1、ANNUAL REPORT 20212-SBM OFFSHORE ANNUAL REPORT 2021 NOTES TO THE READERDISCLAIMER This document is the printed/pdf or website version and is not the official annual financial reporting,including the audited financial statements thereto pursuant to article 2:361 of the Dutch Civil Code.The official a
2、nnual financial reporting,including the audited financial statements and the auditors report thereto,are included in the single report package(ESEF package)which can be found in the download center of the 2021 Annual Report website.In case of any discrepancies between this document and the ESEF pack
3、age,the latter prevails.Note that the auditors opinion included in this document does not relate to this document but only to the ESEF package.No rights can be derived from using this document,including the unofficial copy of the auditors report.Our auditors did not determine(nor do they need to)tha
4、t the website version is identical to the official version.MANAGEMENT REPORTThe management report(bestuursverslag)within the meaning of section 2:391 of the Dutch Civil Code comprises of the Chapters Business Environment up to and including Governance(excluding the Report of the Supervisory Board an
5、d the Remuneration Report),section 4.1 of the Chapter Financial Information 2021,and section 5.3 of the Chapter Non-Financial Information.FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Some of the statements contained in this report that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-l
6、ooking statements based on managements current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results,performance,or events to differ materially from those in such statements.These statements may be identified by words such as expect,should,could,