Archer LimitedOSL: ARCH

Q4 2025 Trading Update and 2026 Outlook

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Key figures

  • Refinancing of $425m senior secured bond
  • Quarterly dividends initiated, at ~11% yield
  • Strengthened backlog to a total of $4bn by year-end 2025, through multiple P&A projects and major drilling contract in Vaca Muerta
  • Solid financial performance, with continued EBITDA growth of 12%
  • Q4 revenue of $309 million, up 3% YOY

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2nd February 2026

Q4 2025 Trading Update



1

Q4 and 2025 highlights

2

Business segment update

3

Outlook and guidance

4

Appendix

Agenda



$1.2bn

Revenue1

$167m

EBITDA1

$4bn

Land

Drilling

Well

Services

Renewable

Services

Platform

Operations

Our products & services



Backlog2



50+ years

Operational experience

40

Locations globally

4,500

Global personnel3

1 IFRS reporting, 2025. Financials are unaudited.

2 Backlog value is as of year-end 2025 and include options

3 As of year-end 2025

Key milestones for Archer in 2025

2025 highlights

  • Refinancing of $425m senior secured bond

  • Quarterly dividends initiated, at ~11% yield

  • Acquired Premium Oilfield Services in the US and

    raised $20 million of equity in private placement

  • Acquired WellConnection in Norway

  • Strengthened backlog to a total of $4bn by year-end 2025, through multiple P&A projects and major drilling contract in Vaca Muerta

  • Solid financial performance, with continued EBITDA growth of 12%

  • Sold workover business in the south of Argentina (2026)

Revenue ($m)

IFRS1

CAGR +14%

818

973

1,118

1,209

'22 '23 '24 '25

EBITDA ($m)

IFRS1

CAGR +21%

149

167

94

131

'22 '23 '24 '25

1 Archer has converted from US GAAP to IFRS reporting. All reported financials are presented using IFRS accounting standards, unless otherwise stated. Financials are unaudited.

Q4 Revenue ($m) Q4 EBITDA ($m)

Q4 Highlights - continued growth

IFRS2 IFRS2

  • Q4 revenue of $309 million, up 3% YOY

  • Q4 EBITDA of $44.5 million, up 14% YoY

  • 2025 revenue of $1,209 million, up by 8%

  • 2025 EBITDA of $166.5 million, up by 12%

  • 2025 year-end NIBD at $426 million

  • Distribution to shareholders of $6.1 million in Q41

  • Archer has started to report financials using IFRS accounting standards2

  • $600m five-year contract with YPF for the provision of 7 high-spec drilling rigs

  • Contract with NEO NEXT Energy for the deployment of P&A unit to the UK

    400

    300

    200

    100

    0

    Q4-24 Q4-25

    50

    +3%

    301

    309



    +14%

    44.5

    39.2

    40

    30

    20

    10

    0

    Q4-24 Q4-25

  • Extension of platform drilling contracts, both in the UK and in Norway

    '25 Revenue($m) '25 EBITDA ($m)

    IFRS2 IFRS2

    Subsequent events
  • Approved $6.4m distribution to be paid to shareholders in Q1 20261

  • Awarded integrated P&A contracts in Norway and deepwater Gulf of America

  • Sold workover business in the south of Argentina

    1 500

    1 000

    500

    200

    +12%

    166.5

    149.3

    +8%

    1 209

    1 118



    150

    100

    50

    0 0

    Conversion to IFRS reporting

    From US GAAP to IFRS

  • We have converted from US GAAP to IFRS accounting policy from and

    including Q4 2025

  • The reason for the conversion is to align with the majority of the companies reporting at the Oslo Stock Exchange

  • All financial reports and presentations, including this trading update, will from now on present financials using IFRS accounting standards, unless otherwise stated

    Q4 Revenue ($m)1

    352

    309



    400

    300

    200

    100

    0

    US GAAP IFRS

    Q4 EBITDA ($m)1

    44.5

    38.9



    50

    40

    30

    20

    10

    0

    US GAAP IFRS

    '25 Revenue ($m)1 '25 EBITDA ($m)1

    Main changes to reported financials

  • Reimbursables will no longer be reported as revenue, meaning that only operational revenue will be reported

