Forward Looking Statement This presentation and related discussions includes
forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Forward looking statements are, typically, statements that do not reflect historical facts and may be identified by words such as
"anticipate", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "should", "will", "likely", "aim", "plan" and similar expressions and include statements regarding industry trends and market outlook, including expected trends
and activity levels in the jack-up rig and oil industry, demand across operating regions for modern rigs, expected Adjusted EBITDA, contract backlog, contract extensions, options, LOIs and LOAs and potential revenue, operating leverage,
focus on return to shareholders, expected trends in contracting activity, including rates that may be achieved, and expected impact of contracting activity including extensions, trends in dayrates and expected dayrates and related
environment, market conditions, expected mobilization and commencement of contracts of our rigs and expected timing thereof, statements about our intention to implement a regular quarterly dividend and the amount of the initial dividend and
our plan to hold an SGM to approve a capital reduction to enable the Company to distribute dividends, statements about expected delivery of the newbuilding rigs “Vale” and “Var”, expected utilization of the global jack-up fleet, number of
rigs contracted and available and expected to be available and expected trends in the global fleet including expected new deliveries and expected timing of new rigs entering the market, statements about our debt obligations and maturities,
statements made under “Market” and "Risk and uncertainties" above, and other non-historical statements. The forward-looking statements in this announcement are based upon current expectations and various assumptions, many of which are
based, in turn, upon further assumptions, which are, by their nature, uncertain and subject to significant known and unknown risks, contingencies and other important factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our
control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements included herein. There are important factors
that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance, liquidity or achievements to differ materially from the ones expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements including risks relating to our industry, business
and liquidity, the risk that our actual results of operations in future periods may differ materially from the expected results or guidance discussed herein, the risk of delays in payments to our JVs and payments from our JVs to us, the
risk that our customers do not comply with their contractual obligations, risks relating to industry conditions, risks relating to geopolitical events and inflation, risk relating to global economic uncertainty, and energy commodity prices,
risks relating to contracting, including our ability to convert LOIs and LOAs into contracts, the risk that options will not be exercised, the risk that backlog and revenue potential will not materialize as expected, risks relating to the
operations of our rigs and ability to achieve expected operation dates in terms of activation, mobilization and delivery of rigs and commencement of contracts and the terms of contracts, risks relating to market trends, tender activity and
rates, risks relating to our liquidity and cash flows from operations, risks relating to our indebtedness including risks relating to our ability to repay or refinance our debt at maturity, including our notes maturing in 2028 and 2030, our
Convertible Bonds due in 2028, and debt under our revolving credit facility and shipyard financing available for the newbuild rigs “Vale” and “Var” and risks relating to our other payment obligations on these debt instruments including
interest, amortization and cash sweeps, risks relating to our ability to comply with covenants under our super senior revolving credit facility and other debt instruments and obtain any necessary waivers and the risk of cross defaults,
risks relating to our intention to implement a regular quarterly dividend including the risk that we do not have available liquidity or distributable reserves or the ability under our debt instruments to pay such dividends, and risks
relating to the amount and timing of any dividends we declare, risks described under "Going Concern" in our unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and other risks described in our working capital
statement included in our most recent audited and unaudited financial statements, risks relating to future financings including the risk that future financings may not be completed when required, risk relating to our newbuild purchase and
financing agreements, risk related to climate change, including climate-change or greenhouse gas related legislation or regulations and the impact on our business from climate-change related physical changes or changes in weather patterns,
and the potential impact of new regulations relating to climate change and the potential impact on the demand for oil and gas, risk relating to military actions and their impact on our business and industry, and other risks factors set
forth under “Risk Factors” in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and prospectuses filed with the Norwegian NSA. These forward-looking statements are made only as of
the date of this document. We undertake no (and expressly disclaim any) obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this report or to conform such statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as
required by law. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This presentation contains the following selected financial measures on basis other than U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”): Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin,
illustrative Adjusted EBITDA and illustrative revenue potential . We define Adjusted EBITDA as our periodic net income/(loss) adjusted for: depreciation and impairment of non- current assets, other non-operating income; (income)/loss from
equity method investments, total financial (income) expense net, income tax expense, amortization of deferred mobilization costs and revenue. We define Adjusted EBITDA margin as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue for the relevant period.
Adjusted EBITDA is presented here because the Company believes that the measure provides useful information regarding the Company’s operational performance. For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net income/(loss), please see the
section of our quarterly and annual earnings reports for the relevant periods entitled “Unaudited Non-GAAP Measures And Reconciliations”. For a discussion of illustrative Adjusted EBITDA and revenue potential see slide 10 including the
footnotes thereto. We are unable to prepare a reconciliation of illustrative Adjusted EBITDA or illustrative revenue potential without unreasonable efforts.