2/26/2026

speaker
Amelia
Investor Relations

Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us at CTRIM's full year 2025 results briefing. My name is Amelia and I take care of investor relations for CTRIM. This morning, we have with us our CEO, Mr Chris Ong, CFO, Dr Stephen Liu. Chris and Stephen will bring us through a short presentation before we open the floor to questions. Chris, please.

speaker
Chris Ong
CEO

Thank you, Amelia. Good morning and thank you for joining us today at CTRIM's full year 2025 results briefing. Before I start, I'd like to wish everybody a very happy and a healthy Lunar New Year. Good year ahead. I'm pleased to report a strong set of results in our second full year since merger with robust revenue growth driven by strong project progress and doubled the net profit that is an undeniable reflection of our laser-sharp focus on driving margin efficiencies and execution. For the first time, we have recorded a positive one-year total shareholder return of 5.2% as we strive to continue driving lasting value for all shareholders on strengthened fundamentals. Our strong performance also comes on the back of heightened geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainties that companies around the world had to grapple with. Despite some delays in investment decisions in several markets in the first half of 2025, we still secured over $4 billion of new orders in FY 2025. This replenished our net order book that stands strongly at $17.8 billion as of 31 December 2025. Meanwhile, we are actively pursuing more than $32 billion in pipeline deals, which reflect sustained investments by our customers to meet growing energy demand that is fueled by technological advancements, including AI. Third, we are today stronger and leaner than before. We have spent the last few years transforming our business and cost model, the way we work and the way we do business. 95% of our net order book today is made up of series-built projects that offer lower execution risks for both ourselves and our customers. Non-FPSO legacy projects, which are relatively lower margin and higher risk compared to post-merger contracts, now constitute just over 1% of our net order book. We have also achieved our synergy and cost-saving targets, accelerated non-core divestment to reduce overheads, and importantly, brought closure to operational car wash in FY2025. This allowed us to move forward with greater clarity and step forward with larger strikes as we leave legacy issues behind us. Today, these achievements reflect the merits of our strategy and that we are ready to build real sustainable momentum for the future. Turning to our financial performance, we delivered a second consecutive year of strong top-line growth, with revenue growing 24% to $11.5 billion from $9.2 billion a year ago. This reflects the strength of our order book and the disciplined execution that continues to drive reliable delivery to our customers. Net profit came in at $324 million, more than doubled of $157 million in FY2024, outpacing revenue growth and underscoring the strong progress that we are making in expanding margins, which Stephen will talk about in greater detail. Our progress is best reflected in how we execute for our customers. Let me now highlight two projects that showcase the power of our one-citroen global delivery model. First, FPSO P78. We have achieved first oil in record time on 31st of December 2025, and first gas is expected in first Q2026. Being built across our yards in Brazil, China and integrated in Singapore, this accelerated progress is a strong testament of our one-seater global delivery model and also showcases the expansion of our end-to-end delivery capabilities, from engineering to offshore commissioning. P78 is the first of six advanced greener P-series FPSOs, and it sets a strong benchmark for subsequent units. Next on Empire Wind. The project is now over 97% complete and is situated on-site in the US, on track for delivery this year. Once operational, it will deliver 810 MW of clean energy to New York, enough power to power more than 500,000 homes. Both the top sights and jacket were built across our Singapore and Batam yards, demonstrating our integrated delivery capability. The remaining exposure in our net order book to the US offshore wind has reduced to less than $10 million, with Empire Wind and offshore substation for Austec very close to completion. The WTIV for MERS offshore targeted to complete end of the month. In fact, We are in discussion to deliver her within the next few days. Our future is taking shape with clarity. Strong order book today for near-term earning visibility and a resilient pipeline that sets us up for sustained growth tomorrow. We have been disciplined in ensuring we win high-quality contracts with world-class customers. We meet teams' risk-adjusted project margins and progressive milestone payments. Our ability to win these projects reflect the strong trust customers place in us across conventional energy and renewables. Amidst a tough macro environment, we secured over $4 billion of new orders, supported by returning customers and new partnerships. This includes our first collaboration with PentaOcean Construction, marking our entry into the Japanese offshore wind market. And Baldwin 5, our fourth 2GW HVDC project with Tenet, and our first for Germany under the 2GW program. Next, our net order book of over $17 billion is equivalent to over 1.5 times of our very strong FY2025 revenue. 