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Flexible Financing Secured for Two First LNGCs Documentation and closing conditions for $ 315m secured TLF in place before deliveries Flexible financing for playing the recovery cycle in LNGC market No requirement for fixed employment of


  1. Flexible Financing Secured for Two First LNGCs Documentation and closing conditions for $ 315m secured TLF in place before deliveries Flexible financing for playing the recovery cycle in LNGC market • No requirement for fixed employment of vessels • No financial covenants linked to earnings of vessels 2018 Q1- Endeavour Utilized – Financial covenants linked to book equity >25% and 2018 minimum free cash > $15m and 5% NIBD Q1- Enterprise Utilized T otal firm loan commitment of $315m, $105m tranche per vessel 2018 Q2- Ranger • Subject to bank approval, contain certain flexible features: 2018 – Up to $120m accordion, $20m or $40m per vessel in the Q3- Rainbow* event of > 5 yr or > 10 yr TCP respectively 2019 Q2- Constellation** Available for swap – Option to add fourth loan tranche for Flex Rainbow – Option to swap tranche(s) to other newbuildings to avoid 2019 Q3- Courageous** Available for swap unnecessary refinancing costs 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Attractive terms and conditions • Base loan Accordion 5YR Accordion 10YR Interest of Libor+285bps • Loan tenor of approx. 5.4 years (5yr from delivery of Flex Subject bank approval: Ranger) *Option to increase facility with Flex Rainbow ** Option to swap loans to Flex Rainbow/Constellation/Courageous • Loan profile of about 18 years (skewed), but 20 years profile first two years which gives cash break-even of about $ ~40k Minimal remaining financing risk • Sterna undertakes to keep $270m facility in place until 12 months after delivery of Flex Courageous and thereafter facility will be reduced to $30m | 1 1 | 2017 1 | 2017 2018

  2. Evolution of LNGC Financing LNG evolving from utility business to global tradeable commodity business LNG 1. 1.0 LNG 2.0 LNG 3.0 • 1960s to mid 2000s • Mid-2000s - today • Today - Future • Traditional model • Portfolio players • Commoditization of LNG • Point-to-point trade • More portfolio trade • Worldwide opportunistic trade • Back2back contracts 20yr+ • Term contracts (7-15yr) • Short and medium term contracts Utility business MLP business Capital market business • • • • Steam vessels • DFDE/TFDE vessels • Gas injection vessels (MEGI/XDF) • Leverage 80-100% • Leverage 70-80% • Leverage 50-75% • Libor spread yield • MLP yield • ROCE FLEX LNG is finance anced d for the LNG 3.0 model with h flexible xible financin ncing | 2 2 | 2017 2 | 2017 2018

  3. Capital in Scarce Supply for Shipping Sector Reduction in volume for both bank financing as well as capital market products (bonds and public/private equity) • Shipping sector, including LNGC, have historically been “over - banked” which have resulted in relative low historical capital return due to over-investment in new tonnage for most segments • Less available and dearer capital will lead to more capital discipline as well as credit rationing • This structural change is positive for companies like FLEX LNG which can leverage it’s relationship through Geveran/Seatankers to source capital which might not otherwise be available for independent shipping companies Source: Dealogic and Marine Money | 3 3 | 2017 3 | 2017 2018

  4. Thank You | 4 4 | 2017 4 | 2017 2018

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