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Bristow Group Inc.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 7, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 7, 2025

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION, CONSOLIDATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Bristow Group Inc. and its consolidated entities. Unless the context otherwise indicates, any references to the “Company”, “Bristow”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Bristow Group Inc. and its consolidated entities.

The condensed consolidated financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, has been prepared by the Company in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for interim financial information reporting on Quarterly Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from that which would appear in the annual consolidated financial statements. The condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Bristow Group Inc., its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and entities that meet the criteria of variable interest entities of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.

Accounting Estimates

The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions; however, they include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), the condensed consolidated balance sheet, the condensed consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Operating results for the interim period presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year.

Reclassification

Certain amounts reported for prior periods in the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the current period’s presentation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Company considers the applicability and impact of all Accounting Standard Updates (“ASUs”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). ASUs not listed within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q were assessed and determined as either not applicable or not material to the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), requiring a footnote disclosure about specific expenses by requiring public business entities to disaggregate, in a tabular presentation, each relevant expense caption on the face of the income statement that includes purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization. The tabular disclosure would also include certain other expenses, when applicable. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 (as amended in the FASB update in January 2025 in ASU 2025-01). The Company is evaluating the potential impact of the adoption of this ASU on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 2. REVENUES

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s customers are primarily major integrated, national and independent offshore energy companies and government agencies. Revenues are generally recognized when the Company satisfies its performance obligations by providing aviation services to its customers in exchange for consideration. The Company disaggregates its revenues by operating segment.

Revenues by Segment. Revenues earned by each segment for the periods reflected in the table below were as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Offshore energy services(1)$239,785$229,895
Government services85,94382,172
Other services24,80225,027
Total revenues$350,530$337,094

(1)Includes revenues of approximately $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, related to fixed wing revenues in Africa that were previously classified in Other Services.

Deferred revenues are primarily generated by fixed wing services where customers pay for tickets in advance of receiving the Company’s services and advanced payments from helicopter services customers. The Company’s current deferred revenues are recorded under current liabilities and the Company’s long-term deferred revenues are recorded in other liabilities and deferred credits on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s deferred revenues were as follows (in thousands):

March 31,2025December 31,2024
Short-term$23,348$15,186
Long-term10,0508,385
Total deferred revenues$33,398$23,571

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, revenues recognized that had previously been deferred were $5.7 million and $7.3 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, the Company anticipates recognizing long-term deferred revenues of approximately $3.1 million in 2026, $4.4 million in 2027, $0.9 million in 2028, $0.3 million in 2029 and $1.3 million thereafter.

Note 3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company owns a 25% voting interest and a 40% economic interest in Cougar Helicopters Inc. (“Cougar”), an aviation services provider in Canada. The remaining 75% voting interest and 60% economic interest in Cougar are owned by VIH Aviation Group Ltd. (“VIH”). Due to common ownership of Cougar, the Company considers VIH a related party.

The Company and VIH lease certain aircraft and facilities and from time to time purchase inventory from one another. Revenues from and payments to related parties for the periods reflected in the table below were as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Revenues from related parties$6,856$7,121
Payments to related parties$1,647$1,086

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, receivables from related parties included in accounts receivable, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets were $3.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

Note 4. DEBT

Debt as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 consisted of the following (in thousands):

March 31,2025December 31,2024
6.875% Senior Notes$395,960$395,610
UKSAR Debt201,988200,273
IRCG Debt104,00093,900
Total debt701,948689,783
Less short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt(19,184)(18,614)
Total long-term debt$682,764$671,169

6.875% Senior Notes— In February 2021, the Company issued $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.875% senior secured notes due March 2028 (the “6.875% Senior Notes”) and received net proceeds of $395.0 million. The 6.875% Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment by a number of subsidiaries. Interest on the 6.875% Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 st and September 1 st of each year. The 6.875% Senior Notes may be redeemed at any time and from time to time, with sufficient notice and at the applicable redemption prices set forth in the indenture governing the 6.875% Senior Notes, inclusive of any accrued and unpaid interest leading up to the redemption date. The indenture governing the 6.875% Senior Notes contains covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase or redeem the Company’s capital stock, prepay, redeem or repurchase certain debt, make loans and investments, sell assets, incur liens, enter into transactions with affiliates, enter into agreements restricting its subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends, and consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets. In addition, upon a specified change of control trigger event, the Company must make an offer to repurchase each noteholder’s notes at an offer price of 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had $4.0 million and $4.4 million, respectively, of unamortized deferred financing fees associated with the 6.875% Senior Notes.

