SBM Offshore N.V — M&A Activity 2008

May 22, 2008

SBM OFFSHORE - FPSO MYSTRAS PURCHASE OPTION EXERCISED - FPSO FALCON LEASE EXTENSION

FPSO Mystras Purchase Option Exercised

FPSO Mystras Producao de Petroleo LTDA (FMPP), a 50% owned subsidiary of SBM Offshore N.V., has received a notice from Agip Energy and Natural Resources (Nigeria) Ltd (AENR), exercising AENR's option under the current Service Agreement to purchase the FPSO Mystras.

Full delivery pursuant to the purchase option is scheduled to take place at the FPSO's present location in the Okono and Okpoho fields offshore Nigeria on 16 July 2008. Responsibilities of the owner for the management, operation and maintenance were transferred to AENR as of 16 May 2008.

FPSO Falcon Lease Extension

A one-year extension of the lease and operate contract for the FPSO Falcon has been obtained from Esso Deepwater Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil. The FPSO Falcon, which is fully owned and operated by SBM Offshore N.V., is consequently under contract until 23 November 2009.

Financial Agenda

Half-year Results 2008 - Press Release	19 August 2008
Half-year Results 2008 - Analysts Presentation (Amsterdam)	20 August 2008

Corporate Profile

The Dutch public company SBM Offshore N.V. is the holding company of a group of international, marine technology orientated companies. Its business is to serve on a global basis the offshore oil and gas industry by supplying engineered products, vessels and systems, and offshore oil and gas production services.

The product line comprises:

• Offshore import/export terminals for crude oil, refined products, LPG and LNG, mostly based on the single point mooring principle, Floating Production and/or Storage and Offloading systems (FSOs and FPSOs) and other floating production facilities based on ship hulls, semisubmersibles and Tension Leg Platforms (TLPs);
• Offshore oil and gas production services through the leasing of integrated production and storage facilities owned and operated by the Company;

• Design, construction and supply of semi-submersible drilling platforms;

• Special designs and engineering services and delivery of specific hardware components for dynamically positioned drillships, semi-submersible drilling platforms, jack-up drilling platforms, jack-up platforms for civil construction, large capacity offshore cranes, elevating and lifting systems, crane vessels and other specialised work vessels;

• Offshore construction and installation contracting services.

The Board of Management Schiedam, 21 May 2008

For further information:

SBM Offshore N.V. Karel Doormanweg 66 3115 JD Schiedam

Post address:

P.O. Box 31 3100 AA Schiedam The Netherlands

Contact person: Mr. Sebastiaan de Ronde Bresser

Telephone:	(+377) 92 05 85 15
Mobile:	(+33) 6 43 91 93 12
Fax:	(+377) 92 05 89 40
E-mail:	sebastiaan.derondebresser@sbmoffshore.com
Website:	www.sbmoffshore.com

Disclaimer

Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance, or events to differ materially from those in such statements. Such forwardlooking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of the Company's business to differ materially and adversely from the forwardlooking statements. Certain such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forwardlooking terminology such as "believes", "may", "will", "should", "would be", "expects" or "anticipates" or similar expressions, or the negative thereof, or other variations thereof, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, or intentions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed, or expected. SBM Offshore NV does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.