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Subsea 7 — Earnings Release 2024
Feb 27, 2025
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Q4 and FY 2024 Earnings
27 February 2025

Forward-looking statements
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A strong finish to 2024
- Fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA of \$315 million, up 29%
- Full year Adjusted EBITDA of \$1,090 million, up 53%
- Driven by revenue growth of 14% and margin expansion of ~390bps
- Strong performance in both business units
- Backlog \$11.2 billion including \$5.8 billion for 2025, implying revenue visibility of over 80% on 2025
- High backlog of quality projects and strong prospects support confidence in the outlook
- Board proposes a 2025 shareholder return of approximately \$350 million1, up 40% year on year

Fenris bundle launch at Wick


Order intake at a new high

Order intake
- Q4 order intake \$2.3bn
- New awards \$1.8bn
- Escalations \$0.5bn
- Book-to-bill 1.2x
- Full year order intake \$8.2bn
- Up 10% year on year
- New awards \$6.7bn
- Escalations \$1.5bn
- Book-to-bill 1.2x


Backlog - \$5.8 billion for execution in 2025
Subsea and Conventional
Backlog by year of execution

Renewables Backlog by year of execution

\$bn
Beyond Next year Current year

Group: top line growth and margin expansion

- Q4 revenue growth 15% YoY
- FY revenue growth 14% YoY
Revenue Adjusted EBITDA

- Q4 Adjusted EBITDA margin 17%
- FY Adjusted EBITDA margin 16%


Subsea and Conventional
Revenue

Adjusted EBITDA
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100
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Full year
- Revenue up 12% YoY to \$5.5 billion
- High activity in Brazil, Norway, Australia and Türkiye
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 16.3%
- Continued mix-shift to highermargin projects
- Includes \$36 million from OneSubsea
- Net operating income of \$404 million


Renewables
Revenue

Adjusted EBITDA
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Full year
- Revenue up 29% YoY to \$1.2 billion
- Continued activity in the UK and Taiwan
- Full year contribution by Seaway Alfa Lift and Seaway Ventus
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 15.0%
- Solid execution of projects with improved risk profile
- Net operating income of \$53 million


Full year cash bridge

| Operating \$931m | Investing \$(414)m | Financing \$(680)m | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital inflow: favourable \$56m |
Capital expenditure: \$349m Final payment for OneSubsea investment: \$153m |
Shareholder returns: \$250m Lease payments: \$223m Net repayment of borrowings: \$125m |
- Free cash flow \$583m
- Cash conversion 0.9x
- Net debt \$602m
- including lease liabilities \$455m
- Liquidity \$1.3bn


Group financial guidance
| 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | \$6.8 billion | \$6.8 - 7.2 billion |
| Administrative expense | \$297 million | \$290 – 310 million |
| Adjusted EBITDA margin | 16% | 18 – 20% |
| D&A | \$623 million | \$700 - 720 million |
| Net finance cost | \$77 million | \$60 - 65 million |
| Effective tax rate | 41% | 30 - 35% |
| Capital expenditure | \$349 million | \$360 – 380 million |


Spotlight – Sakarya Phase 2a Update
- Subsea7 completed its scope on Phase 1 in 2023
- Subsea Integration Alliance partners
- Inspection, repair and maintenance awarded in Q4
- Phase 2a making good progress in 2025
- Approximately one-third complete
- Engineering and procurement under way
- Vigra spoolbase to fabricate 16" and 6" pipeline
- Early flex-lay campaign with Seven Pacific in Q1
- Seven Seas and Seven Vega installation activities to follow later in 2025
- Expect to tender 'super-major' sized Phase 3 in 2025

Seven Arctic in the Bosphorus

Subsea prospects



Offshore wind prospects
| UK and Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| EnBW/BP | Mona Morgan | |
| Equinor | SEP/DEP | |
| RWE | Awel y Môr |
|
| SPR1 | East Anglia 1N | |
| SSE | Seagreen 1A | |
| Berwick Bank | ||
| TotalEnergies | West of Orkney | |
| Ireland | Taiwan Various prospects |
|
| Various prospects | ||
| Rest of Europe | ||
| BP | Oceanbeat East/West, Germany |
|
| EnBW | N-12.3, Germany | |
| Oceanwinds | BC Wind, Poland | |
| RWE | N-9.1, N-9.2, Germany | |
| Skyborn | Gennaker, Germany | |
| TotalEnergies | O-2.2, N-11.2, N-12.1 Germany |
SSE/ABP Ijmuiden Ver A, Netherlands Vattenfall Ijmuiden Ver B, Netherlands
1 ScottishPower Renewables


Positioned to continue delivering
- Subsea7 well-positioned to benefit from growth in energy demand under a range of transition scenarios
- Strong execution and active tendering in both business units
- Over 80% visibility on revenue guidance for 2025
- Strong focus on cash conversion and disciplined reinvestment
- Shareholder returns remain a priority

Seven Pacific mobilising for the Raven project

Q&A

Appendix

2015 – 2024 costs overview

D&A - reflects the adoption of IFRS 16 effective from 1 January 2019. Excludes non-recurring impairment charges/reversals People - includes offshore and onshore. Excludes restructuring charges in 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2021 Vessels and other - includes onshore facilities, IT infrastructure and other fixed overheads. Excludes impairment charges and reversals

Major projects - percentage of completion
Projects over \$100 million, between 5% and 95% complete, excluding day-rate contracts, at 31 December 2024



Fleet – 41 vessels in the active fleet at the end of 2024

Chartered vessels are denoted with an asterisk.


Fleet optimisation – owned and IFRS16 chartered vessels
| 2023 | Additions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additions | 2024 | |||||
| Boka Sub C | LCV | Working on Bacalhau, Brazil | Ross Candies | LCV | Additional Jones Act tonnage | |
| Island Performer | LCV | Working in Gulf of Mexico | Energy Sphynx | LCV | Additional tonnage for the subsea fleet |
|
| Siem Stingray | LCV | Working in UK and Norway | Seaway Ventus | HL | Expanding the wind fleet | |
| Wyatt Candies | LCV | Working in US on Revolution wind | Seaway Merlin | LCV | Additional support tonnage | |
| Seaway Alfa Lift | HL | High-grading the wind fleet | ||||
| Reductions | 2025 | |||||
| Akademik TI | IRM | End of contract in the Caspian | Skandi Acergy | HCV | Additional tonnage for the subsea fleet |
|
| Connor Bordelon | LCV | End of charter in Gulf of Mexico | ||||
| Paul Candies | LCV | End of charter in Gulf of Mexico | ||||
| Seaway Yudin | HL | Sold; High-grading the wind fleet | ||||
| Seven Antares | PL | Sold; Exited shallow water Nigeria |
Key: owned, chartered | |||
| Seven Inagha | PL | Sold; Exited shallow water Nigeria |
LCV – Light construction vessel; HCV – Heavy construction vessel; IRM – Inspection, repair and maintenance; HL – Heavy lift; PL - Pipelay |