6P Series FPSO, Three US-bound FPUs and major HVDC and HVAC platforms are all progressing well, demonstrating the strength and depth of global delivery model. We have been transparent about the challenges we face from non-FPSO legacy projects, which now constitute just over 1% of our net order book. In the same spirit of transparency, we also like to share that the delivery of naval project Napan has been delayed to 2027 instead of the original 2026 schedule. We are working closely with the customer to navigate this specialised shipbuilding project to manage execution risks. With a declining proportion of lower-margin non-FPSO legacy projects, we expect an improving mix of higher-margin post-merger contracts, and a reducing trend of provisions moving ahead. Moving ahead, we still see ample market opportunities as we actively pursue $32 billion in the pipeline deals. Despite the lower oil price environment, it is widely established that the break-even price of deepwater fuels remain well below prevailing oil prices. Alongside strong demand for energy, the ongoing energy transition and the need For energy security, especially in Europe, where we have seen some favourable wind developments for offshore wind, this gives us a long runway to capture high-value work across the full energy spectrum. We have been asked how are we positioned competitively to capture a good share of these pipeline opportunities. Despite being just formed three years ago during the merger, we have under our belt 60 years of proven track record, and a unique ability to deliver projects with consistent safety standards and quality across a large global manufacturing footprint that presents scalability, geopolitical diversity, and some cost arbitrage opportunities. These are not competitive levers that many players around the world have, but we do not ever stop evolving. We have been in business for over 60 years. We are not new to change. We are still standing strong today because we have successfully evolved alongside the industry, which is essentially critical now as the whole world is in transition towards cleaner energy sources. This is only possible with robust capabilities in technology development, where we take a practical market-led approach to innovation to stay ahead and maintain our long-term competitive edge. Today, we own proprietary designs such as FlexHow that we are already using in active FPSO tenders to sharpen our competitive edge, where proposed designs are evaluated as part of the bid. We also develop our own designs for FLNG and off-road substation, which has recently attained AIP. Longer term, we are also developing solutions for floating wind and other emerging energies to ensure we remain ahead of the curve. Our series-built approach, design once, build many, reduces execution risks, shortens schedules, and improves margins, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, on quality, and within budget. Today, about 95% of our net order book comprises series-built projects, underscoring the strength and scalability of this approach. On top of the existing franchises in grey, where we established the series build strategy. We're expanding this to powerships where we see strong potential, as well as applying the same principle to FSU-FSRU conversion, especially since we already done 90% of the world's FSU-FSRU conversion, which is an unparalleled track record worldwide. Last August, we signed an LOI with a long-term partner, Car Powership, for the integration of four new generation powerships, plus the option for two more. A strong endorsement of our capability and scalability in this adjacent segment. Integration works will start first Q2027. The LOI also includes conversion, life extension and repairs of three LNG carriers into FSRUs. These are examples of higher value work that we are refocusing our repair and upgrade business on. These capabilities and high value franchises will position us well for the next wave of opportunities. Our $32 billion opportunity pipeline over the next 24 months is diversified across segments, geography and asset types, some of which offer distinct market cycles for business resilience. Many of these opportunities are also aligned to our series-built franchises. Over the next 24 months, we are pursuing $23 billion in oil and gas opportunities driven mainly by America's region. We still see strong opportunities in Brazil where our long-term customer has disclosed his pipeline for the next five years. This is also where we have strong leadership for local content through our three established yards. We are also well positioned in Guyana for high value integration work and topside fabrication, where we have participated in all of the FPSO work for the Starbrook block so far. Apart from the usual opportunities that the market expects, we are also pursuing opportunities in FLNGs and fixed platform in the Middle East and Africa region, and to a smaller extent in Europe and Asia Pacific. For offshore wind, Europe remains the largest and the most developed market driven by its energy security needs. Tenet continue to be an important customer for us as we pursue opportunities in both Netherlands and Germany. With the award of Boeing 5, it demonstrates Tenet's confidence in our ability to deliver and we are ready to scale up and take on more HPDC projects when the opportunity arises. Meanwhile, we will also continue to pursue opportunities from other European TSOs as well as HVAC deals in Asia. We have also identified $2 billion in conversion opportunities such as those with car powerships that I mentioned earlier. All in all, we are well positioned and confident in our ability to capture a healthy share of these pipeline opportunities that will fuel our ability to deliver consistent performance. I shall now hand over to Stephen to bring you through the financial review.

