Excelerate Energy Finishes Year Strong, Delivering Record Full Year Results in 2024

Excelerate Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EE) (Excelerate or the Company) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Reported Net Income of $46.1 million for the fourth quarter and $153.0 million for the full year 2024
• Reported Adjusted EBITDA of $91.6 million for the fourth quarter and $348.2 million for the full year 2024
• Declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share, payable on March 27, 2025

CEO COMMENT

"2024 was an exceptional year for Excelerate. We delivered record full year financial results while maintaining our standard of operational excellence," said Steven Kobos, President and Chief Executive Officer of Excelerate. "Our continued success, driven largely by the performance of our core regasification business, has positioned us as the industry leader in FSRUs and downstream LNG infrastructure. As a U.S. LNG company with a global presence, we remain well positioned to connect growing global LNG supply to attractive demand centers around the world."

Kobos continued, "In 2025, we will continue to focus on expanding our fleet, optimizing our LNG supply portfolio, and pursuing strategic investments in both FSRU-based import terminals and downstream LNG infrastructure. We are committed to executing our growth strategy, and we look forward to announcing key initiatives that will drive value creation for our shareholders in the near and mid-term."

2025 GUIDANCE

• Full year 2025 Adjusted EBITDA expected to range between $340 million and $360 million
• Maintenance Capex expected to range between $60 million and $70 million
• Committed Growth Capital, which is defined as capital allocated and committed to specific investments for previously approved capital projects, is expected to range between $65 million and $75 million

FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2024 increased primarily due to various charter rate increases and a full year of earnings for the FSRU Excelsior, partially offset by the transition of the FSRU Sequoia to a time charter party agreement in the first quarter of 2024. Net income also increased due to lower depreciation expense driven by an update to the Company's FSRU useful life assumption in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2024 were essentially flat to the third quarter of 2024 primarily due to higher operating costs related to scheduled maintenance offset by further optimization of LNG cargo sales.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of December 31, 2024, Excelerate had $537.5 million in cash and cash equivalents and the Company had issued $22.8 million in letters of credit under its revolver. All of the $327.2 million of undrawn capacity under the revolver was available for additional borrowings as of December 31, 2024.

On February 20, 2025, Excelerate's Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend equal to $0.06 per share, or $0.24 per share on an annualized basis, of Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on March 27, 2025, to Class A common stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 12, 2025.

2025 FINANCIAL OUTLOOK

The Company expects Adjusted EBITDA to range between $340 million and $360 million for the full year 2025. Maintenance Capex for 2025 is expected to range between $60 million and $70 million. Committed Growth Capital is expected to range between $65 million and $75 million.

Actual results may differ materially from the Company's outlook as a result of, among other things, the factors described under "Forward-Looking Statements" below.

INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

The Excelerate management team will host a conference call for investors and analysts at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (7:30 a.m. Central Time) on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Investors are invited to access a live webcast of the conference call via the Investor Relations page on the Company's website at www.excelerateenergy.com. An archived replay of the call and a copy of the presentation will be on the website following the call.

ABOUT EXCELERATE ENERGY

Excelerate Energy, Inc. is a U.S.-based LNG company located in The Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate is changing the way the world accesses cleaner forms of energy by providing integrated services along the LNG value chain with an objective of delivering rapid-to-market and reliable LNG solutions to customers. The Company offers a full range of flexible regasification services from FSRUs to infrastructure development to LNG supply. Excelerate has a presence in Abu Dhabi, Antwerp, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chattogram, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hanoi, Helsinki, London, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, and Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.excelerateenergy.com.

USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

The Company reports financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). Included in this press release are certain financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP. They are designed to supplement, and not substitute, Excelerate's financial information presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP measures as defined by Excelerate may not be comparable to similar non-GAAP measures presented by other companies. The presentation of such measures, which may include adjustments to exclude non-recurring items, should not be construed as an inference that Excelerate's future results, cash flows or leverage will be unaffected by other non-recurring items. Management believes that the following non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with additional useful information in evaluating the Company's performance and valuation. See the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measure, including those measures presented as part of the Company's 2024 Financial Outlook, in the section titled "Non-GAAP Reconciliation" below.

