Transformational acquisition of Wintershall Dea asset portfolio

Publication of the Prospectus

June 2024

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Contents

  1. Overview of acquisition
  2. Target portfolio: overview and historical financial information
  3. Target portfolio: CPR valuation and country summaries
  4. Next steps to completion
  5. Appendix

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Harbour's acquisition of Wintershall Dea asset portfolio

A transformational step in our journey

Scale and

High quality, resilient

Supporting the energy

Financial strength,

diversification

asset base

transition

sustainable returns

Overview of the Acquisition

Acquisition of substantially all of Wintershall Dea's upstream O&G assets for $11.2 bn (effective date 30 June 2023)

Adds upstream assets in Norway, Germany, Denmark,

$11.2 bn Acquisition Funding structure

Argentina, Mexico, Egypt, Algeria and Libya

Adds 1.1 bnboe1 of 2P reserves at c.$10/boe, and more than 300 kboepd at c.$35,000/boepd

BASF to own 47% of HBR's ordinary shares; LetterOne to hold non-voting shares

15%

1,440 million

1,691 million

45%

Ordinary share

53%

Total share

47%

capital

capital

Existing HBR

40%

shareholders

BASF

3

$4.15 bn

equity

2 $2.15 bn

cash

c.$4.9 bn

1 bonds

(nominal

value)

3 Equity

Harbour shares issued at agreed value of 360p/share2

2 Cash consideration

  • Interim cash flows from target portfolio
  • $1.5bn bridge facility successfully syndicated

1 Existing Wintershall Dea bonds transferred to Harbour including $1.7bn of hybrids

Letter One

Expected to deliver Investment Grade credit profile

1 Based on D&M's Competent Person's Report on the target portfolio (YE 2023 D&M CPR) 2 Harbour will issue 921 million shares.

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Acquisition impact

High quality portfolio, free cash flow accretion and IG credit profiles support a sustainable increase in the dividend

Harbour shareholder distributions1

Potential for

Increased scale and geographical diversification

Extended reserve life

Enhanced margins

Materially reduced GHG intensity

Significant free cash flow accretion

Lower cost of financing

($ million)additional returns

$200m

buybacks

c.$455m

annual

dividend1

$200m

annual

dividend

2023

Post-completion

Annual dividend on ordinary shares increased to c.$380m, a c.5% increase in dividend per share2

  1. Includes base dividend on both ordinary shares and non-voting shares.
  2. Based on a total dividend for 2023 of 25 cents/share (12 cents interim and 13 cents final) and 1,440 million Harbour ordinary shares post-completion

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Acquisition of high quality and cash generative asset portfolio…

…underpins expected investment grade credit ratings and sustainable, enhanced shareholder returns

2P Reserves1

YE 2023, bnboe

Production

Unit operating cost

2021-2023,3-yr average, kboepd

2021-2023,3-yr average, $/boe

Annual free cash flow2

2021-2023,3-yr average, $bn

>300%

1.5

0.4

c.170%

511

>25%

15

11

190

>130%

1.3

3.0

Harbour

Pro forma

Harbour

Harbour

Pro forma

Harbour

Pro forma

Harbour

Harbour

Harbour

Pro forma

Harbour

Extends R/P to 8 years with

Cash generative, material

High quality, resilient asset

FCF accretion & longevity

reserve replacement options3

production outside the UK

base with robust margins

supports enhanced returns

1 YE 2023 D&M CPR. 2 FCF is after capital expenditure, tax, interest payments & before distributions and debt repayments 3 R/P is YE 2023 2P reserves (per YE 2023 D&M CPR) divided by 2023 production

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Harbour to be well-placed amongst long-established global independent O&G companies

Acquisition transforms Harbour into a large-scale, global independent with a new peer group

2023 Production

kboepd1

Norwegian independents

Pro forma

UK listed independents

US independents

Harbour

WDEA

500

250

0

Aker BP

APA

Marathon

Hess

Var

Murphy

Energean

Ithaca

Kosmos

1 Source is companies' disclosures (quarterly / full year results)

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Target portfolio: overview and historical financial information

Overview of target portfolio

A large, diverse portfolio with robust margins underpinned by significant reserves and resources

YE 2023 2P reserves1,2

FY 2023 Production

mmboe

kboepd

175

Plus leading CO2

1,117

Norway

storage position in

(c. 65% gas)

Northern Europe

321 kboepd

Germany

Mexico

(c.65% gas)

YE 2023 2C resources1

mmboe

North Africa

1,238

Norway

59

46

(c.60% gas)

Germany

Argentina

31

Mexico

Argentina

North Africa

10

Nor.

Ger.

Arg.

Mex.

N. Afr.

Map of Target portfolio's upstream assets

c.10 years

c.$9/boe

$4.6 billion

$1.7 billion

2P reserves life as at YE 20232,3

Av. unit operating cost4 (2021-2023)

Av. EBITDAX (2021-2023)

Av. FCF5 (2021-2023)

1 YE 2023 D&M CPR 2 Excludes c.60 mmboe of reserves produced between Acquisition effective date (30 June 2023) and YE2023. 3 YE 2023 2P reserves, per D&M CPR, divided by 2023 production 4 Unit opex is per Harbour's definition comprising production, transportation and insurance costs and tariff income/expenses. 5 Free cash flow is after capex, tax and interest payments and before dividends and debt repayments

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