PGS Completes Refinancing

17 Mar 2023 16:36 CET

March 17, 2023, Oslo, Norway: PGS ASA and/or its subsidiaries ("PGS" or the
"Company") has successfully placed a new $450 million senior secured bond with
4-year tenor (the "Bonds"). The proceeds from the Bonds will together with cash
held on balance sheet be used to repay $600 million of the Company's Term Loan B
(the "TLB") maturing in March 2024 at par value (the "Transaction"). The
Transaction is expected to be completed around March 31, 2023.

The offshore seismic market is in strong recovery as multiple years of
underinvestment in oil and gas exploration and development, combined with a
materially changed energy security situation, drive a strong increase of E&P
spending.

The Transaction materially improves the Company's debt maturity profile while
still allowing PGS flexibility to pursue its deleveraging strategy without
incurring excessive costs.

* After the Transaction, $138 million of the TLB maturing in March 2024 will
remain outstanding and be repaid at par value from cash flow and liquidity
sources
* The $50 million super senior loan maturing in March 2024 remains in place.
The loan may be extended by one year at the Company's discretion or
alternatively be replaced by a revolving credit and guarantee facility of up
to $75 million
* The Bonds are callable after two years with a customary declining call
premium profile

Early February PGS made a repayment of $83 million on its export credit
financing ("ECF") loans. The remaining balance of the ECF loans is $180 million
gross (~$140 million net, if considering ~$40 million of restricted cash for
debt service on the ECF loans).

The Bonds will carry a fixed interest of 13.5%. The total interest costs for the
Company will be reduced following the Transaction as the Company will have
significantly less debt. In addition, the interest on the remaining portion of
the TLB is expected to be reduced by approximately 1% as a result of improved
credit ratings and lower leverage. The Company remains committed to continue
reducing its debt and thereby further reduce interest cost.

PGS retains a strong liquidity reserve after the debt repayments.

DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA and Pareto Securities AS acted as joint
bookrunners (the "Joint Bookrunners") for the issuance of the Bonds.
Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS is acting as Norwegian counsel to the Company and Wikborg
Rein Advokatfirma AS is acting as Norwegian counsel to the Joint Bookrunners and
Nordic Trustee.

FOR DETAILS, CONTACT:

Bård Stenberg, VP IR & Corporate Communication
Mobile: +47 99 24 52 35


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PGS ASA and its subsidiaries ("PGS" or "the Company") is a fully integrated
marine geophysical company that provides a broad range of seismic and reservoir
services, including data acquisition, imaging, interpretation, and field
evaluation. Our services are provided to the oil and gas industry, as well as to
the broader and emerging new energy industries, including carbon storage and
offshore wind. The Company operates on a worldwide basis with headquarters in
Oslo, Norway and the PGS share is listed on the Oslo stock exchange (OSE: PGS).
For more information on PGS visit www.pgs.com (http://www.pgs.com).

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The information included herein contains certain forward-looking statements that
address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, projects,
believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. These statements are
based on various assumptions made by the Company, which are beyond its control
and are subject to certain additional risks and uncertainties. The Company is
subject to a large number of risk factors including but not limited to the
demand for seismic services, the demand for data from our multi-client data
library, the attractiveness of our technology, unpredictable changes in
governmental regulations affecting our markets and extreme weather conditions.
For a further description of other relevant risk factors we refer to our Annual
Report for 2021. As a result of these and other risk factors, actual events and
our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in or implied by
such forward-looking statements. The reservation is also made that inaccuracies
or mistakes may occur in the information given above about current status of the
Company or its business. Any reliance on the information above is at the risk of
the reader, and PGS disclaims any and all liability in this respect.

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