UKSAR Debt— During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company made principal payments of $4.8 million and $3.3 million, respectively, related to itstwo thirteen-year secured equipment financings for an aggregate amount up to £145 million with National Westminster Bank Plc as arranger, agent and security trustee (“UKSAR Debt”). As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had unamortized deferred financing fees associated with the UKSAR Debt of $9.0 million and $9.1 million, respectively.

IRCG Debt— During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company drew approximately $5.8 million (€5.6 million) under this facility. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had unamortized deferred financing fees of $2.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, associated with its long-term equipment financing for an aggregate amount of up to €100.0 million with National Westminster Bank Plc as the original lender and UK Export Finance guaranteeing 80% of the facility (“IRCG Debt”).

ABL Facility — The Company’s asset-backed revolving credit facility (the “ABL Facility”) provides that amounts borrowed under the ABL Facility (i) are secured by certain accounts receivable owing to the borrower subsidiaries and the deposit accounts into which payments on such accounts receivable are deposited, and (ii) are fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment by the Company, as a parent guarantor, and each of Bristow Norway AS, Bristow Helicopters Limited (“BHL”), Bristow U.S. LLC and Era Helicopters, LLC. As of March 31, 2025, the ABL Facility provided for commitments in an aggregate amount of $85.0 million with the ability to increase the total commitments up to a maximum aggregate amount of $120.0 million, subject to the terms and conditions therein.

As of March 31, 2025, there wereno outstanding borrowings under the ABL Facility nor had the Company made any draws during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Letters of credit issued under the ABL Facility in the aggregate face amount of $8.8 million were outstanding as of March 31, 2025.

Note 5. FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES

Authoritative guidance on fair value measurements provides a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value, giving the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 inputs) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). The fair values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these items.

The Company’s debt was measured at fair value using Level 2 inputs based on estimated current rates for similar types of arrangements using discounted cash flow analysis. Considerable judgment was required in developing certain of the estimates of fair value, and, accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange.

The carrying and fair values of the Company’s debt were as follows (in thousands):

CarryingAmountLevel 1Level 2Level 3
LIABILITIES
6.875% Senior Notes(1)$395,960$—$395,928$—
UKSAR Debt(2)201,988—206,165—
IRCG Debt(3)104,000—106,040—
$701,948$—$708,133$—
LIABILITIES
6.875% Senior Notes(1)$395,610$—$397,872$—
UKSAR Debt(2)200,273—205,545—
IRCG Debt(3)93,900—95,912—
$689,783$—$699,329$—

(1)As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying values of unamortized deferred financing fees related to the 6.875% Senior Notes were $4.0 million and $4.4 million, respectively.

(2)As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying values of unamortized deferred financing fees related to the UKSAR Debt were $9.0 million and $9.1 million, respectively.

(3)As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the carrying value of unamortized deferred financing fees related to the IRCG Debt was $2.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively.

Note 6. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

From time to time, the Company may use derivatives to partially offset its business exposure to foreign currency risks on expected future cash flows. The Company enters into master netting arrangements to mitigate credit risk in derivative transactions by permitting net settlement of transactions with the same counterparty. The Company does not offset fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments under master netting arrangements. The derivative agreements do not contain credit-risk-related contingent features. There are no amounts of related financial collateral received or pledged. The Company does not use any of its derivative instruments for speculative or trading purposes.

Cash Flow Hedges

The Company may use foreign exchange options or forward contracts to hedge a portion of its forecasted foreign currency denominated transactions. To receive hedge accounting treatment, all hedging relationships are formally documented at the inception of the hedge, and the hedges must be highly effective in offsetting changes to future cash flows on hedged transactions.

These foreign exchange hedge contracts, carried at fair value, have maturities of up to approximately 9 months. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, total notional amounts of outstanding cash flow hedges were $46.7 million and $82.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, less than $0.1 million of estimated net losses will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings within the next 12 months. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were no net gains or losses recognized in earnings relating to hedges of forecasted transactions that did not occur.

