Investor Presentation • Feb 20, 2025
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Oslo, Norway
K R I S T I A N J O H A N S E N , C E O S V E N B Ø R R E L A R S E N , C F O

All statements in this presentation other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove accurate. These factors include volatile market conditions, investment opportunities in new and existing markets, demand for licensing of data within the energy industry,
operational challenges, and reliance on a cyclical industry and principal customers. Actual results may differ materially from those expected or projected in the forward-looking statements. TGS undertakes no responsibility or obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements for any reason. All financial numbers in this presentation are based on pro-forma unless stated otherwise.
Total revenues² of USD 492 million compared to USD 414 million³ in Q4 2023 EBITDA² of USD 267 million compared to USD 243 million³ in Q4 2023 EBIT² of USD 92 million compared to USD 47 million³ in Q4 2023 Successfully completed balance sheet refinancing at attractive terms
Realized USD ~100 million of merger synergies by year-end 2024, vs. target of USD ~60 million
¹ TGS-PGS merger completed 1 July 2024. All financial numbers in this presentation are based on pro-forma unless stated otherwise.
² Financial numbers based on percentage of completion (produced) for ongoing multi-client projects.
³Proforma Q4 2023 numbers.


Data acquisition activity in Q4 2024
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| Financials in millions USD1 | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-client sales | 259 | 231 |
| Multi-client investment | 100 | 106 |
| Sales-to-investment LTM | 2.2 | 1.6 |


| Financials in million USD¹ | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| OBN contract revenues | 132 | 77 |
| Streamer contract revenues | 131 | 127 |
| EBITDA margin | 25% | 29% |
| Normalized OBN crew | 3.5 | 1.9 |
| Active vessel time | 66% | 56% |
¹Gross revenues


Ground conditions have a serious impact on wind-farm economics. Early access to a reliable ground model is key. High Resolution 3D seismic data is essential to assess which parts of a lease area are suitable for installations.
| Financials in million USD | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| NES contract revenues | 7 | 3 |
| NES multi-client revenues | 3 | 21 |
| Total NES revenues | 10 | 24 |
| EBITDA margin | 17% | 35% |
• Low data acquisition activity explains lower revenues


| Financials in million USD | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Gross imaging revenues | 30 | 23 |
| External Imaging revenues | 15 | 13 |
| EBITDA margin | 20% | 6% |


¹Other opex include marketing, co-location, fuel sourcing, external audits. ² High Performance Compute (HPC), Data Management (DM) and IT savings and implantation of ERP system.
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Depreciation & Amortization


Net operating expenses¹


¹Not adjusted for non-recurring merger costs of USD 1.3 million in Q4 2024, 16.4 million in Q3 2024, USD 21.0 million in Q2 2024 and USD 2.8 million in Q1 2024.
| (MUSD) | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 As reported |
Q4 2023 Pro forma |
YTD 2024 As reported |
YTD 2024 Pro-forma |
YTD 2023 As reported |
YTD 2023 Pro-forma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-client revneues | 261.4 | 117.9 | 230.1 | 805.8 | 965.4 | 549.4 | 917.8 |
| Contract revenues | 230.9 | 88.1 | 183.9 | 629.4 | 841.2 | 419.0 | 753.4 |
| Total revenues | 492.3 | 205.9 | 414.0 | 1,435.2 | 1,806.6 | 968.4 | 1,671.2 |
| Cost of sales | 138.3 | 24.6 | 75.0 | 322.5 | 429.1 | 217.4 | 371.4 |
| Personnel cost | 57.0 | 31.6 | 78.6 | 208.9 | 309.3 | 131.0 | 301.1 |
| Other operational costs | 29.9 | 12.4 | 17.4 | 92.6 | 107.1 | 62.0 | 84.1 |
| EBITDA | 267.1 | 137.3 | 243.0 | 811.2 | 961.0 | 558.0 | 914.6 |
| Straight-line amortization | 59.8 | 42.8 | 82.1 | 204.9 | 273.9 | 163.5 | 325.6 |
| Accelerated amortization | 49.6 | 8.3 | 23.8 | 153.4 | 188.2 | 111.0 | 194.7 |
| Impairments | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Depreciation | 62.7 | 38.3 | 58.6 | 185.2 | 228.1 | 96.9 | 170.0 |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 91.6 | 46.6 | 77.2 | 263.2 | 266.2 | 179.0 | 216.7 |


