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New York - May 14, 2025 New Fortress Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: NFE) ("NFE" or the "Company") today announced the completion of the sale of its assets and operations in Jamaica to Excelerate Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EE) ("Excelerate") for $1.055 billion. The transaction was initially announced by NFE on March 27, 2025. Proceeds from the transaction will be used to reduce NFE's corporate debt and for general corporate purposes. Pursuant to the transaction, Excelerate Energy, Inc. has acquired full ownership of NFE's LNG import terminal in Montego Bay, offshore floating storage and regasification terminal in Old Harbour, and 150 MW Combined Heat and Power Plant in Clarendon, along with the associated infrastructure. "The closing of the sale of our Jamaican assets to Excelerate is a significant milestone for the Company as we streamline our operations and paydown corporate debt through asset sales," said Wes Edens, Chairman and CEO of New Fortress Energy. "NFE has made a positive impact on Jamaica's energy transition, and we are proud of the contributions our world class employees and assets have made in improving energy costs and reliability on the island. We are confident that Excelerate will continue NFE's vision of providing reliable and cost-effective energy to Jamaica and continue to drive substantial progress towards improving Jamaica's energy future." The Company today also reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2025. • Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $82 million in the first quarter of 2025 • Net loss of $197 million in the first quarter of 2025 • EPS of $(0.73) on a fully diluted basis in the first quarter of 2025 • Total cash balance of $827 million, of which $448 million is unrestricted as of March 31, 2025
We have a number of notable one time events such as the FEMA claim, FSRU sub charters, and the Genera incentive payment that we expect will boost remaining earnings through 2025. We expect our core earnings to increase as our developments in Brazil, Nicaragua and expansions in Puerto Rico, come online(3). In Brazil, we have continued to make great progress on our power plant developments, with our 624 MW CELBA plant ~95% complete(3), and the adjacent PortoCem power plant that is over 50% complete(3). Both projects are on-time and on-budget and we expect to start generating earnings from the CELBA power plant in the third quarter of this year. These developments are fully funded with asset-level debt already in place. Our Fast LNG asset has been fully commissioned, and we are in the process of increasing available liquefaction capacity through optimization projects. We have just announced the closing of the sale of our Jamaican assets and operations to Excelerate Energy, Inc. for $1.055 billion, highlighting our near term focus on asset sales and corporate debt reduction. We've committed to use the proceeds of this transaction to pay down $270 million of our Revolving Credit Facility, and pay down $55 million of our Term Loan A facility, with remaining proceeds going to cash on our balance sheet. Following the sale of our Jamaica business, our plan is to simplify our balance sheet with a potential asset based financing with a similar structure to other liquefier financings and using our robust portfolio of LNG terminals and long term LNG supply and downstream demand contracts. Full report About New Fortress Energy Inc. New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) is a global energy infrastructure company founded to address energy poverty and accelerate the world's transition to reliable, affordable, and clean energy. The Company owns and operates natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure and an integrated fleet of ships and logistics assets to rapidly deliver turnkey energy solutions to global markets. Collectively, the Company's assets and operations reinforce global energy security, enable economic growth, enhance environmental stewardship and transform local industries and communities around the world. New Fortress Energy Inc. - press release 
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