 209 212 215 201 205 209 211 197
Other non-current assets 22 19 28 20 26 27 61 55 506
Total non-current assets 13,463 13,381 13,927 13,800 13,768 13,936 14,540 9,450 17,489
Current tax assets 69 62 79 97 67 80 88 68 75
Inventories 293 211 229 258 275 270 353 49 44
Trade receivables 4,677 4,256 4,782 5,546 5,857 6,151 6,046 3,271 5,268
Customer contract assets and other receivables 3,713 3,833 4,648 4,630 4,419 5,646 5,748 2,685 2,317
Prepayments 1,774 1,940 1,652 1,917 1,981 2,325 2,601 786 1,214
Derivative financial instruments 175 450 502 484 406 550 565 240 258
Interest-bearing receivables 143 143 150 133 146 157 167 1,160 3,103
Financial investments - - - - - - - - 5,714
Cash and cash equivalents 4,560 5,198 5,026 4,469 6,170 7,102 8,078 7,272 6,003
Assets classified as held for sale - - - - - - - 14,230 -
Total current assets 15,405 16,091 17,068 17,534 19,320 22,282 23,646 29,760 23,996
Total assets 28,868 29,472 30,995 31,334 33,088 36,218 38,185 39,210 41,484

Balance Sheet – Liabilities and Equity

NOK million
Liabilities and equity 4Q 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023
Total equity attributable to the parent 7,833 8,011 8,727 9,129 9,244 9,940 10,506 11,187 19,313
Non-controlling interests 28 39 64 41 (4) (3) (3) (56) (129)
Total equity 7,861 8,050 8,791 9,169 9,240 9,938 10,502 11,132 19,184
Non-current borrowings 925 907 958 960 962 469 417 (0) (0)
Non-current lease liabilities 4,056 3,874 3,942 3,707 3,679 3,729 3,792 2,795 2,921
Pension obligations 1,010 987 982 962 1,031 1,009 1,039 1,019 895
Deferred tax liabilities 333 320 517 524 459 549 647 39 140
Other non-current liabilities 4 30 25 26 36 36 36 36 119
Total non-current liabilities 6,327 6,118 6,423 6,179 6,168 5,792 5,931 3,889 4,074
Current tax liabilities 69 73 55 70 65 66 128 51 62
Current borrowings 1,434 963 996 40 60 37 6 426 (0)
Current lease liabilities 692 665 707 705 734 737 736 586 619
Provisions 784 901 1,519 1,774 1,719 1,833 2,389 2,285 3,405
Trade payables 1,429 2,007 2,360 2,660 2,645 3,271 3,463 2,273 2,554
Other payables 7,372 7,568 7,790 7,963 9,066 9,931 10,165 5,008 6,550
Customer contract liabilities 2,656 2,542 1,974 2,329 3,134 4,289 4,443 3,873 4,831
Derivative financial instruments 242 585 380 446 255 324 422 193 204
Liabilities classified as held for sale - - - - - - - 9,495 -
Total current liabilities 14,679 15,305 15,781 15,985 17,679 20,488 21,752 24,190 18,226
Total liabilities and equity 28,868 29,472 30,995 31,334 33,088 36,218 38,185 39,210 41,484

Split Per Segment

NOK million
Revenue 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 2,721 10,625 2,795 3,958 3,551 4,553 14,857 4,128 5,369 5,576 7,054 22,126
Life Cycle 2,568 9,197 2,490 3,160 2,938 3,576 12,164 2,933 3,343 3,249 3,547 13,072
Other 117 340 80 194 157 191 622 202 242 646 499 1,589
Eliminations (80) (285) (35) (29) (33) (46) (142) (49) (73) (370) (33) (525)
Revenue 5,326 19,878 5,330 7,283 6,613 8,275 27,500 7,213 8,881 9,102 11,066 36,262
EBITDA 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 104 535 101 76 124 185 487 169 208 236 361 973
Life Cycle 92 402 140 189 146 188 663 161 164 163 197 686
Other (132) (345) (86) (144) (120) (153) (504) (101) (179) (205) (7) (492)
EBITDA 64 593 155 121 150 220 647 229 193 194 551 1,166
EBITDA margin 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 3.8 % 5.0 % 3.6 % 1.9 % 3.5 % 4.1 % 3.3 % 4.1 % 3.9 % 4.2 % 5.1 % 4.4 %
Life Cycle 3.6 % 4.4 % 5.6 % 6.0 % 5.0 % 5.3 % 5.5 % 5.5 % 4.9 % 5.0 % 5.6 % 5.2 %
EBITDA margin 1.2 % 3.0 % 2.9 % 1.7 % 2.3 % 2.7 % 2.4 % 3.2 % 2.2 % 2.1 % 5.0 % 3.2 %
EBIT 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 78 317 31 0 48 106 185 87 120 149 241 597
Life Cycle 51 273 114 163 120 161 558 132 133 134 166 565
Other (269) (589) (124) (192) (116) (201) (634) (140) (220) (246) (134) (740)
EBIT (141) 1 21 (29) 52 66 109 79 33 36 274 422
EBIT margin 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 2.9 % 3.0 % 1.1 % 0.0 % 1.3 % 2.3 % 1.2 % 2.1 % 2.2 % 2.7 % 3.4 % 2.7 %
Life Cycle 2.0 % 3.0 % 4.6 % 5.1 % 4.1 % 4.5 % 4.6 % 4.5 % 4.0 % 4.1 % 4.7 % 4.3 %
EBIT margin -2.6 % 0.0 % 0.4 % -0.4 % 0.8 % 0.8 % 0.4 % 1.1 % 0.4 % 0.4 % 2.5 % 1.2 %

