Forward Looking Statement This announcement and related discussions include
forward looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements 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", "guidance" and similar expressions and include statements regarding industry trends and market outlook, including expected trends and
supply demand expectations and activity levels in the jack-up rig and oil industry, expected Adjusted EBITDA for 2024, contract backlog, expected contracts and contract commitments, contract start dates and rates including expected rate
increases and contract extensions, options, LOIs and LOAs, contract coverage, potential revenue, including rates that may be achieved, expected trends in dayrates, market conditions, statements about dividends and share buybacks, statements
about expected delivery of the newbuilding rig “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 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, 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 our actual results, level of activity, performance, financial results or position, liquidity or achievements to differ materially from the ones expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements including risks relating to our industry, business, 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, risks 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 contract backlog and revenue
potential will not materialize as expected, risks relating to the operations of our rigs and ability to achieve expected dates of operation and delivery of rigs and contract commencement dates, risks relating to dayrates and duration of
contracts and the terms of contracts and the risk that we may not enter into contracts or that contracts are not performed as expected, risks relating to newbuild rigs, including risks relating to contracting newly delivered rigs, risks
relating to market trends, tender activity, risks relating to customer demand and contracting activity and suspension of operations, risks relating to our liquidity and cash flows, 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 2028, and debt under our revolving credit facility 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 revolving credit facility and other debt instruments and obtain any necessary waivers and the risk of cross
defaults, risks relating to our ability to pay dividends and repurchase shares including the risk that we may not have available liquidity or distributable reserves or the ability under our debt instruments to pay such dividends, or repurchase
shares and the risk that we may not complete share repurchase programs (or the intended share repurchase announced in this release) in full, and risks relating to the amount and timing of any dividends we declare, risks relating to future
financings including the risk that future financings may not be completed when required, risks relating to our financing strategy, risk related to climate change, including climate-change or greenhouse gas related legislation or regulations and
the impact on our business from physical climate-change related to 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 including in Ukraine and the Middle East 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 Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway. 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 The Company uses certain
financial information calculated on a basis other than in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (US GAAP) including Adjusted EBITDA. Adjusted EBITDA as presented above represents 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 and income tax expense. Adjusted EBITDA is presented
here because the Company believes that the measure provides useful information regarding the Company’s operational performance. The Company provides guidance on expected Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. Management
evaluates the Company's financial performance in part based on the basis of actual and expected Adjusted EBITDA, which management believes enhances investors' understanding of the Company's overall financial performance by providing them with
an additional meaningful relevant comparison of current and anticipated future results across periods. Due to the forward-looking nature of Adjusted EBITDA, management cannot reliably predict certain of the necessary components of the most
directly comparable forward-looking GAAP measure. Accordingly, the Company is unable to present a quantitative reconciliation of such forward looking non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP financial
measure without unreasonable effort. The Company disclaims any current intention to update such guidance, except as required by law