speaker
Stephen Liu
CFO

Thanks, Chris. Next, I'll dive deeper into our financial performance for FY 2025 and highlight the progress that we have made to shape a stronger, leaner, and more competitive CITRM. We delivered a set of solid numbers for 2025. The 25% rise in revenue was driven by a steadfast execution of a healthy, well-diversified order book, which provides strong visibility and resilience amid the evolving market conditions. Our gross margin, which I think is a reflection of the true operational performance, has more than doubled to 7.4% in FY 2025 from 3.1% last year. We'll continue to make significant progress in streamlining G&A expenses and lowering finance costs. As a result, net profit has also doubled to $324 million in FY 2025, up from $157 million in FY 2024. We also saw operating cash flow grow by about 4.5 times to $440 million from $97 million, excluding one-off payments relating to legacy issues. And, on the same basis, FCF doubled to $443 million. After taking into account these one-off payments, we still generated almost 46% more cash from operations year-on-year of $142 million from $97 million a year ago. We have also taken decisive steps to streamline our asset base by divesting non-core assets. This disciplined approach sharpens our focus, enhances operational and cost efficiencies. Diving straight into the key revenue growth drivers, the 24% growth year-on-year was mainly driven by a strong progress registered by both the oil and gas and offshore wind segments. Revenue from oil and gas solutions grew 24% to $8.1 billion, underpinned by steady execution, progressive revenue recognition of the six new-build Petrobras FPSOs. notably P84 and 85 which commenced work in the second half of 24. offshore wind solutions also increases revenue to 2.1 billion driven by our three tenant two gigawatt HVDC platform projects the repairs and upgrade business registered lower volume and revenue due mainly to trade related uncertainties and weaknesses in the LNGC market We are, however, continuing to focus the business towards higher value projects such as FSRU conversions and the integration of power ships that Chris mentioned earlier. In the meantime, our 23 long-standing strategic partnerships with large global customers continue to provide a steady base load revenue of a more recurring nature. In the other segments, increased contributions from specialized shipbuilding, chartering, as well as rig kit sales and MRO projects delivered through CETRIM Offshore Technology, or SOT, led to a 55% jump in revenue. While this business is small today, SOT capitalizes on our unparalleled track record and rigs expertise to monetize proven design IPs. It delivers a healthy margin and we see growth potential ahead. Next, let's take a look at gross margin. Year-on-year, gross profit increased to $848 million in FY 2025 from $291 million. And gross margin increased sharply by 430 bps to 7.4%, driven by an improved mix of higher margin projects, higher asset utilization, improved productivity, as well as cost discipline. This was partially offset by provisions to the US projects, where the final project was delivered subsequent to year-end, and a little bit for Manapan, which Chris mentioned earlier. Other operating income was lower in FY2025, mainly due to a one-off provision relating to the Emerald Tea Yard restoration before its return to authorities in 2028. net FX movement, lower scrap sales, and a non-recurring settlement gains that was recognized in 2024. G&A expenses as a percentage of revenue declined by 50 basis points to 3%, compared to 3.5% in FY 2024, as we benefited from the continued cost optimization activities. Net finance costs also dropped by 18%, driven by debt repayment and lower financing costs, offset by a decreased interest and dividend income from equity investments such as the Gola-Healy, which we divested in 2024. Overall, net profit more than doubled to $324 million in FY 2025 from $157 million in FY 2024, underscoring the significant uplift in our core performance, powered by revenue growth, stronger margins, sustained cost optimization, and disciplined execution. As mentioned, we also reported much stronger cash flows in FY 2025, which is the reflection of the discipline that goes into ensuring that all our projects are on our progressive milestone payment terms and robust project cash flow management throughout each project. Consequently, operating cash flow increased to 142 million in FY 2025 from 97 million. Excluding the effect of one-off legacy payments, operating cash flow rose 4.5 times to 440 million, reflecting the level of cash generation that we expect moving forward. Investing cash flow was largely neutral, with 122 million of project and safety-related capex such as that for Batam Yard to prepare for the 2GW HVDC projects, balanced by asset divestment proceeds. We will continue to be measured in our capital expenditure, which is mostly focused on investments that will enable growth. All in all, we generated $443 million in free cash flow, excluding one-off legacy payments, This is more than double that of FY 2024, and we are confident in the execution and the cash flow of our post-merger contracts. Moving on to capital structure. We continue to adopt a prudent and disciplined approach to enhance resilience and afford us the financial agility to position for growth. Our gross debt decreased 5% year-on-year to $2.5 billion as at end December 2025. And through active refinancing, our cost of debt has declined from 4.9% at end December 2024 to 3.4% at end December 2025, driven both by lower base rates and tighter margins. We continue to broaden our funding sources and leverage our improved credit profile to secure favourable refinancing outcomes. Our liquidity position remains strong, with $3.1 billion in cash and undrawn committed facilities giving us ample headroom to support operations, pursue growth opportunities and other capital allocation requirements. In summary, our balance sheet remains robust, with a low net leverage ratio of 0.8 times and the net gearing of 0.1 times as at 31st December 2025. With the FY 2025 performance covered, I'd like to touch on the efforts that we've been taking to transform our costs and margin profiles that will have lasting impact into the future. If we take a step back in FY 2023, when both companies first came together, Citrim have focused on integration and harmonization, and so the new company can start on a clean slate. In FY2024, our first full financial year since merger, we quantified the benefits and scale of coming together, providing market guidance on two targets, $300 million on synergies and cost savings, and $200 million in procurement savings. These targets reflect the efforts that started from the moment the two companies came together. We looked at our cost items line by line, removing what we didn't need and leveraging our combined scale for economic benefits. These changes have fundamentally reduced our cost levels and will continue to have a lasting impact moving forward. We are today in year three and we are pleased to share that we have exceeded those targets and the proof is in the numbers. Gross margins has turned from negative 2.9% at FY2023 to 7.4% in FY2025, alongside an improved mix of higher margin series build projects. G&A expenses as a percentage of revenue has also declined from 5% in FY2023 to 3% in FY2025. And as mentioned earlier, the cost of debt has also significantly declined from 5.7% to 3.4%. And we are not done yet. Initiatives implemented late last year have not seen its benefits fully baked into our financial numbers yet, and we also continue to drive greater cost discipline and internal efficiencies by embedding digitalization, AI, and machine learning meaningfully into the way we work across our global business. We believe this will greatly improve visibility, control, risk management, and operational efficiencies that will reflect in our margins and financial performance in the time to come. As I've alluded earlier, gross margin is an indication of our operational performance, and we are starting to see the fruits of our labor in FY 2025, and I reported our gross margin of 7.4% is a vast improvement from where we started. but it is a reflection of what Ctrim is capable of. We are just getting started. As we continue to streamline operations and tighten overheads, we see accelerated pathways to further expansion through our ongoing divestments of non-core assets. This is an important lever to really reshape our cost structure to unlock efficiencies that will strengthen our long-term resilience and competitiveness. Since 2023, we started divesting assets on our books that are not really required for our global operations. And these assets are broadly categorized into yards and other assets such as vessels and floating cranes. We've accelerated the pace of these divestments in FY 2025, including MFELs and Karamoon yards. GNL, a PSC vessel, a fleet of tough boats, floating docks, and the Crescent Yard that is expected to complete very soon. The sale of the Amphels Yard and GNL vessels have already been completed, and the rest are expected to complete by first half 2026. These transactions will deliver more than $50 million in annualized cost savings, These assets would have otherwise laid idle on our books. I also expected to unlock more than 230 million in gross gains and over 330 million in cash proceeds, of which 110 million was received in FY 2025. We plan to do more, having identified more than 200 million additional non-core assets to invest by 2028, alongside the scheduled return of Admiralty Yard. Together, with the transactions already announced, we expected the cumulative to generate cost savings over $100 million by FY2028. As our business needs evolve, we will continue to review and evaluate opportunities to drive greater efficiencies. These structural improvements will enable us to reduce overheads and drive operating efficiencies, which will in turn bring us closer to our target margins, enhancing our business resilience, and offering stronger fundamentals, which will deliver sustainable long-term returns. With that, let me now pass the time back to Chris.