Split Per Segment

NOK million
NCOA 4Q 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023
NCOA (1,784) (2,791) (2,307) (2,347) (4,032) (4,920) (5,753) (6,631) (8,484)
Order intake 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 5,214 14,028 1,543 6,040 4,881 38,934 51,398 2,851 6,716 1,066 11,890 22,523
Life Cycle 1,432 9,882 4,459 3,858 1,766 6,108 16,190 4,827 933 3,467 2,554 11,781
Other and eliminations (53) (98) (32) 98 33 123 222 128 240 429 203 999
Order intake 6,594 23,812 5,970 9,995 6,680 45,165 67,811 7,805 7,889 4,963 14,646 35,303
Order backlog 4Q 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023
Renewables and Field Development 14,058 12,590 15,139 16,255 50,790 49,656 51,556 46,596 51,405
Life Cycle 17,553 19,345 20,626 19,542 21,617 23,716 21,464 21,630 20,579
Other and eliminations (125) 79 402 355 377 390 60 692 696
Order backlog 31,486 32,014 36,167 36,152 72,784 73,761 73,080 68,918 72,680
Own employees 4Q 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023
Renewables and Field Development 4,553 4,795 4,962 5,274 5,484 5,607 5,876 6,037 6,121
Life Cycle 6,085 5,792 4,435 4,408 4,381 4,464 4,224 4,361 4,220
Other 667 696 893 919 1,139 1,159 1,119 1,122 1,132
Own employees 11,305 11,283 10,290 10,601 11,004 11,230 11,219 11,520 11,473

Split Per Segment – Excluding Special Items

NOK million
EBITDA (excl. special items) 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 108 540 102 76 124 185 488 171 208 239 362 979
Life Cycle 92 420 140 189 146 188 663 161 164 163 197 686
Other (122) (339) (103) (112) (122) (145) (481) (85) (153) (187) 56 (370)
EBITDA (excl. special items) 79 621 139 153 148 229 669 247 218 214 615 1,295
EBITDA margin (excl. special items) 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 4.0 % 5.1 % 3.6 % 1.9 % 3.5 % 4.1 % 3.3 % 4.1 % 3.9 % 4.3 % 5.1 % 4.4 %
Life Cycle 3.6 % 4.6 % 5.6 % 6.0 % 5.0 % 5.3 % 5.5 % 5.5 % 4.9 % 5.0 % 5.6 % 5.2 %
EBITDA margin (excl. special items) 1.5 % 3.1 % 2.6 % 2.1 % 2.2 % 2.8 % 2.4 % 3.5 % 2.5 % 2.4 % 5.6 % 3.6 %
EBIT (excl. special items) 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 44 285 32 3 48 106 189 90 119 152 242 603
Life Cycle 52 291 114 163 120 161 558 132 133 134 166 565
Other (167) (497) (141) (152) (172) (181) (645) (123) (192) (226) (15) (557)
EBIT (excl. special items) (71) 80 5 14 (4) 86 102 98 60 59 393 611
EBIT margin (excl. special items) 4Q 2021 FY 2021 1Q 2022 2Q 2022 3Q 2022 4Q 2022 FY 2022 1Q 2023 2Q 2023 3Q 2023 4Q 2023 FY 2023
Renewables and Field Development 1.6 % 2.7 % 1.1 % 0.1 % 1.3 % 2.3 % 1.3 % 2.2 % 2.2 % 2.7 % 3.4 % 2.7 %
Life Cycle 2.0 % 3.2 % 4.6 % 5.1 % 4.1 % 4.5 % 4.6 % 4.5 % 4.0 % 4.1 % 4.7 % 4.3 %
EBIT margin (excl. special items) -1.3 % 0.4 % 0.1 % 0.2 % -0.1 % 1.0 % 0.4 % 1.4 % 0.7 % 0.6 % 3.6 % 1.7 %

Order Backlog by Market

NOK billion, %

Order Backlog by Market 4Q 2022 4Q 2023
Norway 81 % 82 %
Europe 9 % 11 %
North America 6 % 4 %
Asia Pacific 3 % 2 %
South America 0 % 0 %
Africa 0 % 0 %
Total 100 % 100 %
Total backlog (NOK billion) 72.8 72.7

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