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Company statement further to the article published by Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland on February 4th.
4 February 2015
The article contains no new information.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor (OM) conducted an investigation and on the basis of that, the OM and SBM Offshore concluded the settlement that was announced on 12 November 2014. Through its statement of today, the OM, responding to the article, stated that the article contains no new information and reiterated that the OM drew its conclusions from a thorough facts based investigation.
The company made public that it would pursue an internal investigation and opened its books to forensic investigators and the authorities before Mr Taylor contacted the press. Last fall, SBM filed criminal charges against Mr Taylor in Monaco. Earlier this week, a representative of SBM gave a statement concerning the charges to the investigating judge, who indicated he would like to hear Mr. Taylor.
The investigation of the OM established, through means inaccessible to SBM Offshore that payments were made from the Company’s Brazilian agent to Brazilian government officials. As a result, SBM Offshore is a party in a number of investigations in Brazil, notably by the Federal Prosecutor, the Federal Accounts Tribunal and the Comptroller General’sOffice, who recently confirmed in writing that they have opened an investigation. Group companies in Brazil continue to cooperate with all requests for information and the Company is in active dialogue with the Comptroller General’sOffice in order to close the matter in Brazil.