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Bw Offshore Ltd.

Capital/Financing Update Oct 15, 2025

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BW Offshore

Contemplated amendments to BWO06

October 2025

Disclaimer (1/2)

THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES OR POSSESSIONS, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HONG KONG OR SOUTH AFRICA OR TO ANY RESIDENT THEREOF, OR ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH DISTRIBUTION IS UNLAWFUL. THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OR AN INVITATION TO BUY OR SELL SECURITIES.

This presentation (the "Presentation") has been produced by BW Offshore Limited (the "Issuer" or the "Company") solely for information purposes for use in presentations to the bondholders (the "Bondholders") in the Issuer's senior unsecured bonds 2023/2028 with ISIN NO0013077560 (the "Bonds") in connection with the proposed waiver and amendments to the terms of the Bonds (the "Amendments").

This Presentation and its contents are strictly confidential and shall not (in whole or in part) be reproduced, distributed or passed on, directly or indirectly, to any other person (excluding investment professional's advisers) without the prior written consent of the Issuer. Only the Issuer is entitled to provide information in respect of matters described in this Presentation. Information obtained from other sources is not relevant to the content of this Presentation and should not be relied upon.

This Presentation is for information purposes only and does not in itself constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein.

This Presentation contains certain forward-looking statements relating to the business, financial performance and results of the Issuer and its subsidiaries (the "Group") and/or the industry in which it operates. Forward-looking statements concern future circumstances and results and other statements that are not historical facts, sometimes identified by the words "believes", "expects", "predicts", "intends", "projects", "plans", "estimates", "anticipates", "targets", and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements contained in this Presentation, including assumptions, opinions and views of the Group or cited from third party sources are solely opinions and forecasts which are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from any anticipated development. Neither the Issuer, nor any other member of the Group, or any of their affiliates or any such person's directors, officers, employees, advisors or representatives (collectively, the "Representatives") provides any assurance that the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements are free from errors, nor does any of them accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this Presentation or the actual occurrence of the forecasted developments. None of the Issuer nor the Representatives assume any obligation, except as required by law, to update any forwards-looking statements or to confirm these forward-looking statements to the Group's actual results.

This Presentation has only been made and shall only be made available to the Bondholders (the "Recipients"). The Recipients are reminded that the Presentation contains confidential and sensitive information. By accepting this Presentation, each Recipient agrees to cause their respective Representatives to equally observe the commitments described in this notice and to use the Presentation only to evaluate a continued investment in the Bonds and a potential vote in a bondholder's meeting in favour of the Amendment and not disclose any such information to any other party.

The investment in the Bonds involves a high level of risk, and several factors could cause the actual results or performance of the Issuer to be different from what may be expressed or implied by statements contained in this Presentation. Each Recipient acknowledges that it will be solely responsible for its own assessment of the market and the market position of the Issuer, and that it will conduct its own analysis and be solely responsible for forming its own view of the potential future performance of the Issuer and the Group's business.

Disclaimer (2/2)

The content of this Presentation shall not be construed as financial, legal, business, investment, tax or other professional advice. Each Recipient should consult with its own professional advisers for any such advice.

Unless stated therein, the information contained in this Presentation has been obtained from the Issuer or its Representatives. While the information herein is believed to be in all material respects correct, the Issuer and their respective Representatives (the "Covered Persons"), make no representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to the fairness, accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Presentation, or regarding any other additional information which has or will be made available to the Recipients in connection with the Amendment and a continued investment in the Bonds. Accordingly, no Covered Person accepts any liability whatsoever for any loss of any nature arising from use of this Presentation or its contents or the additional information referred to above or otherwise arising in connection therewith, except as may follow from mandatory law.

This Presentation reflects the conditions and views as of the date set out on the front page of this Presentation. The information contained herein is subject to change, completion, or amendment without notice. In furnishing this Presentation, no Covered Person undertakes any obligation to provide the Recipient with access to any additional information.

