Trading Update

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Gulf Marine Services PLC

09 December 2022

 

December 9, 2022

Gulf Marine Services PLC

("Gulf Marine Services", "GMS"," The Company" or "the Group")

Trading Update

GMS, a leading provider of advanced self‐propelled, self‐elevating support vessels serving the offshore oil, gas and renewables industries, is pleased to provide the following trading update.

EBITDA for the year to 31 December 2022 is expected to be between US$70‐US$72m, which is within the previous guidance range given.

Vessel utilization for 2022 is projected to be 87%, up from 85% in 2021, and day rates are on average up 7% versus last year.  The increase in utilization is despite some unfavorable weather conditions and options on contracts not having been exercised.

Mansour Al Alami GMS Executive Chairman said:

"Our markets continue to improve, and demand remains strong, as reflected by the increase in utilization and day rates seen in recent contract wins. These contracts, for work in the Gulf and North Sea (Firm + Options), increased our backlog to US$378 million. Our focus remains on deleveraging and on delivering Operational effectiveness for the remainder of this year and into 2023."

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Enquiries:

Gulf Marine Services PLC

Mansour Al Alami

Executive Chairman

Tel: [phone]

Celicourt Communications Tel: [phone]

Mark Antelme

Philip Dennis

Notes to Editors:

Gulf Marine Services PLC, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, was founded in Abu Dhabi in 1977 and has become a world leading provider of advanced self‐propelled self‐elevating support vessels (SESVs). The fleet serves the oil, gas and renewable energy industries from its offices in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Group's assets are capable of serving clients' requirements across the globe, including those in the Middle East, South East Asia, West Africa, North America, the Gulf of Mexico and Europe. The GMS fleet of 13 SESVs is amongst the youngest in the industry. The vessels support GMS's clients in a broad range of offshore oil and gas platform refurbishment and maintenance activities, well intervention work and offshore wind turbine maintenance work (which are opex‐led activities), as well as offshore oil and gas platform installation and decommissioning and offshore wind turbine installation (which are capex‐led activities).

The SESVs are categorised by size ‐ K‐Class (Small), S‐Class (Mid) and E‐Class (Large) ‐ with these capable of operating in water depths of 45m to 80m depending on leg length. The vessels are four‐legged and are self‐propelled, which means they do not require tugs or similar support vessels for moves between locations in the field; this makes them significantly more cost‐effective and time‐efficient than conventional offshore support vessels without self‐propulsion. They have a large deck space, crane capacity and accommodation facilities (for up to 300 people) that can be adapted to the requirements ofthe Group's clients.

Gulf Marine Services PLC's Legal Entity Identifier is 213800IGS2QE89SAJF77

www.gmsplc.com

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