This Form 10-Q includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements concern management's expectations, strategic objectives, business prospects, anticipated economic performance and financial condition and other similar matters and involve significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements discussed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Certain of these risks, uncertainties and other important factors are discussed in the Risk Factors and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the Company's 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K and this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. However, it should be understood that it is not possible to identify or predict all such risks, uncertainties and factors, and others may arise from time to time. All of these forward-looking statements constitute the Company's cautionary statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "believe," "plan," "target," "forecast" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are made. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to provide any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which the forward-looking statement is based. It is advisable, however, to consult any further disclosures the Company makes on related subjects in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The following Management's Discussion and Analysis (the "MD&A") is intended to help the reader understand the Company's financial condition and results of operations. The MD&A is provided as a supplement to and should be read in conjunction with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained in the 2022 Annual Report.

Overview

The Company provides global marine and support transportation services to offshore energy facilities worldwide. As of March 31, 2023, the Company operated a diverse fleet of 59 support vessels, of which 57 were owned or leased-in, and two were managed on behalf of unaffiliated third parties. The primary users of the Company's services are major integrated national and international oil companies, independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, oil field service and construction companies, as well as offshore wind farm operators and offshore wind farm installation and maintenance companies.

The Company operates and manages a diverse fleet of offshore support vessels that (i) deliver cargo and personnel to offshore installations, including offshore wind farms, (ii) assist offshore operations for production and storage facilities, (iii) provide construction, well work-over, offshore wind farm installation and decommissioning support, (iv) carry and launch equipment used underwater in drilling and well installation, maintenance, inspection and repair and (v) handle anchors and mooring equipment for offshore rigs and platforms. Additionally, the Company's vessels provide emergency response services and accommodations for technicians and specialists.

The Company operates its fleet in four principal geographic regions: the U.S., primarily in the Gulf of Mexico; Africa and Europe; the Middle East and Asia; and Latin America, primarily in Mexico and Guyana. The Company's vessels are highly mobile and regularly and routinely move between countries within a geographic region. In addition, the Company's vessels are redeployed among geographic regions, subject to flag restrictions, as changes in market conditions dictate.

Significant items affecting our results of operations

The number and type of vessels operated, their rates per day worked and their utilization levels are the key determinants of the Company's operating results and cash flows. Unless a vessel is cold-stacked, there is little reduction in daily running costs for the vessels and, consequently, operating margins are most sensitive to changes


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in rates per day worked and utilization. The Company manages its fleet utilizing a global network of shore side support, administrative and finance personnel.

Offshore oil and natural gas market conditions are highly volatile. Prices deteriorated beginning in the second half of 2014 and continued to deteriorate when oil prices hit a 13-year low of less than $27 per barrel (on the New York Mercantile Exchange) in February 2016. Oil prices experienced unprecedented volatility during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the related effects on the global economy, with the price per barrel going negative for a short period of time. Oil prices have steadily increased since the lows hit at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and hit a multi-year high of $122 per barrel at points during 2022 primarily as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as well as the related economic sanctions and economic uncertainty but have recently decreased to the $75 per barrel range.

While the Company has experienced difficult market conditions over the past few years due to low and volatile oil and natural gas prices and the focus of oil and natural gas producing companies on cost and capital spending budget reductions, the increases since the lows experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in oil and natural gas prices has led to an increase in utilization, day rates and customer inquiries about potential new charters.

Low oil prices and the subsequent decline in offshore exploration have forced many operators in the industry to restructure or liquidate assets. The Company continues to closely monitor the delivery of newly built offshore support vessels to the industry-wide fleet, which in the recent past contributed to an oversaturated market, thereby further lowering the demand for the Company's existing offshore support vessel fleet. A combination of (i) low customer exploration and drilling activity levels, and (ii) excess supply of offshore support vessels whether from laid up fleets or newly built vessels could, in isolation or together, have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows and growth prospects.

