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Prospectus - SBM Offshore

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· Engineering skills and cutting edge technology<br />

0105735-0000002 AMCO:5624830.1 6<br />

· Continuous improvement of the design and construction of new FPSO projects<br />

B.4a Trends The Company has identified the following trends that are expected to influence the<br />

Group's business and the markets in which it operates:<br />

B.5 Description of the<br />

Group and the<br />

Company's<br />

positioning within<br />

the Group<br />

· The IEA and other expert sources expect oil to remain the leading fuel in 2035<br />

with a 27% share (down from 33% as at March 2013). In the overall energy mix,<br />

alongside renewables and biofuels, gas is expected to be the only fossil fuel source<br />

to increase its share.<br />

· The move to production of fields in increasingly deeper waters is expected to<br />

continue.<br />

· The complexity and size of FPSOs are expected to further increase.<br />

· During the previous years, the average contract life of FPSOs has doubled and<br />

sometimes even tripled and FPSOs have been increasingly used as full life-of-field<br />

development systems. This trend is expected to continue.<br />

· As a result of the expected increase in complexity, size, and contract life of<br />

FPSOs, it is anticipated that FPSOs will require a growing scale of investment.<br />

· Due to the global debt crisis, it is increasingly difficult to secure long-term debt<br />

financing from banks.<br />

· FPSOs will continue to be constructed and operated under strict local content<br />

requirements in Brazil but also in Africa and other parts of the developing world.<br />

<strong>SBM</strong> <strong>Offshore</strong> is the holding company of the Group that includes the following<br />

material subsidiaries (held directly or indirectly by <strong>SBM</strong> <strong>Offshore</strong>) as at 31 December<br />

2012:<br />

Percentage of capital<br />

and voting rights<br />

held by the Company<br />

Name Country of incorporation (directly or indirectly)<br />

<strong>SBM</strong> Schiedam B.V. Netherlands 100%<br />

<strong>SBM</strong> Holding Inc. S.A. Switzerland 100%<br />

Single Buoy Moorings Inc. S.A Switzerland 100%<br />

Single Buoy Holdings Inc. US 100%<br />

<strong>SBM</strong> Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100%<br />

<strong>SBM</strong> Atlantia Inc. US 100%

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