speaker
Chris Ong
CEO

Thanks, Stephen. To reiterate, Citrum is at an inflection point today and we are now ready to commit to creating tangible lasting value for our customers, shareholders and other stakeholders. This year, we are proposing to double the dividend to $0.03 per share in line with doubling of our net profit in FY2025. We also plan to continue our share buyback under our existing $100 million program, reflecting our confidence in the business and in the momentum ahead. You can clearly see the fruits of our labor. Total shareholder returns have turned positive at 5.2% and ROE has nearly doubled to 4.9% in FY 2025. These are early signs of the value we are unlocking as our strategy takes hold. And we believe that there is further room for growth. Most importantly, we are balancing reinvestment for growth with consistent capital returns. This is how we will drive long-term, durable value creation for our shareholders. Let me close by bringing this all together. Our strategy has always been clear and consistent, from driving organic growth to executing strongly and transforming our cost structure for margin expansion to ongoing financial discipline and allocating capital prudently to enable sustainable long-term returns. Our value creation framework captures all of this, aligning everything we do from the way we deliver projects for our customers to how we manage costs to how we plan to deploy capital for sustainable returns. On capital allocation, our priorities are disciplined and focused. investing for growth in areas where we have clear competitive advantage, optimizing our balance sheet, ensuring the right debt structure to support long-term value creation, returning capital through dividends on share buyback as we grow, and exploring strategic M&As that strengthen our long-term position and business resilience. This framework keeps us focused. With clear progression towards our FY2028 steady-state financial targets, we are on the right trajectory to building a stronger CITRM designed to outperform for the longer term. Thank you.

speaker
Amelia
Investor Relations

Thank you, Chris. We will now open the floor to questions. For those of you in the room with us, please raise your hand to ask a question. Jiwei, please.

speaker
Jiwei
Analyst

Hi. Sorry for my query.

speaker
Unknown
Moderator

Thank you for the... Thank you for the present... Should I just... There are people online. They need to hear you.

speaker
Jiwei
Analyst

Thank you for the presentation and congrats on a wonderful set of results. Two questions from me. The first one is regarding your order book. I think you're roughly about $17 billion of order book and you have a revenue run rate of about $11 billion this year. So How do we think about your revenue run rate and your order replacement rate? Because from the looks of it, you'll run down this by next year if you don't have a similar amount of order intake. The second question is more on your margins. Now, your gross margin is what I think you reported, 7.4%. And then if you were to just look at second half and net out the provision on onerous contracts, you get to about 9%. Then, assuming you execute on all your cost savings, that's another $100 million. And then, if I'm generous, that adds another 1% of gross margin, which takes you to 10%. So, assuming that your cost-saving programs work through, you don't have no recurrence of provisions, does that mean that we can start to anchor our thinking of 10% gross margins going forward? Thank you.

