Excelerate Energy Reports Record Full Year Results for 2025, Provides 2026 Outlook

-- FY 2025 Financial Performance Driven by Jamaica Contribution and Optimization of Global Asset Portfolio --

Excelerate Energy, Inc. (NYSE:EE) (Excelerate or the Company) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Reported Net Income of $39.1 million for the fourth quarter and $167.0 million for the full year 2025

• Reported Adjusted Net Income of $39.7 million for the fourth quarter and $199.3 million for the full year 2025

• Reported Adjusted EBITDA of $112.5 million for the fourth quarter and $449.3 million for the full year 2025

• Commenced LNG cargo deliveries into Bangladesh in January 2026 under the previously announced 15-year LNG Sale and Purchase agreements with QatarEnergy and Petrobangla

• Declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.08 per share, payable on March 26, 2026

CEO COMMENT

"2025 was a defining year for Excelerate Energy, marked by strong execution, reliable operations, and robust financial results," said Steven Kobos, president and CEO of Excelerate. "We delivered record net income and adjusted EBITDA for the year, demonstrating the earnings power of our contracted infrastructure portfolio and the value created through integration."

Kobos continued, "Excelerate is exceptionally well positioned in today's macro environment, where energy security and dependable delivery are paramount. Our scalable LNG and power infrastructure solutions allow us to meet evolving customer needs and extend our presence in both new and existing markets."

"Looking ahead, our focus is on securing new growth opportunities and extending the earnings profile of the business further in the coming years. We remain deliberate in our approach to integrating our assets and deploying capital, with a clear emphasis on long‑term value creation for shareholders."

2026 GUIDANCE

• Full year 2026 Adjusted EBITDA is expected to range between $515 million and $545 million

• Maintenance Capex is expected to range between $100 million and $110 million

• Committed Growth Capital, which is defined as capital allocated and committed to specific investments for previously approved capital projects, is expected to range between $370 million and $400 million

FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Net income and Adjusted EBITDA for the full year 2025 increased as compared to the prior year, primarily due to the contribution from the Jamaica acquisition and increased LNG, gas and power sales opportunities. The increase in net income was partially offset by higher interest expense associated with the Company's 2030 Notes and transition and transaction costs incurred in connection with the Jamaica acquisition.

Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA decreased sequentially from the third quarter primarily due to a full Atlantic basin cargo delivery in third quarter compared to a partial Atlantic basin cargo delivery in the fourth quarter, increased business development expense, timing of operating expenses, and modestly lower LNG, gas, and power direct margin in Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa in the fourth quarter.

KEY COMMERCIAL UPDATES

In January 2026, Excelerate commenced LNG cargo deliveries into Bangladesh under its 15‑year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements with QatarEnergy and Petrobangla. Together, these back-to-back agreements strengthen the reliability of Excelerate's global LNG platform and support the continued expansion of the Company's integrated LNG business.

In January 2026, Hull 3407, which is being constructed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, completed its sea trials and is advancing through final commissioning activities, including gas trials and cryogenic testing, ahead of expected delivery in the second quarter. This construction milestone is an important next step as Excelerate continues to prepare the vessel for delivery and deployment to the integrated LNG import terminal in Iraq.

In October 2025, Excelerate executed a definitive commercial agreement with a subsidiary of Iraq's Ministry of Electricity for the development of the country's first LNG import terminal at the Port of Khor Al Zubair. The integrated project includes a five‑year agreement for regasification services and LNG supply with extension options, and a minimum contracted offtake of 250 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d). Engineering and procurement activities are underway and site mobilization has commenced. Commercial operations are on track to commence in the third quarter of 2026, subject to final permitting, construction timelines, and other contractual provisions.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of December 31, 2025, Excelerate had $538.2 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and the Company had no letters of credit under its revolving credit facility. All of the $500 million of capacity under the revolving credit facility was available for borrowings as of December 31, 2025.

QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND UPDATE

On February 19, 2026, Excelerate's Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend equal to $0.08 per share, or $0.32 per share on an annualized basis, of Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on March 26, 2026, to Class A common stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 11, 2026.

2026 FINANCIAL OUTLOOK

The Company expects Adjusted EBITDA to range between $515 million and $545 million for the full year 2026. Maintenance Capex for 2026 is expected to range between $100 million and $110 million. Committed Growth Capital is expected to range between $370 million and $400 million. The full year committed growth capital range is largely comprised of costs related to the final payment for Hull 3407 and costs associated with the integrated terminal project in Iraq.

Actual results may differ materially from the Company's outlook as a result of, among other things, the factors described under "Forward-Looking Statements" below.

INVESTOR CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

The Excelerate management team will host a conference call for investors and analysts at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (7:30 a.m. Central Time) on Thursday, February 26, 2026. Investors are invited to access a live webcast of the conference call via the Investor Relations page on the Company's website at www.excelerateenergy.com. An archived replay of the call and a copy of the presentation will be on the website following the call.

ABOUT EXCELERATE ENERGY

Excelerate Energy, Inc. is a U.S.-based LNG company located in The Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate is changing the way the world accesses cleaner forms of energy by providing integrated services along the LNG-to-power value chain with an objective of delivering rapid-to-market and reliable LNG solutions to customers. The Company offers a full range of services from floating LNG regasification terminals to downstream infrastructure development to LNG supply and power generation. Excelerate has a presence in Abu Dhabi, Antwerp, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chattogram, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hanoi, Helsinki, Jamaica, Karachi, London, Rio de Janeiro, Singapore, Washington, D.C., and Wilhelmshaven. For more information, please visit www.excelerateenergy.com.

USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

The Company reports financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). Included in this press release are certain financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with GAAP. They are designed to supplement, and not substitute, Excelerate's financial information presented in accordance with GAAP. The non-GAAP measures as defined by Excelerate may not be comparable to similar non-GAAP measures presented by other companies, and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information. The presentation of such measures, which may include adjustments to exclude non-recurring items, should not be construed as an inference that Excelerate's future results, cash flows or leverage will be unaffected by other non-recurring items. Management believes that the following non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with additional useful information in evaluating the Company's performance and valuation. See the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measure, including those measures presented as part of the Company's 2026 Financial Outlook, in the section titled "Non-GAAP Reconciliation" below.

Adjusted Gross Margin

The Company uses Adjusted Gross Margin, a non-GAAP financial measure, which it defines as revenues less cost of LNG, gas and power and operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, to measure its operational financial performance. Management believes Adjusted Gross Margin is useful because it provides insight into profitability and true operating performance excluding the implications of the historical cost basis of the Company's assets.

Adjusted Net Income

The Company uses Adjusted Net Income, a non-GAAP financial measure, which it defines as net income plus tax-effected transition and transaction expenses. Management believes Adjusted Net Income is useful because it provides insight into profitability excluding the impact of non-recurring charges related to the Jamaica acquisition.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure included as a supplemental disclosure because management believes it is a useful indicator of the Company's operating performance. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, accretion, non-cash long-term incentive compensation expense and items such as charges and non-recurring expenses that management does not consider as part of assessing ongoing operating performance.

The Company adjusts net income for the items listed above to arrive at Adjusted EBITDA because these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within its industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the method by which the assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income as determined in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of the Company's operating performance or liquidity. This measure has limitations as certain excluded items are significant components in understanding and assessing a company's financial performance, such as a company's cost of capital and tax structure, as well as the historic costs of depreciable assets, none of which are components of Adjusted EBITDA. The Company's presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that its results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. For the foregoing reasons, Adjusted EBITDA has significant limitations that affect its use as an indicator of the Company's profitability and valuation.

