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Petrofac Limited: Petrofac makes Board appointment and provides business update 
04-Dec-2023 / 07:00 GMT/BST 
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Press Release 
 
4 December 2023 
This announcement contains inside information 
 
PETROFAC MAKES BOARD APPOINTMENT 
AND PROVIDES BUSINESS UPDATE 
Petrofac Limited ("Petrofac" or "the Company") announces that Aidan de Brunner has today joined the Company as a 
Non-Executive Director. Aidan brings to Petrofac over 20 years of board, management, investment and financial advisory 
experience gained across a variety of global businesses. 
As the Group pivots to the execution of the new contracts won in 2023, Aidan will commit a significant portion of his 
time to supporting the Board for a limited period. He will drive engagement with finance providers, investors and other 
stakeholders in an active review of strategic and financial options to deliver on Petrofac's potential following its 
most successful period for new awards in many years. 
Strategic and financial options to strengthen balance sheet 
The Board is examining a range of strategic and financial options with the objective of materially strengthening the 
Company's balance sheet, securing bank guarantees and improving short-term liquidity. A key aim of this review is to 
protect the interests of Petrofac's shareholders, creditors and employees while the Group continues its focus on safe 
and effective delivery for its clients. 
 
Management has been making progress in organic actions to unwind working capital, collect receipts on ongoing and new 
contracts and to unlock long-outstanding commercial settlements. In addition, Management is considering the sale of 
non-core assets, and is actively engaged in discussions with financial investors to take a non-controlling position in 
certain other components of the business portfolio. As part of an overall plan, these transactions would result in a 
material improvement on the balance sheet. The Company is also exploring potential new financial options across all its 
classes of capital. 
 
 
Business update 
Operationally, as demonstrated by its backlog growth, the Group continues to deliver well for its clients, and has a 
healthy Group pipeline scheduled for award in the period to the end of 2024. 
The full year free cash flow guidance1 provided with our interim results was based, in part, on unwinding historical 
working capital and collecting advance payments on the new contracts secured in 2023. While the Group has made progress 
in reaching contractual settlements and unwinding working capital, given delays in securing advance payment guarantees, 
it no longer expects to receive these advances before the year-end. Consequently, it no longer expects to meet the 
guidance previously provided for full year cash flow. 
The Group has continued to maintain liquidity above its financial covenant2 and will provide further details in its 
trading update on 20 December 2023. 
Update on performance guarantees 
As noted in Petrofac's H1 results, it is an industry standard contractual requirement to provide Performance Guarantees 
for EPC contracts. Banking and surety market appetite for the provision of these guarantees in support of the contracts 
won by Petrofac has reduced, resulting in delays in their provision. Petrofac remains in active discussions with its 
credit providers to secure the guarantees on the new contracts as well as with the clients of these new contracts. The 
measures being taken to strengthen the balance sheet are, in part, designed to secure future guarantees. 
Group Chief Executive Tareq Kawash commented: "Petrofac's underlying business is robust with material growth in our 
backlog from approximately USUSD5.5 billion in new awards in new and traditional energy this year. This demonstrates our 
competitive strength and long-term potential. To deliver on this, we are working hard to address short-term liquidity 
challenges and strengthen the financial position of the Group. I am grateful for the continued efforts of our people, 
and the support of our clients and other stakeholders, as we work to deliver a positive future for Petrofac." 
The Chairman René Médori commented: "The Board is fully focused on reviewing a range of strategic and financial options 
with the objectives of strengthening the Group's balance sheet and protecting the interests of all our stakeholders. 
The appointment of Aidan de Brunner reinforces the skills and experience of the Board in support of these efforts." 
Petrofac will issue its pre-close trading update on 20 December 2023. 
 
Notes 
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.15, the information to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13, are that Aidan 
de Brunner is also a non-executive director of Babylon Holdings Limited, a company that was previously listed on the 
NYSE. There are no other details to be disclosed. 
 
1 Free cash flow guidance provided with the interim results was that, at Group level, we expected cash flow to be 
broadly neutral in 2023. 
 
2 The financial covenant for liquidity is that the Group's liquidity (excluding cash held in joint operations) shall 
exceed USUSD75m at each month end. 
ENDS 
 
For further information contact: 
 
Petrofac: 
James Boothroyd, Head of Investor Relations 
James.boothroyd@petrofac.com 
 
Sophie Reid, Group Director of Communications 
Sophie.reid@petrofac.com 
 
Teneo (for Petrofac): 
+44 (0) 207 353 4200 
petrofac@teneo.com 
 
 
NOTES TO EDITORS 
Petrofac 
Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including 
many of the world's leading energy companies. 
 
Petrofac designs, builds, manages, and maintains oil, gas, refining, petrochemicals, and renewable energy 
infrastructure. Our purpose is to enable our clients to meet the world's evolving energy needs. Our four values - 
driven, agile, respectful, and open - are at the heart of everything we do. 
 
Petrofac's core markets are in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the UK North Sea, where we have built 
a long and successful track record of safe, reliable, and innovative execution, underpinned by a cost effective and 
local delivery model with a strong focus on in-country value. We operate in several other significant markets, 
including India, South East Asia, and the United States. We have 8,500 employees based across 31 offices globally. 
 
Petrofac is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PFC). 
 
For additional information, please refer to the Petrofac website at www.petrofac.com 
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