speaker
Chris Ong
CEO

I think I'll take the order book question. I think you asked the same question the last half, I remember. And I think that the key thing is about getting close to the customers and home running the opportunities that are out there. This is order book business and the key thing is about how do we take a look at getting balance between quality projects that we can get and get it The $11 billion, I will say that it will roughly be around there, moving forward. This shows that the capacity, our capacity management has been very sharp. Because I believe that about two years ago, the question from all of you was that, are you sure you can consistently produce $10 billion? So that's out of question. But it will basically hover around there. We think that the capacity would allow us to do that. And if you look at the burn rate, it's not linear. The $17 billion doesn't burn down just like that. So technically, it's also a mix of building up to the order book. And as mentioned, last year, even as a very challenging year, we've almost half a year or more than that that are quiet because of obvious reason. We still manage to home run quite a bit towards the end of the year. So technically, there are good pipelines in the market. And again, I always said I can't control the FID timing. But we are quite confident that based on the diverse product line that we have now and the franchises that I've seen, we will continue to be the go-to person for some of these more complex projects. So it is a zero-sum game. You have mentioned that we are confident that we are able to maintain that resilience when the projects, I guess the real answer is that when the projects come into the order book.

speaker
Stephen Liu
CFO

So on the second question, let me take this. I think if you look at FY 2025, your calculation is correct, right? But I think the bigger picture is this. there are a few factors that we are that will move in our favor right one is you would have seen the non legacy legacy projects the proportion that's coming down the the the contracts that we secured post merger with the misadjusted mid-teen returns are becoming more important. Two, three, the costs and productivity measures I think you talked about with the divestment of the yards and all that, that will take out costs directly from the overheads. I think the other factor that you have to consider is as projects move along, I think we mentioned this before, when you hit critical milestones, the contingency which are costs that we set aside for certain risks that we anticipated, if they don't materialize, then that will also be released. So I think the margins will continue to improve from where we have achieved today. I think we've guided towards a project margin of mid-teens. But as you know, there are some overheads in production side which is related to basically underutilized capacity. So the number will move towards 15, but it won't hit 15. So I think that's what we're looking at right now.

speaker
Chris Ong
CEO

And just to touch, come back to the point on the book. At $17 billion, if we've taken a look back in history... it is still one of the highest for the last 10 to 12 years, both combined. But what is different today is that I think you all will appreciate that it's not based on one product, and it is based on milestone payment, that it basically is a high-quality order book right now for us to execute. The other point is that we have also been sharing that getting onto the franchise, when we signed the very first or the second FPSO or HVDC, there were also a lot of doubts and questions whether are we capable to build on that. I think today that should put it to rest. What we are... I hope everybody see that the ability to actually deliver a very complex product straight to a Brazil field and start operating in two months, that actually builds on the reputation and our ability to get customers on the table in a very short time.

speaker
Jiwei
Analyst

If I have two follow-up questions. You mentioned the contingencies. I understand that they are significant. Could you share some color about how big it may be so that we can appreciate what that actual underlying margin is? Otherwise, the second question is, what would your underlying gross margin be if we were to just look at your project and take out all your other inefficiencies? Right now.

speaker
Stephen Liu
CFO

Contingency is commercially sensitive. But there are risks. So each contingency item is tagged to an amount. And so when the risk goes away, it will be released.

speaker
Jiwei
Analyst

Okay, thank you.

speaker
Amelia
Investor Relations

Thanks, Jue. Next question from Mayim, please.

speaker
Mayim
Analyst

Yeah, Chris, a question more in a subjective question here. There has been a lot of commentary by your largest customer around how they are tightening their screws at their end. Like in terms of conversations you had and considering you were showing the order book being a large part still sitting in LATAM, how do you think about the path going forward and what are the kind of conversations you're having with them around their objectives and how you are aligning to it. So that was the first question. And the second one to the CFO, I think congratulations on reducing the interest cost quite a bit. But if you think about it, your interest cost and the finance cost still has a reasonable gap. I think there are lease liabilities and a few other things in there which are still quite chunky. Can you just give us a bit of an outlook of how you're kind of tightening your screws there? Thank you.