The Company’s derivative assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the Company’s derivatives is based on valuation methods which project future cash flows and discount the future amounts to present value using market-based observable inputs, including interest rate curves and foreign currency rates. The fair value of derivative instruments on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows, presented on a gross basis (in thousands):

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Fair Value Asset DerivativesFair Value Liability DerivativesFair Value Asset DerivativesFair Value Liability Derivatives
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Foreign exchange forward contracts$183$185$1,351$1,871

Note 7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Capital Commitments - Fleet

The Company’s unfunded capital commitments as of March 31, 2025 consisted primarily of agreements to purchase helicopters and totaled $169.2 million, payable beginning in 2025.

Included in these commitments are orders to purchase seven AW189 heavy helicopters, two AW139 medium helicopters andfive AW169 light twin helicopters. The AW139 helicopters are scheduled to be delivered in 2025, and the AW189 helicopters are scheduled to be delivered in 2025 and 2026. Delivery dates for the AW169 helicopters have yet to be determined. In addition, the Company has outstanding options to purchase up toten additional AW189 helicopters andten additional H135 helicopters. If these options are exercised, the AW189 helicopters would be scheduled for delivery between 2026 and 2028, and the H135 helicopters would be scheduled for delivery between 2027 and 2028. The Company may, from time to time, purchase aircraft for which it has no orders.

The Company may terminate $34.0 million of its unfunded capital commitments without further liability other than aggregate liquidated damages of approximately $1.1 million.

General Litigation and Disputes

The Company operates in jurisdictions internationally where it is subject to risks that include government action to obtain additional tax revenues. In a number of these jurisdictions, political unrest, the lack of well-developed legal systems and legislation that is not clear enough in its wording to determine the ultimate application, can make it difficult to determine whether legislation may impact the Company’s earnings until such time as a clear court or other ruling exists. The Company operates in jurisdictions currently where amounts may be due to governmental bodies that the Company is not currently recording liabilities for as it is unclear how broad or narrow legislation may ultimately be interpreted. The Company believes that payment of amounts in these instances is not probable at this time, but is reasonably possible.

In the normal course of business, the Company is involved in various litigation matters including, among other things, claims by third parties for alleged property damages and personal injuries. Management has used estimates in determining the Company’s potential exposure to these matters and has recorded reserves in its condensed consolidated financial statements related thereto as appropriate. It is possible that a change in its estimates related to these exposures could occur, but the Company does not expect such changes in estimated costs or uninsured losses, if any, would have a material effect on its business, consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Note 8. INCOME TAXES

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $10.2 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 27.1%, and income tax expense of $2.5 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of 27.4%, respectively.

The effective tax rate during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was impacted by the Company’s global mix of earnings in the current year and deductible business interest expense, partially offset by the recognition of certain deferred tax assets. The effective tax rate during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was impacted by the Company’s global mix of earnings, adjustments to valuation allowances against future realization of losses and deductible business interest expense, partially offset by the recognition of certain deferred tax assets.

Note 9. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table shows the changes in balances for accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (in thousands):

Currency Translation AdjustmentsPension Liability Adjustments(1)Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges(2)Total
Balance as of December 31, 2024$(49,903)$(43,367)$(399)$(93,669)
Other comprehensive income11,119—61111,730
Reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss—4(93)(89)
Income tax expense——(48)(48)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)11,119447011,593
Foreign exchange rate impact1,328(1,328)——
Balance as of March 31, 2025$(37,456)$(44,691)$71$(82,076)

(1)Reclassification of amounts related to pension liability adjustments included as a component of net periodic pension cost.

(2)Reclassification of amounts related to cash flow hedges included as operating expenses.

Note 10. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Company’s basic earnings (losses) per common share are computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the relevant period. Diluted earnings (losses) per common share of the Company are computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding, inclusive of the effect of potentially dilutive securities (such as options to purchase common shares and restricted stock units and awards which were outstanding during the period but were anti-dilutive) through the application of the treasury method and/or the if-converted method, when applicable. The following table shows the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Income:
Net income attributable to Bristow Group Inc.$27,359$6,605
Shares of common stock:
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding – basic28,66728,332
Net effect of dilutive stock1,200907
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding – diluted(1)29,86729,239
Earnings per common share - basic$0.95$0.23
Earnings per common share - diluted$0.92$0.23

(1)Excludes weighted average shares of common stock of 42,511 and 111,233 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, for certain share awards as the effect of their inclusion would have been antidilutive.