| (MUSD) | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 | YTD 2024 | YTD 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Produced EBITDA | 267.1 | 137.3 | 811.2 | 558.0 |
| Paid tax | -16.1 | -9.2 | -32.6 | -32.2 |
| Change in balance sheet items | -69.7 | 19.5 | -149.9 | 58.8 |
| Cash flow from operations | 181.3 | 147.6 | 628.7 | 584.7 |
| Capitalized multi-client investments | -100.4 | -70.6 | -348.6 | -402.4 |
| Non-cash capitalization of multi-client investments | 6.0 | 2.5 | 18.9 | 11.6 |
| Paid multi-client investments capitalized in other periods | 9.1 | -33.9 | -1.9 | 12.1 |
| Paid multi-client investments | -85.3 | -102.0 | -331.6 | -390.3 |
| Capex | -38.4 | -10.8 | -103.9 | -47.9 |
| Investments through M&A | 0.0 | 2.2 | 28.7 | 2.2 |
| Interest received | 3.9 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 7.9 |
| Cash flow from investment activities | -119.8 | -107.2 | -399.7 | -428.1 |
| Net change in interest-bearing debt and leasing | -99.8 | -27.3 | -123.6 | -105.7 |
| Interest paid | -18.1 | -2.4 | -59.8 | -7.8 |
| Dividend payments | -27.5 | -18.3 | -91.6 | -70.6 |
| Other changes in equity and buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | -18.8 | 32.1 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | -145.4 | -48.0 | -293.7 | -152.0 |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | -83.9 | -7.6 | -64.7 | 4.6 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period | 213.8 | 200.2 | 196.7 | 188.5 |
| Net realized currency gains/(losses) | -7.0 | 4.1 | -9.2 | 3.7 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 122.8 | 196.7 | 122.8 | 196.7 |
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| Change from | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (MUSD) | 31-Dec-24 | 30-Sep-24 | 30-Sep-24 | 31-Dec-23 | |
| Goodwill | 560.1 | 560.1 | 0% | 384.6 | |
| Multi-client library | 1,196.8 | 1,226.4 | -2% | 753.1 | |
| Deferred tax asset | 249.7 | 245.6 | 2% | 67.9 | |
| Right-of-use assets | 150.2 | 130.1 | 15% | 78.2 | |
| Other non-current assets | 1,052.0 | 1,063.7 | -1% | 229.7 | |
| Restricted cash | 0.0 | 50.9 | -100% | 0.0 | |
| Total non-current assets | 3,208.8 | 3,276.8 | -2% | 1,513.5 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 122.8 | 218.4 | -44% | 196.7 | |
| Accounts receivable and accrued revenues | 513.4 | 429.7 | 19% | 156.9 | |
| Other current assets | 192.9 | 159.4 | 21% | 89.3 | |
| Total current assets | 829.0 | 807.5 | 3% | 442.9 | |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 4,037.8 | 4,084.4 | -1% | 1,956.4 | |
| Total equity | 2,075.6 | 2,071.0 | 0% | 1,275.6 | |
| Deferred tax liability | 45.8 | 45.2 | 1% | 16.4 | |
| Non-current lease liability | 61.4 | 51.6 | 19% | 41.3 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 590.1 | 724.6 | -19% | 41.2 | |
| Total non-current liabilities | 697.2 | 821.4 | -15% | 99.0 | |
| Taxes payable, withheld payroll tax, social security and VAT | 121.6 | 91.3 | 33% | 78.4 | |
| Current lease liability | 109.5 | 103.8 | 5% | 43.9 | |
| Deferred revenue | 532.2 | 513.6 | 4% | 276.1 | |
| Other current liabilities | 501.6 | 483.3 | 4% | 183.6 | |
| Total current liabilities | 1,265.0 | 1,192.0 | 6% | 581.9 | |
| TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 4,037.8 | 4,084.4 | -1% | 1,956.4 |

¹Revolving Credit Facility of USD 150 million, of which USD 25 million were drawn as of end Q4 2024.
²The Term Loan A will be used to repay the Export Credit Facility (ECF) on February 28, 2025. Estimated net amount to be repaid is USD 46 million, considering restricted cash tied to the ECF. TGS gross debt as of year-end 2024 was USD 649.5 million.
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TGS has returned more than USD 1.5 bn to shareholders through dividends and buybacks since 2010
Dividend yield annualized based on the weighted yield at the time of announcement of quarterly dividends
1. Quarterly dividends defined in USD from 2016. Annual dividends defined in NOK prior to 2016, converted to USD with the FX rate at ex-dividend dates


¹Offshore E&P spending estimate is average from Barclays, DNB, SB1 Markets and SEB. Total E&P spending estimate is average from Barclays, Kepler Cheuvreux, SB1 Markets and SEB. ²Offshore E&P spending estimate is average from ABG Sundal Collier, DNB and SEB. Total E&P spending estimate is average from ABG Sundal Collier, Barclays, Carnegie and SEB. ³Average 2025 capex forecast from 20 E&P companies.