Adjusted Earnings Per Share

The Company uses Adjusted Earnings Per Share ("EPS"), a non-GAAP financial measure, which it defines as diluted EPS plus the per share impact of its tax-effected transition and transaction expenses. Management believes Adjusted EPS is useful because it provides insight on per share profitability excluding the impact of non-recurring charges related to the Jamaica acquisition.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, about Excelerate and our industry that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including, without limitation, statements regarding: the commercial agreement for the development of Iraq's first LNG import terminal, including the expected timeline and benefits to Excelerate; our future results of operations or financial condition, including our 2026 outlook, business strategy and plans, expansion plans and strategy; economic conditions, both generally and in particular in the regions in which we operate or plan to operate; the delivery and use of the new FSRU, Hull 3407; plans for the reliquefaction unit on the floating regasification terminal Experience; and projections regarding annual results, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "consider," "contemplate," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "target," "will" or "would" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions.

You should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this press release primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and operating results. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described under "Risk Factors" in Excelerate's Annual Report on Form 10‐K for the year ended December 31, 2024, our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and those identified in this press release, including, but not limited to, the following: unplanned issues, including time delays, unforeseen expenses, cost inflation, materials or labor shortages, which could result in delayed project startup receipt of payment or existing or anticipated project cancellation; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Jamaica acquisition, and our ability to manage integration risks of the Jamaica acquisition including expected accretion to earnings per share and the expected increase to our operating cash flow; the competitive market for LNG regasification services; changes in the supply of and demand for and price of LNG and natural gas and LNG regasification capacity; our need for substantial expenditures to maintain and replace, over the long-term, the operating capacity of our assets; risks associated with conducting business outside of the United States, including political, legal and economic risk; our ability to obtain and maintain approvals and permits from governmental and regulatory agencies with respect to the design, construction and operation of our facilities and provision of our services; our ability to access financing on favorable terms; our debt level and finance lease liabilities, which may limit our flexibility in obtaining additional financing, or refinancing credit facilities upon maturity; our financing agreements, which include financial restrictions and covenants and are secured by certain of our floating regasification terminals; our ability to enter into or extend contracts with customers and our customers' failure to perform their contractual obligations; our ability to purchase or receive physical delivery of LNG in sufficient quantities to satisfy our delivery and sales obligations or at attractive prices; our ability to maintain relationships with our existing suppliers, source new suppliers for LNG and critical components of our projects and complete building out our supply chain; the technical complexity of our infrastructure assets; the risks inherent in operating our infrastructure assets; customer termination rights in our contracts; adverse effects on our operations due to disruption of third-party facilities; infrastructure constraints and community and political group resistance to existing and new LNG and natural gas infrastructure over concerns about the environment, safety and terrorism; shortages of qualified officers and crew impairing our ability to operate or increasing the cost of crewing our floating regasification terminals; acts of terrorism, war or political or civil unrest; compliance with various international treaties and conventions and national and local environmental, health, safety and maritime conduct laws that affect our operations; and other risks, uncertainties and factors set forth in any of our filings with the SEC. These risks and uncertainties are described more fully in our other filings with the SEC, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. All forward-looking statements are based on assumptions or judgments about future events that may or may not be correct or necessarily take place and that are by their nature subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are outside the control of Excelerate. The occurrence of any such factors, events or circumstances would significantly alter the results set forth in these statements.

Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. For example, the current global economic uncertainty and geopolitical climate, including trade and tariff developments, wars and conflicts, and world or regional health events, including pandemics and epidemics and governmental and third-party responses thereto, may give rise to risks that are currently unknown or amplify the risks associated with many of the foregoing events or factors. The results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

In addition, statements that "we believe" and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this press release. While we believe that we have a reasonable basis for the forward-looking statements contained herein, such information may be limited or incomplete. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on these statements.

The forward-looking statements made in this press release relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments.

Note: We have not reconciled the Adjusted EBITDA outlook to net income, the most comparable measure, because it is not possible to estimate, without unreasonable effort, our income taxes with the level of required precision. Accordingly, we have reconciled these non-GAAP measures to our estimated income before taxes.

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