Neither this Presentation nor any copy of it nor the information contained herein is being provided, and nor may this Presentation nor any copy of it nor the information contained herein be distributed directly or indirectly to or into the United States of America (unless in accordance with an available exemption) or any other jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful. No action has been taken or will be taken to allow the distribution of this Presentation in any jurisdiction where such distribution would require that (i) further documents are issued in order to comply with local law or (ii) registration or others measures or actions are taken pursuant to local law.

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By receiving this Presentation, each Recipient agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth above and represents that it is a qualified institutional or other professional investor who is sufficiently experienced to understand the aspects and risks related to an investment in the Bonds, and who will obtain additional expert advice where and when needed.

Executive Summary

  • BW Offshore (the "Issuer") has been / is contemplating to amend certain financial covenants / restrictions across its existing financing facilities, including certain covenants in BWO06 (ISIN: NO0013077560).
  • For existing bondholders, the contemplated changes relates to the:
    1. Equity ratio; and
    1. Distributions (herein "Dividend covenant").
  • The contemplated amendments have already been approved by the existing syndicate banks across the company's banking facilities including the corporate RCF and Catcher Facility. The amendments remain subject to final approval by the Barossa facilities, which is anticipated to be received imminently.

1 Equity ratio – explanation

The Parent shall procure that the Equity Ratio of the Group shall not fall below 25 %.

Background

  • Conventionally, FPSO projects are funded by a mix of straight equity and debt financing.
  • As a result of the Covid-era inflation and supply chain pressures, capex on FPSO projects has increased dramatically in recent years. Coupled with increased financing costs faced by FPSO contractors with little corresponding fluctuation in oil price, clients often struggle to achieve the economic benefits from their E&P business that they would have had before such increases and need to use the various tools in their toolboxes to lower the ongoing cost of FPSO projects. One of these tools is to provide part of the funding themselves due to lower cost of capital and the FPSO contractors not needing to pass on interest cost on part of that capex.
  • As a result, we experience that most projects include some element of upfront payments and/or advance charter payments (ACP) from the client (like BWO had from Santos for the Barossa project where Santos funded ~\$1bn and debt finance is ~\$1.15bn). Providing financing to the FPSO contractors will likely benefit the overall economics of the project for the client.
  • Different projects will have such upfront payments or ACP structured in different ways depending on the jurisdiction, contract type, tax implications, client
    preference and accounting requirements, so it will be difficult to prescribe specific types of funding, although we and our project lenders would require that any
    repayment of that funding to be subordinated to other debt provided to the relevant group company. Any funding would need to have a refundable nature to it,
    however that would only happen in catastrophic circumstances where a client cancels a project during construction, which has not happened in the FPSO
    industry.
  • From BWO and lenders' perspectives, client funding helps align interests between clients and FPSO contractors in achieving operational readiness and final acceptance.
  • The challenge is that these upfront payments and/or ACP would be likely classified as liabilities in BWO's balance sheet according to IFRS.

Request

• To carve out client funding (including prepayments and/or ACPs) from the definition of total assets to better reflect the true debt position of BWO, ie. third party financial institution borrowings.

1 Equity ratio – change to be made

Before

Clause:

The Issuer shall ensure that the Equity Ratio of the Group shall not fall below 25 %.

Definitions:

"Equity Ratio" means the ratio of Equity to Total Assets.

"Equity" means the Issuer's (on a consolidated basis) nominal book value of equity treated as equity in accordance with the Accounting Principles.

"Total Assets" means the Issuer's (on a consolidated basis) book value of assets in accordance with the Accounting Principles.

After

Clause:

The Issuer shall procure that the Equity Ratio of the Group shall not fall below 25 %.

Definitions:

"Equity Ratio" means the ratio of Equity to Total Assets.

"Equity" means the Issuer's (on a consolidated basis) nominal book value of equity treated as equity in accordance with the Accounting Principles.