Revenues OBN mid & deepwater market 0 1400 2023 2024 2025 secured work 2025 secured + pending work USD million
Providing the insights and solutions needed for today and anticipating the challenges of tomorrow



• Approximately 70% of the investment is expected to be acquired with TGS' own capacity • Excluding approximately 10 million of integration related capex
1,050 million* or below
• Flat OBN data acquisition activity relative to 2024



Total backlog as reported and including PGS from 1 July 2024.
Order Inflow
MUSD
Q4-21 Q1-22 Q2-22 Q3-22 Q4-22 Q1-23 Q2-23 Q3-23 Q4-23 Q1-24 Q2-24 Q3-24 Q4-24
Solid Q4 2024 results
2024 a transformational year for TGS
Successfully refinanced all debt facilities at attractive terms
Synergies ahead of target
Increasing dividend by 11%
Expect to improve streamer utilization in 2025

Energy Starts With Us



Q3 2021 – Q3 2022 backlog inflow and backlog figures are proforma assuming TGS ownership of Magseis.

Q1 2025 Q2 2025 H2 2025 2026 +

| (MUSD) | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 | Change | YTD 2024 | YTD 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenues² | 490.7 | 189.4 | 159% | 1,318.2 | 794.3 | 66% |
| Cost of sales | 138.3 | 24.6 | 462% | 322.5 | 217.4 | 48% |
| Personnel cost | 57.0 | 31.6 | 80% | 208.9 | 131.0 | 59% |
| Other operational costs | 29.9 | 12.4 | 141% | 92.6 | 62.0 | 49% |
| EBITDA | 265.4 | 120.7 | 120% | 694.2 | 383.9 | 81% |
| Straight-line amortization | 59.8 | 42.8 | 40% | 204.9 | 163.5 | 25% |
| Accelerated amortization³ | 49.0 | 27.3 | 80% | 103.9 | 62.6 | 66% |
| Impairments | 3.4 | 1.4 | 147% | 4.6 | 7.6 | -39% |
| Depreciation | 62.7 | 38.3 | 64% | 185.2 | 96.9 | 91% |
| Operating result | 90.4 | 10.9 | 727% | 195.6 | 53.3 | 267% |
| Financial income | 1.6 | 6.6 | -76% | 8.4 | 11.7 | -28% |
| Financial expenses | -18.2 | -5.9 | 209% | -44.2 | -17.8 | 149% |
| Exchange gains/losses | -3.4 | 4.0 | -185% | -4.7 | 4.3 | -210% |
| Gains/(losses) from JV | -3.1 | 0.0 | n/a | -3.1 | 0.5 | -760% |
| Result before taxes | 67.4 | 15.6 | 333% | 152.0 | 51.9 | 193% |
| Tax cost | 29.4 | 24.6 | 19% | 53.3 | 30.2 | 76% |
| Net income | 38.0 | -9.1 | -519% | 98.7 | 21.6 | 356% |
| EPS (USD) | 0.19 | -0.07 | 0.55 | 0.19 | ||
| EPS fully diluted (USD) | 0.19 | -0.07 | 0.55 | 0.18 |
¹As reported, i.e not pro-forma for Q4 and YTD 2023.
²Produced revenues is USD 492.3 million in Q4 2024. Produced revenue is calculated measuring the part of multi-client sales committed prior to completion of a project on a percentage of completion basis. ³Produced accelerated amortization is USD 49.6 in Q4 2024. Produced Accelerated amortization of multi-client library is calculated on percentage of completion basis.
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| (MUSD) | Q4 2024 | Q4 2023 | Change | YTD 2024 | YTD 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating activities: | ||||||
| Profit before taxes | 67.4 | 15.6 | 333% | 147.5 | 51.9 | 184% |
| Depreciation/amortization/impairment | 175.0 | 109.8 | 59% | 498.6 | 330.6 | 51% |
| Changes in accounts receivable and accrued revenues | -83.6 | 99.5 | -184% | -115.3 | 83.4 | -238% |
| Changes in other receivables | 5.3 | 6.2 | -15% | 40.3 | -9.1 | -541% |
| Changes in other balance sheet items | 33.4 | -74.2 | -145% | 90.3 | 160.1 | -44% |
| Paid taxes | -16.1 | -9.2 | 75% | -32.6 | -32.2 | 1% |
| Net cash flows from operating activities | 181.3 | 147.6 | 23% | 628.7 | 584.7 | 8% |
| Investing activities: | ||||||
| Investments in tangible and intangible assets | -38.4 | -10.8 | 256% | -103.9 | -47.9 | 117% |
| Investments in multi-client library | -85.3 | -102.0 | -16% | -331.6 | -390.3 | -15% |
| Investments through mergers and acquisitions | - | 2.2 | -100% | 86.8 | 2.2 | 3789% |
| Interest received | 3.9 | 3.4 | 14% | 7.1 | 7.9 | -10% |
| Net change in interest bearing receivables | - | - | n/a | -58.2 | - | n/a |
| Net cash flows used in investing activities | -119.8 | -107.2 | 12% | -399.7 | -428.1 | -7% |
| Financing activities: | ||||||
| Loan proceeds | 575.0 | - | n/a | 705.2 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Loan repayment | -633.2 | - | n/a | -717.2 | -44.7 | 1503% |
| Transaction cost related to loans | -8.9 | - | n/a | -8.9 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Interest paid | -18.1 | -2.4 | 651% | -59.8 | -7.8 | 663% |
| Dividend payments | -27.5 | -18.3 | 50% | -91.6 | -70.6 | 30% |
| Repayment of lease liabilities | -32.8 | -27.3 | 20% | -102.7 | -61.0 | 69% |
| Acquisition of shares | - | - | n/a | - | -54.4 | -100% |
| Paid in equity | - | - | n/a | - | 86.5 | -100% |
| Purchase of own shares | - | - | -100% | -0.3 | - | -28800% |
| Payment of previous PGS dividend liability | - | - | n/a | -18.5 | - | n/a |
| Net cash flows used in financing activities | -145.4 | -48.0 | 203% | -293.7 | -152.0 | 93% |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | -83.9 | -7.6 | 1009% | -64.7 | 4.6 | -1515% |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period | 213.8 | 200.2 | 7% | 196.7 | 188.5 | 4% |
| Net unrealized currency gains/(losses) | -7.0 | 4.1 | -273% | -9.2 | 3.7 | -348% |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period | 122.8 | 196.7 | -38% | 122.8 | 196.7 | -38% |