speaker
Chris Ong
CEO

I will take the part on customer conversations. I think tightening our screw, whether it is challenging environment, my customers always tell them that their screws are very tight with us. The key thing is about how then do we sit across the table and determine the word value, because it's a balance for them also. There's no lack of competitors, and especially after we have proven that our formula worked well, And we are able to deliver a functioning FPSO directly to the field and startup. And that's a very powerful signal. If you talk about LATAM, obviously you're talking about mainly Brazil. Of course, they have various different formula right now. One is the build, operate, and transfer. And it is now mixed with eventual EPC projects coming online. The key thing is about it has different risks, it has different approach. But the fundamental is the ability to execute. Because all these projects take many years to execute, and you can see that from their ambition, they have printed out their five years of ambition. To be very honest, one of the biggest questions that they have to ask themselves is that, can I expect the FPSO to arrive? Because right now, especially so when you talk about the challenges of the market, it's very unpredictable. And oil prices, it can fluctuate and volatility is quite high. But they have their investment case all set up. So I think that you will come online. But the key question is that when will their cash flow be realized? And that is really around the assets that's going to flow there. So I think... We have proven ourselves that we are able to execute right on time and able to deliver, compared to our competitors, deliver something that operates directly with them. The key right now is, of course, a strategy around who we partner up for BOT, the strategy around how can we also make sure that it's seamless. And then for EPC, of course, it's all about cost and price. So I think that that part itself... I'm happy that we are not starting from ground zero. I think that we have now a very clear database and the organization is very clear on how to execute this type of projects. So that is the type of conversations. And even out of LATAM, it's the same conversation with majors like Exxon for Guyana, even new prospects in Africa. It's basically down to... certainty, the ability to provide solutions because mega projects you will have excitement of technology hiccups and all this. How do you then help them to overcome that and still be able to maintain the predictability at the end of the day? That I think is a huge value.

speaker
Stephen Liu
CFO

I think on the second question, I think if you look at our finance costs, the largest component is still interest costs to banks and et cetera. I think the key focus for us here is actually around deleveraging. I think we've done a substantial amount of refinancing with the support of our banking partners, but we have to delever. I think you would have seen the operating cash flow significantly improve. So then we have to think about where we can allocate capital. Do we use that for growth? Of course, we're returning capital to shareholders, but it's also important to deliver over time because I think the leverage on the gross level is still relatively high.

speaker
Amelia
Investor Relations

Thank you. Next question from Pei Huang.

speaker
Pei Hua
DBS Analyst

This is Pei Hua from DBS. Congrats on the strong results. Just two questions for me. One is for Stephen. This is on the provision for your owners' contracts. It's amounted to $96.5 million. Could you give us a bit more colours on the breakdown of all this? especially for legacy contracts, it was so close to completion that we didn't expect to have this much. I think second is on the project pipeline, especially from Petrobras and Tenant. Maybe you could give us a bit more colours and how, based on the conversation with your customer, is Tenant on track or they still, as per plan, will continue to award some contract this year? And also maybe some, also in general, how we think about your order pipeline and the conversion from the $32 billion pipeline to this year?

speaker
Stephen Liu
CFO

Chris, maybe I'll take the first question first. I think the provisions of about $96 million, that relates principally to three projects. It's the two U.S. projects which we have since delivered. So you can think of that risk as they've gone away. I think the reason for additional provisions is because the project... Took a little bit longer than we wanted, and so there were additional costs associated with that. On the third project, which I mentioned in my speech earlier, was around Napan, which was a legacy specialised shipbuilding project that we're delivering in Brazil. And so the project has delayed, and so there are some provisions relating to that. But it's a relatively small project. I think the initial contract value was about $200 million. And so we're working very closely with the customer to sort of manage that risk going forward.

speaker
Pei Hua
DBS Analyst

When is this project going to be delivered?

speaker
Stephen Liu
CFO

2027. So initially it was supposed to be end 2026. Now it looks like 2027.

speaker
Chris Ong
CEO

I guess for Petrobras, Tenet, and you mentioned about conversion pipeline, I wouldn't repeat what I said for Petrobras. I think that's very clear on their development plan and what's going to come online. For Tenet, your question was around whether they're still on track. And the short answer is that as far as we know, yes. Because as promised, they have gone through the same allocation and competition end of last year. We're quite happy that we are able to land Boeing 5. That's the first Germany unit that we are getting. So that also set up our potential and production line for both the Netherlands projects and the Germany projects. This year, if my memory serves me correct, please check and don't quote me, because there will be projects... coming online for tender in Germany and also followed by Netherlands. When they will FID that, when they will start engaging us, that depends on when they are ready. But those projects are real through our conversation. Now on conversion pipeline, as mentioned, the team has worked very hard to deliver value to the customer. We have proven that when we said that we would deliver this way and when, we have proven to the customer as once he trim, we are able to do that. Customers are also seeing that they are able to assess the different capabilities of different facilities and different teams within the group. So in a very short time, within three years, We've come together and deliver very differentiating value in terms of being able to provide solutions to the customer. And that's not all talk, and we have delivered that to them. The heating around conversion, of course, is also because of this ability to prove that we are able to do this. There are many people that are trying to come online as competition. So that segment actually is, but as mentioned in my speech, there are certain segments that we have a very commanding track record. Again, there's no difference from the new build. Because it's complex, because it requires capability, it requires safety, basically practices within, and ability to deliver quality products. We think that this is an exciting area every year. As mentioned, powershift If you take a look at this segment, why we highlight that, if we believe that the world is stuff of power and also digital, AI, the growth of it, I think the floating assets is something that is very important. sound. The concept is sound. We just have to make sure that our customers are able to take a look at the financial ability around the economics around that. There's also floating data centers. There's many things that in the market that may be too premature for us to say, but all these $2 billion of conversion prospects, I think it ties into the whole energy type of And why conversion is because the speed to market is very important. So again, the ability to execute, the ability to engineer on the go and deliver them safely with quality is our hallmark. And customers know why they come to Citrum and why we are able to build on that world-beating track record in the conversion space.

