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| Ending on what for Borr Drilling and our customers is the most important performance indicator, which is delivering operational excellence safely |
| This allows us to benefit from economies of scale while remaining diversified enough to provide a stable activity level |
| Considering our prospects and based on ongoing discussions with our customers, we remain positive about our ability to secure follow-on work for our rigs rolling off contract during the year with limited white spaces, if any |
| It's been a development that is happening across the globe, which is very positive to see |
| We remain positive about our ability to secure meaningful term work for these units ahead of their delivery |
| On the operational front, we have finished the year with excellent technical utilization for the quarter at 98.7% and a total recordable injury frequency of 0.65, the latter being well below the industry average |
| Our backlog has grown and improved significantly in quality during 2023 where we added $728 million to our revenue at an implied average day rate of $161,000 per day |
| This completes the refinancing of all our secured debt and provides the company with a solid long-term capital structure |
| The demand outlook, coupled with our customer discussions support our positive view of the strength, duration and resilience of this cycle |
| We obviously acknowledge that moving rigs across regions comes with certain efficiencies, and we remain positive that the rig will remain operating in Asia |
| This is underpinned by a strong contract portfolio, which is covered currently at 87% |
| Our fourth quarter performance has been strong and we've closed the year having achieved several major milestones |
| On the demand side, Bruno will share some additional information in a minute, but also demand remains solid for the next 2 years plus |
| These factors support our views that the jack-up drilling sector should continue to benefit from strong utilization and improving economics |
| So Q4 2023 was a very good quarter financially with quarter-on-quarter increases in revenues of 15% and adjusted EBITDA increasing by 20% |
| We continued the sequential increase that we have had now for 8 quarters, as you can see in the graphs, and this trend of increases actually goes back even further, reflecting both that we have been putting more rigs to work and an improvement in day rates |
| The refinancing provides a stable foundation for the company going forward with a fixed amortization profile that allows us to delever our debt |
| Also, we have received the award for the best recordable incident rate for our rig Skald and Borr Drilling as a company from the IADC Southeast Asia Chapter |
| And our adjusted EBITDA increased to $105 million, which is 20% over previous quarter, resulting in a 48% adjusted EBITDA margin |
| In support of our views, data from S&P Global in their latest World Rig Forecast project that global jack-up demand will increase by 36 units by mid-2025 |
| And because of the prior track record success of the sister rigs operating in Asia, they have been attracting substantial interest from customers, particularly ones that are very performance focused |
| We highlight again that shallow water projects, on average, have some of the lowest breakeven prices and continue to be a viable and attractive alternative for our customers at the current commodity prices |
| We're also very pleased to have completed our refinancing of all the company's secured debt in November 2023, and we now have all our debt maturities in 2028 and 2030 |
| In the fourth quarter, revenue increased by 15% to $220 million |
| When it comes to overall expansion of the fleet, I think that there is -- as we have said in the past, there's always opportunities, and we will look at them carefully, but we will want to make sure that some of the key strengths that we have remain intact, meaning that we want to make sure that we continue to have a very solid financial footing that any assets that would be added to the fleet are very similar in age and equipment as what we currently operate, which that -- if you just set that as your parameters, the opportunity set actually becomes fairly small and might be a rig here or there |
| And I think the Gunnlod is a rig that has been performing very well in the region where it's located |
| It is noteworthy that utilization levels have continued to improve while the market absorbed a few additional newbuild rigs |
| That gives us a net income for the fourth quarter of $28.4 million, an increase of $28.1 million compared to the third quarter and an adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of $105.9 million, yielding a 48% EBITDA margin |
| On the demand side, we anticipate demand for modern rigs to increase by 20 to 25 rigs in the next 24 months or so |
| The operating income increase quarter-on-quarter was 26% |
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| Overall, I think that it is possible that some rigs at a certain moment, roll off contract and are possibly not getting their contracts renewed |
| Supply has dried up and can only increase once we start to see newbuild orders coming in |
| The total order book represents less than 4% of the global jack-up fleet, a record low level |
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