"Total Assets" means the Issuer's (on a consolidated basis) book value of assets in accordance with the Accounting Principles, adjusted to exclude any amounts corresponding to payment in advance, or prepayment, of charter hire or any form of funding or finance received by a Group Company from a client of the Group that is subordinated to the specific financing provided by lenders to that relevant Group Company (however defined and structured).

1 Equity ratio – illustration of impact

The above illustration is based on a hypothetical ("stress test") scenario in which BWO undertakes a construction project of ~USD 2.6 billion, starting in January 2026. Of this amount, 50% is assumed funded through client prepayments and 35% through debt financing. The right-hand graph depicts how the equity ratio would evolve if the covenant was amended as proposed. BWO will not breach the covenant at current structure within the lifespan of the bond

2 Dividend covenant – explanation

Background

  • The current covenant constrains the company's ability to achieve efficient capital allocation and limits flexibility in the deployment of available liquidity.
  • New projects are generally long-term lease contracts that must be accounted for as finance leases. As a result, this is creating a growing disparity between the company's annual financial results, the actual cash flow generated by these leases, and the company's underlying financial capacity.
  • Further, client funding will distort the earnings/revenue and will materially affect the net profit even though such sums are used immediately for investment in projects.
  • BW Offshore is already bound by a set of fairly conservative financial covenants, notably a minimum liquidity requirement of USD 75 million.
  • The dividend-specific limit of 50% of net profit indeed adds a hard cap that seem unnecessarily tight as non-cash items (like depreciation (including depreciation on full capex on assets where the clients have paid a significant part upfront) or where implicit interest related to finance leases) are materially depressing net income.

Request:

• To amend the dividend covenant to allow for payment of up to 100% of accumulated net profit starting from 1 January 2025.

2 Dividend covenant – change to be made

Before

Clause:

  • (a) The Issuer shall not make any Distributions to its shareholders exceeding the higher of:
  • i. 50% of the Issuer's net profit (calculated in accordance with the Accounting Principles) according to its latest annual financial statements; and
  • ii. USD 0.25 for each outstanding share in the Parent (adjusted accordingly for subsequent share splits and reverse share splits after the date of these Bond Terms),

in each case on an annual basis

  • (b) The above limitations shall not apply to:
  • iii. a BW Energy Distribution; or
  • iv. any Distribution made as part of an employee share incentive programme of the Group.
  • (c) No Distribution may be made if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Distribution

After

  • (a) The Issuer shall not make any Distributions to its shareholders exceeding the higher of:
  • i. 100% of the Issuer's net profit (calculated in accordance with the Accounting Principles) according to its latest annual financial statements on an accumulated basis starting from its financial year commencing 1 January 2025, less the aggregate amount of dividends already declared and paid in respect of such period; and
  • ii. USD 0.25 for each outstanding share in the Parent (adjusted accordingly for subsequent share splits and reverse share splits after the date of these Bond Terms) on an annual basis.

in each case on an annual basis,

  • (b) The above limitations shall not apply to:
  • iii. a BW Energy Distribution; or
  • iv. any Distribution made as part of an employee share incentive programme of the Group
  • (c) No Distribution may be made if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such Distribution

2 Dividend covenant – illustration of impact

The case shown here is the BWO "as-is" case, where no new projects are added during the forecast period.

The main assumptions are:

  • BW Catcher operates until end of 2028.
  • BW Adolo is sold to BW Energy for USD 100 million in September 2028.
  • BW Pioneer is operated until March 2030.
  • BW Opal achieves Practical Completion in Q4 2025 and starts the 15-year firm period.
  • All debt is repaid according to their respective schedules.

Proposal

  • As the current bond financing framework has largely been in place since its debut offering in 2012, the Issuer believes the proposed amendments better reflect how FPSO projects are being contracted and financed this decade and also the true financial position of BW Offshore as of today
  • To compensate bondholders for the proposed changes, the Issuer offers a one-time amendment fee of 1.50% of the notional amount of the outstanding bonds
  • The Issuer seeks to get pre-consent from you as a bondholder with the aim to announce a written resolution a short period of time, and as soon as possible

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