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Amelia
Investor Relations

Thanks, Chris. Pei-Hua, I hope that answers your question. Next, we'll take a question from online. Louis from Citi.

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Louis
Citi Analyst

Hi. Good afternoon, and thanks for hosting the call, and congrats on the good set of results. I just had most of everything's been asked. Just two housekeeping questions, please. Just to clarify on the $50 million annualized cost savings, since most of it will conclude in the first half, so it's essentially $25 million savings in the second half, at least in the second half. Is that the way to look at it? And the second question is, I know it's difficult to discuss arbitration cases in terms of timing, but do you have a feel for amongst those, which ones can resolve sooner, not when, but which will resolve sooner? And are your legal fees material at all on a legal basis?

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Stephen Liu
CFO

Thank you. Lou, you had two questions, right? Okay. On the first question on 50 million, a part of that divestment were completed towards the end of to five right so that a portion of that will will be fully baked in from the first of january um the mfls you would have seen we completed in a january and so that will be another component so i think if you um looking at it over the full year period it's probably uh if we can complete everything this month it will be closer to the 50 million than the 25. okay um arbitration um

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Chris Ong
CEO

Depends, but if you want to ask for which one, it will probably be settled first. It is all basically time-based, right? P52 will probably be the first one that will be settled, and we hope that we will have a conclusion this year. You asked whether the legal fees is material. It depends on material against what. But it's never, of course, that's not always the first avenue that we'll go for. But I just want to impress upon that actually arbitration is a professional way of basically settling differences. And usually in this industry, we are able to differentiate what we need to settle while we professionally advance on our both interests on ongoing projects. Yeah, 52 would probably be the first one that we are targeting.

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Louis
Citi Analyst

Thank you.

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Amelia
Investor Relations

Thanks, Louis. Next question also online from Amanda. Amanda, are you there?

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Amanda Battersby
Upstream Analyst

Yes, I'm here. Great.

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Chris Ong
CEO

Hi, Amanda.

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Amanda Battersby
Upstream Analyst

Hi. Hi, good morning. Yes, Amanda Battersby from Upstream. Thank you very much for the frank results, statements, and sharing, as always, Chris and Stephen. A couple of questions, if I may, please. You mentioned that the potential for BOT FPSO contracts, specifically in Latin America, and one would think with Petrobras, Are you actively bidding for any BOT work for floaters? And if so, would you be looking for a partner on a project by project basis, or perhaps a more formal arrangement to allow you to tender to go forwards, please? And the other two shorter questions, if I may, do you foresee any more sort of legacy arbitration contracts lurking in the woodwork? after, you know, sometimes more than a decade. And thirdly, please, any more plans to right-size the headcount as some of your projects come to completion? Thank you very much.

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Chris Ong
CEO

Well, I'll take those questions. Thanks, Amanda. We are missing you here. Well, for BOT contracts, we will definitely need to have a partner and a bidding strategy. Whether it will be project by project basis or whether there is a long-term type of tie-up, we have both strategies in place. And it depends on time and space also, right? We have to look at, I guess the fundamental is that we are in for the bit and our focus is to win. So it's likewise for our partners. Our operating partner will also have the same driver. So it will depend because timing of the tender and potential on both sides on the tender really decides how we choose our partners. whether we will partner somebody for long-term and across all projects it depends whether the interests align at the point where we are signing up so i can't have a clear answer but we are in on the bill to be for the bot projects and definitely with an operating partner on arbitration legacy i think what i can promise you is uh transparency um as of now as mentioned we do not see that there are any that are lurking. But like what we mentioned, when there are any disagreements that we need to settle, it's always professionally been elevated to settle at arbitration if we cannot come to terms. So it's very hard for us to actually forecast. But all I can say is as of now, we don't see any. Now about rightsizing, I would actually approach the right sizing question less of a manpower issue than I think more on the operational excellence angle. I think we have always mentioned about what is our strategy going forward. And I remember three years ago when we talked about integration topic and we talked about how we optimize. And during the first year, we did not even remove any headcounts. And I think that all of that has basically actually worked out. Our first stance is always to make sure that we take care of our people. When projects are completed or when we get more efficient and our processes get more efficient, retraining has always been the first one. So we are not approaching from a headcount, a higher fire approach. But of course, with the... When we look at our yards and our future footprint, which we have always been very transparent in sharing, that is strategy, right? That's strategy. And it's about trimming down the non-core, building on the core, and of course have an eye of capability building depending on what products that we are looking at. As we have mentioned, we further invested in the Batam Yard to make sure that we have lines ready for offloading, building and offloading 30,000 tons of top sites, which is mainly your HVDC today. We expect to eagerly contest to build a more stronger pipeline behind each of them. So there are a lot of ways that we are looking at right-sizing. The other thing is that One of the actions that we are taking, of course, is in the national news that, you know, Ameriti Yard is going to be redeveloped. And we knew that even way before Citrum was formed. So we are taking that proactive step to actually re-channel resources. And that is the strength of the one-seater delivery model. We actually re-channel resources, not only to Tuas Boulevard, but also a lot of our high ports and young managers are now in Batam, helping to build up the capabilities over there. So there's many dimensions to that. But I guess the main driver of this question is, I guess, about cost efficiency. And I think that has been the top-line strategy that we have always set. We are very sensitive to cost, but we are also very sensitive to capabilities, retaining capabilities, retraining capabilities, and getting ahead of the curve to be able to service our customers. I think that will differentiate us very strongly.

