24/07/2024 - Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.: Second Quarter 2024 Presentation

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July 25, 2024

2024 Second Quarter Conference Call

INTRODUCTION

Forward-Looking Statements

This presentation contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, any statements regarding: our plans, strategies and objectives for future operations; any projections of financial items including projections as to guidance and other outlook information; future operations expenditures; our ability to enter into, renew and/or perform commercial contracts; the spot market; our current work continuing; visibility and future utilization; our protocols and plans; energy transition or energy security; our spending and cost management efforts and our ability to manage changes; oil price volatility and its effects and results; our ability to identify, effect and integrate mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures or other transactions, including the integration of the Alliance acquisition and any subsequently identified legacy issues with respect thereto; developments; any financing transactions or arrangements or our ability to enter into such transactions or arrangements; our sustainability initiatives; future economic conditions or performance; our share repurchase program or execution; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to market conditions and the demand for our services; volatility of oil and natural gas prices; results from mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures or similar transactions; results from acquired properties; our ability to secure and realize backlog; the performance of contracts by customers, suppliers and other counterparties; actions by governmental and regulatory authorities; operating hazards and delays, which include delays in delivery, chartering or customer acceptance of assets or terms of their acceptance; the effectiveness of our sustainability initiatives and disclosures; human capital management issues; complexities of global political and economic developments; geologic risks; and other risks described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.We assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their respective dates, except as required by law.

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At Helix, our purpose

is to enable energy transition through:

Maximizing Existing

Lowering Decommissioning

Offshore Renewables &

Reserves

Costs

Wind Farms

Enhancing remaining production

Restoring the seabed in an

Transitioning our energy economy

from existing oil and gas wells

environmentally safe manner

to a sustainable model

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Agenda

  • Executive Summary (pg. 5)
  • Operational Highlights (pg. 8)
  • Key Financial Metrics (pg. 13)
  • 2024 Outlook (pg. 15)
  • Non-GAAPReconciliations (pg. 20)
  • Questions and Answers

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Executive Summary

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Summary of Results

($ in millions, except per share amounts, unaudited)

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

6/30/24

6/30/23

3/31/24

6/30/24

6/30/23

Revenues

$

365

$

309

$

296

$

661

$

559

Gross profit

$

75

$

55

$

20

$

95

$

71

21%

18%

7%

14%

13%

Net income (loss)

$

32

$

7

$

(26)

$

6

$

2

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

$

0.21

$

0.05

$

(0.17)

$

0.04

$

0.01

Adjusted EBITDA1

Business segments

$

110

$

88

$

57

$

166

$

134

Corporate, eliminations and other

(13)

(16)

(10)

(23)

(27)

Adjusted EBITDA1

$

97

$

71

$

47

$

144

$

106

Cash and cash equivalents

$

275

$

183

$

324

$

275

$

183

Net Debt1

$

44

$

78

$

(6)

$

44

$

78

Cash flows from operating activities2

$

(12)

$

32

$

64

$

52

$

26

Free Cash Flow1,2

$

(16)

$

30

$

61

$

45

$

19

  • Adjusted EBITDA, Net Debt and Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures; see non-GAAP reconciliations below
  • Cash flows from operating activities and Free Cash Flow include $58 million of the $85 million Alliance earn-out paid in cash during Q2 2024 Amounts may not add due to rounding

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Second Quarter 2024 Highlights

Financial Results

  • Net income of $32 million, $0.21 per diluted share
  • Adjusted EBITDA1 of $97 million
  • Operating cash flows2 of $(12) million
  • Free Cash Flow1,2 of $(16) million

Financial Condition at June 30, 2024

  • Cash and cash equivalents4 of $275 million
  • Liquidity4 of $370 million
  • Long-termdebt5 of $319 million
  • Net Debt1 of $44 million
  • Settlement of Alliance earn-out in April of $85 million

Operations

  • Successful initial deployment of the Riserless Openwater Abandonment Module (ROAM) in Australia
  • Strong results in Robotics, Well Intervention and Production Facilities