Certain macro drivers somewhat independent of oil and natural gas prices may support the Company's business, including: (i) underspending by oil and natural gas producers during the recent industry downturn leading to pent up demand for maintenance and growth capital expenditures; (ii) improved extraction technologies; and (iii) the need for offshore wind farms support as the industry grows. While the Company expects that alternative forms of energy will continue to grow and add to the world's energy mix, especially as governments, supranational groups and various other parties focus on climate change causes and concerns, the Company believes that for the foreseeable future demand for gasoline and oil will be sustained, as will demand for electricity from natural gas. Some alternative forms of energy such as offshore wind farms support some of the Company's businesses and the Company expects such support to increase as development of renewable energy expands.

The Company adheres to a strategy of cold-stacking vessels (removing from active service) during periods of weak utilization in order to reduce the daily running costs of operating the fleet, primarily personnel, repairs and maintenance costs, as well as to defer some drydocking costs into future periods. The Company considers various factors in determining which vessels to cold-stack, including upcoming dates for regulatory vessel inspections and related docking requirements. The Company may maintain class certification on certain cold-stacked vessels, thereby incurring some drydocking costs while cold-stacked. Cold-stacked vessels are returned to active service when market conditions improve, or management anticipates improvement, typically leading to increased costs for drydocking, personnel, repair and maintenance in the periods immediately preceding the vessels' return to active service. Depending on market conditions, vessels with similar characteristics and capabilities may be rotated between active service and cold-stack. On an ongoing basis, the Company reviews its cold-stacked vessels to determine if any should be designated as retired and removed from service based on the vessel's physical condition, the expected costs to reactivate and restore class certification, if any, and its viability to operate within current and projected market conditions. As of March 31, 2023, two of the Company's 57 owned and leased-in vessels were cold-stacked worldwide.


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Recent Developments

SEACOR Marine Foreign Holdings Credit Facility. On March 2, 2023, the Company and SMFH entered into Amendment No. 7 ("SMFH Amendment No. 7") to that certain Second Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of September 29, 2022, issued by the Company in favor of DNB Bank ASA, New York Branch, as security trustee (the "Second A&R SMFH Credit Facility Guaranty") in connection with that certain senior secured loan facility with a syndicate of lenders administered by DNB Bank ASA, New York Branch, dated as of September 26, 2018 and as amended from time to time (the "SMFH Credit Facility"). SMFH Amendment No. 7 extends the date through which the Company is required to maintain an interest coverage ratio of 1.50:1.00 (as calculated in accordance with the Second A&R SMFH Credit Facility Guaranty) from December 31, 2022 to June 30, 2023. As of the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter, the interest coverage ratio is required to be at least 2.00:1.00.

SEACOR Offshore OSV. On December 22, 2022, SEACOR Offshore OSV LLC ("SEACOR Offshore OSV"), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Marine, and certain vessel-owning subsidiaries of SEACOR Offshore OSV, entered into Amendment No. 8 ("Amendment No. 8") to that certain second amended and restated credit facility agreement with DNB Capital LLC and Comerica Bank, as lenders, and administered by DNB Bank ASA, New York Branch, dated as of December 31, 2021 (as amended from time to time, the "SEACOR OSV Credit Facility"), and in connection with which SEACOR Marine previously entered into a Guaranty, dated as of December 31, 2021, in favor of DNB Bank ASA, New York Branch, as security trustee.

Amendment No. 8 provides for, among other things, the division of the loans under the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility into two tranches of debt, Class A Debt (as defined in the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility) deemed loaned under the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility by DNB Capital LLC in an amount of approximately $10.9 million as of the date of the amendment, and Class B Debt (as defined in the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility) deemed loaned under the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility by Comerica Bank in an amount of approximately $5.6 million as of the date of the amendment. In addition, pursuant to Amendment No. 8, (a) the Final Payment Date (as defined in the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility) of the Class A Debt was extended from December 31, 2023 to March 31, 2026, (b) the Margin (as defined in the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility) of the Class A Debt was increased from 4.68% per annum to 4.75% per annum, and (c) the amortization profile of the Credit Facility was amended such that the borrowers thereunder are required to pay $500,000 per quarter up to and including the quarter ending on December 31, 2023 (at which point all amounts outstanding under the Class B Debt shall become due and payable), and $330,450 per quarter thereafter up to and including March 31, 2026. The Class B Debt maintains substantially the same terms and conditions under the SEACOR OSV Credit Facility as it had prior to Amendment No. 8.


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