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Amelia
Investor Relations

Thanks, Chris. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks, Amanda. Next question, Suki, please.

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Suki
Analyst

Hi, can I just follow up on the onerous contract? So given that the US projects have been delivered, can we expect a significant drop in the overall provision for onerous contract? Yes. will be lower than 2024 because 2023 was high and then 2024 was low.

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Stephen Liu
CFO

As I explained earlier, I think there were three projects, right? So the remaining risk is around Lapan, but as far as we can see today, there is no need for additional provisions.

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Suki
Analyst

So within your order book, there's nothing that is lurking that you think could delay. So therefore, that would actually help to pave the way for better margins as you execute.

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Stephen Liu
CFO

So as I explained earlier, I think the key risks are always around the pre-merger contracts. I think that portion has come down significantly.

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Suki
Analyst

Okay, thanks. And just wanted to just check, you mentioned that you hope to actually settle the arbitration. Is there a need for any provisions if it's concluded this year? No. Is there any need for provisions for any other litigation that you might actually be in negotiation?

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Chris Ong
CEO

No. Usually when we talk about provisions, it's about legal opinion or the chances of So as of now, whatever that we reported, there's no need for further provision.

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Suki
Analyst

And then just on your order pipeline target, why did you raise from $30 to $32 so specific? What's that $2 billion?

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Chris Ong
CEO

Well, order pipeline depends on what projects come into the market. We didn't raise it. It's a customer wanting in the market to... to basically look at development. These are real projects that are out there.

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Suki
Analyst

Is there anything significantly different or new from compared to when you first told us at $30 billion, now rising to $32 billion? So what is the optimism coming from?

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Chris Ong
CEO

Maybe I'll take that. Hang on, it's not optimism. Again, I say that it is the projects that are out there and the real targets that we are going after. So when you talk about are there any difference, of course, There is no secret that there are a lot more production assets, contracts that are foreseeable in the market. And that is basically public. The other point that we weren't trying to make is, of course, there are also conversion projects. As we mentioned, they are out there in the market. So as we get knowledge and those are the projects that we are going after, we actually actively put it in the pipeline and say that, okay, these are all the go-get projects. But that's to convert into order book.

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Stephen Liu
CFO

If I may add, the number there is we have an internal pipeline that we track. Our commercial teams update very regularly. And so we just summed up that total and then gave that to the market. So these are all actual projects that we're chasing. So I think if you talk about the change, I think between the 30 and the 32 projects, There were some projects that we won, Bowen and then the BP project, and then those were replaced by other projects that customers have now inquired with us on, we want you to submit a bid or we're in bilateral negotiations with them. So it is actual projects that we're chasing and not managed up, as we were trying to say earlier.

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Suki
Analyst

Okay, just last two questions, just on housekeeping-wise. So the $50 million cost savings you mentioned, where can we actually see it more significantly? Is it in G&A or cost of sales?

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Stephen Liu
CFO

Some of it will be in cost of sales, some of it will be in G&A, and some of it will be other operating income. So it's actually in different areas.

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Suki
Analyst

Is there one that is maybe higher perhaps in cost of sales?

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Stephen Liu
CFO

It's mostly in the cost of sales because if it's relating to the yard, all of that goes into the COGS line. Thanks.

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Suki
Analyst

And my last question is, so the divestment gain that you actually guided, $160 million, if it's completed in 2026, will be recognized in 2026. $150 million will be recognized in 2026.

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Stephen Liu
CFO

So $70 million was recognized in FY2025, and another $150 million in 2026. Thanks.

speaker
Amelia
Investor Relations

Thanks, Yuki. With that, we've come to the end of the briefing. Unfortunately, we've run out of time. For the two questions that we've received online, we will reach out to you directly on email. For further questions, if you require any further clarifications, please feel free to contact us at our investor relations email address. Thank you very much for joining us this morning, and we wish you a very pleasant day ahead. Thank you. Bye.

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