  • Operating lease costs are reclassified below EBITDA, together with D&A

  • R&D and intangible assets more likely to capitalized and amortized

    1 500

    1 000

    500

    200

    166.5

    149.0



    1 383

    1 209

    150

    100

    50

    0 0

    Added significant backlog with key strategic awards

    Key backlog additions in 2025 and contract values1

    Platform Operations

    Well Services

    Land Drilling

    Major late life and P&A contract with NEO Next

    5-year service contract covering NEO's UK platform portfolio

    Integrated P&A in the Gulf of America

    P&A unit and integrated services with SLB

    P&A unit for NEO Next

    5-year contract for compact P&A unit in the UK

    Platform Drilling extension in UK ($110m)

    5-year extension of current PD service contract

    Workover services for PAE in the South ($210m)3

    3-year contract renewal for 9 pulling and 8 workover units

    Fishing services for US Gulf operator ($50m)

    3-year frame agreement renewal for fishing services in the GoA

P&A execution for Equinor ($140m2)

P&A planning and execution of 30 subsea wells

Subsea P&A for Equinor ($150m)

7-year frame agreement, for engineering and planning of P&A

Drilling services for PAE in Vaca Muerta ($60m)

2-year contract renewal, for 2 rigs

Drilling services for YPF in Vaca Muerta ($600m)

5-year contract, covering 7 high spec rigs and MPD sets in VM

Platform Drilling extension with Aker BP

3-year extension of current PD service contract



1 Estimated contract values including options, per announced. Includes announced contract additions YTD 2026.

2 Value of P&A execution of 30 subsea wells. 50% of value relates to services delivered by Archer's alliance partners.

Outlook for Archer backed by backlog of $3.6bn

Revenue backlog ($bn) Comments

Excluding the workover business in south Argentina1

~1.4

  • Firm backlog of $2.3bn, with an additional $1.3bn in contract options

  • Close to half of backlog coming from long-term platform operation contracts with blue-chip E&P operators, with Equinor being the largest

  • Well services revenue usually based on framework agreements that are not included in the order backlog

  • Land Drilling backlog increases materially through $600 million contract with YPF



    Backlog by divisions

    Firm

    Option

    ~1.0

    ~0.8

    ~0.7

    ~0.6

    ~$550m

    EBITDA implied

    from current backlog2



Land Drilling

19%

2%

Renewable

Services

Platform



Well

26%

$3.6bn

52%

Operations

'25

Operational rev.

'26 '27 '28 Thereafter

Services

1 Year-end 2025 backlog: about $4bn (including the discontinued workover business in south Argentina) 9

2 Based on backlog and estimated EBITDA margin per division (~15% average EBITDA margin for total backlog)

Strengthened capital structure and dividend program initiated

Bond refinancing Shareholder distribution program

Q1 2025 Q2 20251

9.5% fixed

$425m

Bond issue Coupon

  • Senior secured bond issue of $425m

  • Reduced cost of debt

  • Five-year term, pushing maturity to 2030

$6.1m $6.4m

$5.5m

$5.5m



Q2 '25 Q3 '25 Q4' 25 Q1 '26E

  • Initiation of quarterly dividends from Q2 2025

  • NOK 0.62/share

    (10-11% yield)1

    Free float

    Free float

    Paratus

    69.4%

    54.7%

    23.8%

    30.6%

    Hemen

    Hemen

    21.5%

    Archer shareholdings before and after transaction

    Private placement and secondary sale

    $20m

    $49m

    Q3 2025

    Private placement

    Secondary sale (Paratus)

    $69m

    Total transaction

  • $20m equity raise to fund

    Premium acquisition

  • Paratus exit with main shareholders acquiring shares in Archer directly

  • Increase in Hemen ownership and in free float

1 Stable distribution of ~0.62 NOK/share. USD amount varying due to issue of shares in Q3 2025 and from USD/NOK currency fluctuations 10

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