Note 11. SEGMENTS

The Company hasthree reportable segments: Offshore Energy Services, Government Services and Other Services. The Offshore Energy Services segment provides aviation services to, from and between offshore energy installations globally. The Government Services segment provides search and rescue (“SAR”) and support helicopter services to government agencies globally. The Other Services segment is primarily comprised of fixed wing services, dry-leasing of aircraft to third-party operators and part sales. Corporate includes unallocated overhead costs that are not directly associated with the Company’s reportable segments. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who is the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), uses segment operating income, in addition to other measures, to assess segment performance and allocate resources.

Financial information by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 is summarized below (in thousands):

Offshore Energy ServicesGovernment ServicesOther ServicesCorporateConsolidated
Revenues$239,785$85,943$24,802$—$350,530
Less:
Personnel56,76624,4736,072—87,311
Repairs and maintenance46,90711,3613,047—61,315
Insurance4,0292,437368—6,834
Fuel12,7022,0824,091—18,875
Leased-in equipment14,9339,6931,423—26,049
Other segment costs37,65612,8716,274—56,801
Total operating expenses172,99362,91721,275—257,185
General and administrative expenses23,2599,7291,5958,51743,100
Depreciation and amortization expense6,8707,2862,55413116,841
Total costs and expenses203,12279,93225,4248,648317,126
Losses on disposal of assets———(558)(558)
Earnings from unconsolidated affiliates702———702
Operating income (loss)$37,365$6,011$(622)$(9,206)$33,548
Offshore Energy ServicesGovernment ServicesOther ServicesCorporateConsolidated
Revenues$229,895$82,172$25,027$—$337,094
Less:
Personnel56,27721,5766,345—84,198
Repairs and maintenance50,81012,2042,709—65,723
Insurance4,3891,981281—6,651
Fuel15,2802,1034,251—21,634
Leased-in equipment15,5549,5051,180—26,239
Other segment costs36,1719,8114,628—50,610
Total operating expenses178,48157,18019,394—255,055
General and administrative expenses24,4128,8841,8908,16143,347
Depreciation and amortization expense7,2226,8182,86526417,169
Total costs and expenses210,11572,88224,1498,425315,571
Losses on disposal of assets———(113)(113)
Earnings from unconsolidated affiliates1,419———1,419
Operating income (loss)$21,199$9,290$878$(8,538)$22,829

Reconciliation of consolidated income (loss) before taxes for the periods reflected below were as follows:

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Operating income (loss):
Offshore Energy Services$37,365$21,199
Government Services6,0119,290
Other Services(622)878
Corporate(9,206)(8,538)
Total operating income33,54822,829
Interest income2,1181,984
Interest expense, net(9,490)(9,472)
Other, net11,388(6,201)
Total other income (expense), net4,016(13,689)
Income before income taxes$37,564$9,140

Total depreciation and amortization expense by segment for the periods reflected below were as follows:

Offshore Energy ServicesGovernment ServicesOther ServicesCorporateConsolidated
Depreciation and amortization expense$6,870$7,286$2,554$131$16,841
PBH amortization(1)2,879422105—3,406
Total depreciation and amortization expense$9,749$7,708$2,659$131$20,247
Depreciation and amortization expense$7,222$6,818$2,865$264$17,169
PBH amortization(1)3,060498168—3,726
Total depreciation and amortization expense$10,282$7,316$3,033$264$20,895

(1) Included within operating expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Capital expenditures by segment for the periods reflected below were as follows:

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Offshore Energy Services$22,695$1,719
Government Services28,48659,531
Other Services8793,312
Total capital expenditures$52,060$64,562

Segment assets consisting of property and equipment (excluding construction in progress), net of accumulated depreciation and right of use (“ROU”) assets, are reflected below for the periods indicated:

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Offshore Energy Services$595,556$596,687
Government Services452,380433,721
Other Services61,34462,746
Total segment assets$1,109,280$1,093,154
Corporate2,9113,156
Construction-in-progress266,214244,181
Total long-lived assets$1,378,405$1,340,491
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