| New Energy | Shared | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (All amounts in USD 1,000s) | Multi-client | Contract | Solutions | Imaging | services | Elimination | Q4 2024 |
| Revenues | 258,525 | 263,190 | 9.378 | 29,557 | 183 | (68.488) | 492,345 |
| Costs | 16,071 | 196,309 | 7,750 | 23,756 | 40,600 | (59,239) | 225,247 |
| EBITDA | 242,454 | 66,881 | 1,628 | 5.801 | (40,417) | (9,249) | 267,098 |
| Depreciation | 62,708 | ||||||
| Amortization | 112,805 | ||||||
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 91,585 | ||||||
| Organic multi-client investments | 100,404 |
| New Energy | Shared | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (All amounts in USD 1,000s) | Multi-client | Contract | Solutions | Imaging | services | Elimination | Q4 2023 |
| Revenues | 229,682 | 204,163 | 23,592 | 23,322 | 65 | (66,763) | 414,060 |
| Costs | 17,176 | 145,238 | 15,231 | 21,950 | 31,151 | (59,765) | 170,981 |
| EBITDA | 212,505 | 58,924 | 8,361 | 1,372 | (31,086) | (6,998) | 243,079 |
| Depreciation | 58,558 | ||||||
| Amortization | 107,287 | ||||||
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 77,235 | ||||||
| Organic multi-client investments | 106,243 |
Segment financials are based on revenues measured by applying the percentage-of-completion method to multi-client revenues and accelerated amortization.

Multi-client investments


Sales / Investment LTM



Utilization 3D vessels






IMG EBITDA and EBITDA and margin


NES revenue
NES EBITDA and margin

• Updated 5-year Plan Lease Sales commence in H2 2025
• Offshore - Q3 2023 (closed)
• 2 nd Shallow Water – H1 2024 (closed)
• Offshore Round 2 – 2024 (open)
• Open Door
Ghana:
Liberia:
• Open Door – indefinite end
• Licensing round schedule planned Q4 2024
Nigeria:
• Licensing round announced close Q1
2025
Mauritania: • Open Door
Senegal:
• Open Door
Tanzania
• Zanzibar 1st Licensing Round
• Open Door
• Unawarded Blocks available for direct award
Sierra Leone:
• Open Door
Somalia:
• Direct awards
• Bid Round X (25 blocks offered in total)
• Offshore round – 2024 (closed)
• Open door policy (JSA mechanism)
• 2025 MBR – Feb 2025 (open) to Sep 2025 (close)
• 2024 APA Round – Q1 2025 (awarded) • 2025 APA Round – Q3 2025 (deadline)
• 33rd UK Offshore Round – Q2 2024 (3rd
E U R O P E
Tranche awarded)
Norway:
UK:
Overview is showing scheduled rounds only and is not exhaustive. Several countries, particularly in Africa and Latin America, are planning rounds over the next couple of years
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