Vantage Drilling Company · OTC:VTGDF

Vantage Drilling — Pareto Securities Oil & Offshore Conference 2011

21 slides from Vantage Drilling's conference presentation, Aug 31, 2011

  1. Slide 1: Pareto Securities Oil & Offshore Conference 2011

    Exhibit 99.1 Pareto Securities Oil & Offshore Conference 2011 August 31, 2011

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    Forward-Looking Statements Some of the statements in this presentation constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not his

  3. Slide 3: Corporate Overview

    Corporate Overview Symbol: VTG (NYSE AMEX) Location: HQ – Houston; Operations – Singapore; Marketing – Dubai Market Cap: $366.2 million Book Value: $713.8 million Enterprise Value: $1.52 billion Employees: > 700 Contract Backlog: $3.0 billion, including rigs under management Owned Fleet: 4 Ultra-Pre

  4. Slide 4: Recent Developments

    Recent Developments Expanded deepwater fleet with order of newbuild drillship Tungsten Explorer for Q2 2013 delivery. Raised ~ $240.0 million with “tack-on” bond offering to refinance term loan and fund drillship down payment. November 15, 2010 - Took delivery of Platinum Explorer – on-time, on budg

  5. Slide 5: Tungsten Explorer

    Tungsten Explorer • Capable of operating in water depths up to 12,000 ft • Total vertical drilling depth of 40,000 ft • Variable deck load of 20,000 tons • Hull measurement of 781 ft long by 137 ft wide • DP3 dynamic positioning system • 1250 short ton hook load, including 9000 hp drawworks • Offlin

  6. Slide 6: Company Highlights

    Company Highlights Premium high-specification drilling units, including four jackup rigs and three drillships Vantage’s modern rigs are capable of drilling to deeper depths and possess enhanced operational Premium Fleet efficiency and technical capabilities, resulting in higher utilization, dayrates

  7. Slide 7: Company Highlights (Cont'd)

    Company Highlights (Cont’d) Construction management arrangements for four ultra-deepwater drillships, DragonQuest, Dalian Developer, Aker Drilling 1 & 2 Construction Supervision and Management of DragonQuest once in service Management Arrangements Approximately $12.0 to $15.0 million per year for th

  8. Slide 8: Singapore Operations and Technical Support – Track Record of Excellence

    Singapore Operations and Technical Support – Track Record of Excellence Completed Projects Current Projects 4 BMC 375 Jackups Dragonquest • Project 99% complete All Delivered On-Time, On Budget – nd • 2 Successful newbuild at DSME • Emerald Driller – December 2008 • Sapphire Driller – July 2009 • Aq

  9. Slide 9: Worldwide Operations

    Worldwide Operations Topaz Driller Contract: Phu Quy(1) Vietnam Houston Contract: Total Malaysia Contract: Petrobras DragonQuest Aquamarine Driller U.S. GOM Dubai Contract: Salamander Vietnam Contract: Petronas Contract: ONGC Carigaili Platinum Explorer Malaysia India Contract: PTT Sapphire Driller

  10. Slide 10: Strong Customer Relationships

    Strong Customer Relationships Key Customers 10

  11. Slide 11: Jackup Fleet

    Jackup Fleet World class assets achieving world class performance – Emerald Driller – Fleet productive time approximately 99% since inception – High-specification jackup fleet meeting today’s challenges: • Faster drilling times • 75’ x 30’ cantilever reach substantially greater • Faster moving times

  12. Slide 12: Fleet Status – Average Drilling Revenue/Day

    Fleet Status – Average Drilling Revenue/Day(1) Ownership 2010 2011 2012 Rig % Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Jackups 2 years at $171,000 Emerald Driller 100% 2 yrs. at $171K $132K 18 mos. at $130K Sapphire Driller 100% 10 mos. at $115.5K 4 mos. at $120K 1 yr at $120K Aquamarine Driller 100% 5 m

  13. Slide 13: Premium Asset Advantage

    Premium Asset Advantage International vs. GOM Jackup Utilization Global Jackup Utilization • Premium jackups (350’ + IC rigs) and ultra-deepwater floater have historically maintained significantly higher utilization levels, particularly during downturns in the energy industry – Operators demand newe

  14. Slide 14: Profile of Global Jackup Fleet

    Profile of Global Jackup Fleet • Capabilities and age – The current worldwide fleet is comprised mostly of older, inefficient rigs – 27% of today’s jackups are mat-supported and/or have less than 200ft of water depth capability – 70% of today’s jackups are 25 years or older – As of February 2011 a t

  15. Slide 15: Global Deepwater Market

    Global Deepwater Market Ultra-Deepwater Rig Supply is Increasing Significantly Deepwater Exploration is a Young, Rapidly Growing Market Demand is Likely to Exceed Rig Supply Despite Newbuilds Source: ODS-Petrodata, DnB NOR 15

  16. Slide 16: Financial Overview

    Financial Overview Balance Sheet ($Millions) December 31, June 30, 2010 2011 Cash and cash equivalents $ 120.4 $ 114.5 Restricted cash 29.0 6.2 Trade receivables 50.2 86.5 Inventory 19.8 22.2 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 11.5 7.3 230.9 236.7 Property and equipment, net 1,718.1 1,803.4 I

  17. Slide 17: Debt Repayment

    Debt Repayment • No near-term maturities provides flexibility • Excess cash flow offers opportunity; alternatively we can buy bonds in the market with excess cash • First call option February 2013 17

  18. Slide 18: Financial Overview

    Financial Overview Run-Rate Financial Potential of Vantage Owned Assets ($Millions, except dayrates) Illustrative Range of Run-Rate Financial Potential • Strong cash flow backlog to cover debt service • Leveraged to upturn in high- specification jackup market (1) Calculations of rig-level EBITDA inc

  19. Slide 19: Significant Upside Valuation Potential

    Significant Upside Valuation Potential Price to Book Value Implied Values – EV/EBITDA Today’s Historical Low Peer Avg. Peer Avg. EBITDA 6.5x 8.5 11.6x $250 million $1.72 $3.44 $6.11 $300 million $2.84 $4.90 $8.10 $350 million $3.96 $6.36 $10.10 Key Drivers Near Term – • Achieve high productive time

  20. Slide 20: Financial Overview

    Financial Overview Historical Financial Information ($ Millions) $140.0 $124.6 $120.9 $120.0 $100.0 $84.9 $80.0 $68.4 $66.9 $58.3 $60.0 $48.2 $42.8 $36.4 $38.6 $40.0 $25.3 $24.6 $22.2 $21.3 $20.0 $16.9 $14.3 $14.2 $9.5 $6.4 $5.0 $0.0 3/31/2009 6/30/2009 9/30/2009 12/31/2009 3/31/2010 6/30/2010 9/30/

  21. Slide 21: Appendix

    Appendix Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA ($Millions) Fiscal Quarter Ended, 6/30/2009 9/30/2009 12/31/2009 3/31/2010 6/30/2010 9/30/2010 12/31/2010 3/31/2011 6/30/2011 Net income (loss) $ 4.0 $ 6.8 $ (4.3) $ 6.0 $ (7.0) $ (33.6) $ (13.0) $ (18.7) $ (40.1) Interest expense, net

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