Revenue By Market Strategy3

Quarter Ended June 30, 2024

Other 1%

Renewables

14%

Production

Maximization

41%

Decommissioning

44%

  • Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow and Net Debt are non-GAAP financial measures; see non-GAAP reconciliations below
  • Cash flows from operating activities and Free Cash Flow include $58 million of the $85 million Alliance earn-outpaid in cash during Q2 2024
    3 Revenue percentages net of intercompany eliminations
    4 Liquidity is calculated as the sum of cash and cash equivalents and availability under Helix's ABL facility; on April 3, 2024, cash and cash equivalents and Liquidity declined by $85
    million with the payment of the Alliance earn-out
    5 Long-term debt is presented net of unamortized discounts and deferred issuance costs

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Operational

Highlights

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OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Segment Results

($ in millions, unaudited)

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

6/30/24

6/30/23

3/31/24

6/30/24

6/30/23

Revenues

Well Intervention

$

225

$

154

$

216

$

441

$

297

Robotics

81

70

50

132

119

Shallow Water Abandonment

51

76

27

78

126

Production Facilities

25

23

24

50

44

Intercompany eliminations

(17)

(15)

(22)

(39)

(27)

Total

$

365

$

309

$

296

$

661

$

559

Gross profit (loss) %

Well Intervention

$

34

15%

$

7

5%

$

23

11%

$

57

13%

$

3

1%

Robotics

31

38%

20

28%

8

16%

39

30%

27

22%

Shallow Water Abandonment

2

3%

21

28%

(10)

(36)%

(8)

(10)%

28

23%

Production Facilities

10

39%

9

37%

(1)

(5)%

9

17%

14

33%

Eliminations and other

(1)

(1)

(1)

(1)

(2)

Total

$

75

21%

$

55

18%

$

20

7%

$

95

14%

$

71

13%

Utilization

Well Intervention vessels

94%

84%

90%

92%

82%

Robotics vessels

97%

96%

74%

86%

94%

Robotics assets (ROVs and trenchers)

76%

58%

58%

67%

57%

Shallow Water Abandonment vessels

58%

78%

41%

49%

68%

Shallow Water Abandonment systems

27%

81%

26%

27%

74%

Second Quarter Utilization

Well Intervention

  • Fleet utilization 94%
    • 82% in the GOM
    • 100% in the North Sea and Asia Pacific
    • 99% in Brazil
  • 15K IRS 35% utilized in the GOM; ROAM 46% utilized on the Q7000; 10K IRS 100% utilized on third-party vessel offshore Australia

Production Facilities

  • Helix Producer I operated at full rates

Robotics

  • 528 chartered vessel days (97% utilization)
  • 232 integrated vessel trenching days
  • ROV and trencher utilization 76% Shallow Water Abandonment
  • 59% liftboat, offshore supply vessel (OSV) and crewboat combined utilization
  • 53% diving support vessel (DSV) utilization
  • 46% utilization on the Epic Hedron heavy lift barge
  • 632 days, or 27%, combined utilization on 20 plug and abandonment (P&A) systems and six coiled tubing (CT) systems

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Amounts may not add due to rounding

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OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Well Intervention Utilization

  • Q5000 (GOM) - 81% utilized in Q2; completed multi-well production enhancement and abandonment campaign for Shell and performed production enhancement project for another customer utilizing the 15K IRS; vessel incurred short gap between customers
  • Q4000 (GOM) - 82% utilized in Q2; worked for four customers performing production enhancement operations on six wells; vessel incurred short gap between customers
  • Well Enhancer (North Sea) - 100% utilized in Q2; completed a three-well production enhancement campaign for one customer; commenced a multi-well enhancement and decommissioning campaign for another customer
  • Seawell (Mediterranean, North Sea) - 100% utilized in Q2; completed the western Mediterranean decommissioning campaign; vessel returned to the North Sea and commenced a production enhancement project for another customer
  • Q7000 (Australia) - 100% utilized in Q2; completed multi-well decommissioning campaign for Cooper Energy before commencing a two-well decommissioning program for another customer
  • Siem Helix 1 (Brazil) - 100% utilized in Q2; completed decommissioning scopes on seven wells for Trident Energy
  • Siem Helix 2 (Brazil) - 98% utilized in Q2; performed decommissioning scopes on one well and production enhancement scopes on two wells for Petrobras
  • 15K IRS - 35% utilized during Q2
  • 10K IRS - one system 100% utilized for a contract in Australia
  • ROAM - 46% utilized in Australia on the Q7000

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