Adjusted Gross Margin

We use Adjusted Gross Margin, a non-GAAP financial measure, which we define as revenues less direct cost of sales and operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, to measure our operational financial performance. Management believes Adjusted Gross Margin is useful because it provides insight on profitability and true operating performance excluding the implications of the historical cost basis of our assets. Our computation of Adjusted Gross Margin may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure included as a supplemental disclosure because we believe it is a useful indicator of our operating performance. We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, accretion, non-cash long-term incentive compensation expense and items such as charges and non-recurring expenses that management does not consider as part of assessing ongoing operating performance.

We adjust net income for the items listed above to arrive at Adjusted EBITDA because these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within our industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the method by which the assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income as determined in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of our operating performance or liquidity. This measure has limitations as certain excluded items are significant components in understanding and assessing a company's financial performance, such as a company's cost of capital and tax structure, as well as the historic costs of depreciable assets, none of which are components of Adjusted EBITDA. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. Our computations of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. For the foregoing reasons, Adjusted EBITDA has significant limitations which affect its use as an indicator of our profitability and valuation, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, about Excelerate Energy, Inc. ("Excelerate," and together with its subsidiaries "we," "us," "our" or the "Company") and our industry that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding our future results of operations or financial condition, business strategy and plans, expansion plans and strategy, economic conditions, both generally and in particular in the regions in which we operate or plan to operate, objectives of management for future operations, and our share repurchase program, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "consider," "contemplate," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will," or "would," or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions.

You should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this press release primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and operating results. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described under "Risk Factors" in Excelerate's Annual Report on Form 10‐K for the year ended December 31, 2023, our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and those identified in this press release, including, but not limited to, the following: unplanned issues, including time delays, unforeseen expenses, cost inflation, materials or labor shortages, which could result in delayed receipt of payment or existing or anticipated project cancellations; the competitive market for liquefied natural gas ("LNG") regasification services; changes in the supply of and demand for and price of LNG and natural gas and LNG regasification capacity; our need for substantial expenditures to maintain and replace, over the long-term, the operating capacity of our assets; risks associated with conducting business outside of the United States, including political, legal and economic risk; our ability to obtain and maintain approvals and permits from governmental and regulatory agencies with respect to the design, construction and operation of our facilities and provision of our services; our ability to access financing on favorable terms; our debt level and finance lease liabilities, which may limit our flexibility in obtaining additional financing, or refinancing credit facilities upon maturity; our financing agreements, which include financial restrictions and covenants and are secured by certain of our vessels; our ability to enter into or extend contracts with customers and our customers' failure to perform their contractual obligations; our ability to purchase or receive physical delivery of LNG in sufficient quantities to satisfy our delivery and sales obligations under gas sales agreements and/or LNG sales agreements or at attractive prices; our ability to maintain relationships with our existing suppliers, source new suppliers for LNG and critical components of our projects and complete building out our supply chain; the technical complexity of our floating storage and regasification units ("FSRUs") and LNG import terminals and related operational problems; the risks inherent in operating our FSRUs and other LNG infrastructure assets; customer termination rights in our contracts; adverse effects on our operations due to disruption of third-party facilities; infrastructure constraints and community and political group resistance to existing and new LNG and natural gas infrastructure over concerns about the environment, safety and terrorism; shortages of qualified officers and crew impairing our ability to operate or increasing the cost of crewing our vessels; acts of terrorism, war or political or civil unrest; compliance with various international treaties and conventions and national and local environmental, health, safety and maritime conduct laws that affect our operations; and other risks, uncertainties and factors set forth in any of our filings with the SEC. These risks and uncertainties are described more fully in our other filings with the SEC, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. All forward-looking statements are based on assumptions or judgments about future events that may or may not be correct or necessarily take place and that are by their nature subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are outside the control of Excelerate. The occurrence of any such factors, events or circumstances would significantly alter the results set forth in these statements.

Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. For example, the current global economic uncertainty and geopolitical climate, including international wars and conflicts, and world or regional health events, including pandemics and epidemics and governmental and third-party responses thereto, may give rise to risks that are currently unknown or amplify the risks associated with many of the foregoing events or factors. The results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

In addition, statements that "we believe" and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this press release. While we believe that the statements provided herein are supported by information obtained in a reasonable manner, that information may be limited or incomplete. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on these statements.

The forward-looking statements made in this press release relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments.

Excelerate Energy, Inc.

Non-GAAP Reconciliation (Unaudited)

The following table presents a reconciliation of adjusted gross margin to the GAAP financial measures of gross margin for each of the period indicated.

The following table presents a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the GAAP financial measures of net income for each of the period indicated.

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