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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Commission file number: 001-35466

FORM 20-F

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GasLog Ltd.

(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable

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(Translation of Company’s name into English)

Bermuda

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(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

c/o GasLog LNG Services Ltd

69 Akti Miaouli

18537 Piraeus

Greece

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(Address of principal executive offices)

Alexandros Laios, General Counsel

GasLog LNG Services Ltd

69 Akti Miaouli

18537 Piraeus

Greece

Telephone: +30 210 459 1000 Facsimile: +30 210 459 1242

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(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company contact person)

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: None

SECURITIES FOR WHICH THERE IS A REPORTING OBLIGATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT: None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

As of December 31, 2021, there were 95,389,062 common shares of the Company’s common stock and 4,600,000 Series A Preference Shares issued and outstanding.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

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If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards^† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

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ABOUT THIS REPORT

In this annual report, unless otherwise indicated:

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

All statements in this annual report that are not statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, particularly in relation to our operations, cash flows, financial position, liquidity and cash available for dividends or distributions, plans, strategies, business prospects and changes and trends in our business and the markets in which we operate. In some cases, predictive, future-tense or forward-looking words such as “believe”, “intend”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “project”, “forecast”, “plan”, “potential”, “may”, “should”, “could” and “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. In addition, we and our representatives may from time to time make other oral or written statements which are forward-looking statements, including in our periodic reports that we file with the SEC, other information sent to our security holders and other written materials. We caution that these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this annual report or the date on which such oral or written statements are made, as applicable, about factors that are beyond our ability to control or predict and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Any of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on any forward-looking statements.

Factors that might cause future results and outcomes to differ include, but are not limited to, the following:

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We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this annual report, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in our views or expectations or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

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Risks Related to Us

Risks Related to our Preference Shares

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Risks Inherent in the LNG Carriers Business

As of March 7, 2022, our owned and bareboat fleet consists of 35 LNG carriers (including the 15 LNG carriers owned and bareboat vessels of GasLog Partners) and four newbuilds. 19 of our ships currently operate under long-term time charters (defined as those with initial duration of more than five years) and 16 ships trade in the short-term spot market (defined as contracts with initial duration of less than five years). On redelivery, the vessels will trade in the short-term spot market unless we are able to secure new long-term charters. Furthermore, advances in LNG carrier technology may negatively impact our ability to recharter the Steam or TFDE vessels at attractive rates and may result in lower levels of utilization. Operating vessels in the spot market, or being unable to recharter the vessels on long-term charters with similar or better rates, means our revenues and cash flows from these vessels will decline following expiration of our current charter arrangements. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and the value of our assets, and could significantly reduce or eliminate our ability to pay dividends on our Preference shares.

19 of our owned and bareboat vessels (including six of the 15 LNG Carriers owned and bareboat vessels of GasLog Partners) and three of our newbuild vessels currently operate or will operate under long-term time charters (defined as those with initial duration of more than five years). 16 of our vessels (including nine vessels owned by GasLog Partners) are currently trading in the short-term spot market (defined as contracts with initial duration of less than five years).

Six of the vessels (including five vessels owned by GasLog Partners) operating in the short-term spot market are Steam vessels. Our Steam vessels are less efficient and have higher emissions than larger, more technologically advanced modern LNG carriers and it may be more challenging to find spot and/or term employment for these vessels, in the future. Unless we are able to secure longer term charters at attractive rates we will have exposure to the spot market which is highly competitive and subject to significant price fluctuations. In addition, there may be extended periods of idle time between charters. Moreover, any longer term charters we are able to secure for on-the-water vessels may not be as long in duration as the multi-year charters we have enjoyed in the past and are likely to be at lower charter rates. In recent years, as a result of more LNG being traded on a short-term basis and greater liquidity in the LNG shipping market than was historically the case, there has been a decrease in the duration of term charters for on-the-water vessels with such charters now generally being anywhere between six months and three years in duration. If we are unable to secure employment for a vessel, we will not receive any revenues from that vessel but we will be required to pay expenses necessary to maintain the vessel in proper operating condition, as well as servicing the debt attached to the vessel.

GasLog Partners and GasLog continue to pursue opportunities for new term time charters with third parties for the vessels trading in the spot market but may have difficulty in securing new charters at attractive rates and for multi-year durations. In the interim, we may have increased exposure to the volatile spot market which is highly competitive and subject to significant price fluctuations. In addition, there may be extended periods of idle time between charters. Moreover, any term charters we are able to secure for on-the-water vessels may not be as long in duration as the multi-year charters we have enjoyed in the past and are likely to be at lower charter rates. In recent years, as a result of more LNG being traded on a short-term basis and greater liquidity in the LNG shipping market, there has been a decrease in the duration of term charters for on-the-water vessels with such charters now generally being anywhere between six months and three years in duration. If we are unable to secure employment for a vessel, we will not receive any revenues from that vessel but we will be required to pay expenses necessary to maintain the vessel in proper operating condition, as well as servicing the debt attached to the vessel.

Failure to secure new term charters could adversely affect our future liquidity, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, as well as our ability to meet certain of our debt obligations and covenants.

A decline in expected long-term charter rates and employment opportunities, together with uncertainty about the environmental regulations, especially for the older technology vessels, could adversely affect the market value of our vessels, on which certain of the ratios and financial covenants with which we are required to comply are based. A significant decline in the market value of our vessels could impact our compliance with these covenants in our loan agreements and, if the values are lower at a time when we are attempting to dispose of vessels, could cause us to incur a loss. These declines caused the Group to recognize a total non-cash impairment loss of $125.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 for its six Steam vessels built in 2006 and 2007 as well as a $16.9 million impairment loss in relation to the sale and leaseback of one of our TFDE vessels. If any of our vessels is unable to generate revenues for any significant period of time for any reason, including unexpected periods of off-hire, early charter termination (which could result from damage to our vessels) or failure to secure employment for any vessels for which we have not secured charters, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, could be materially and adversely affected. The impact of any limitation in the operation of our vessels or any early

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charter termination would be magnified by the fact that we would still be expending cash to cover the operating costs of the vessel and the costs of servicing the debt on the vessel, if any. If we are unable to re-deploy a vessel, we will not receive any revenues from that vessel and we would be required to pay expenses necessary to maintain the vessel in proper operating condition as well as to service the debt attached to that vessel.

The LNG shipping industry is subject to substantial environmental and other regulations which may be increased further by the growing global focus on a lower carbon economy, the effects of climate change (physical and transition) and the increasing demand for environmental, social and governance disclosures by investors, lenders and regulators.

Our operations are materially affected by extensive and changing international, national, state and local environmental laws, regulations, treaties, conventions and standards which are in force in international waters, or in the jurisdictional waters of the countries in which our ships operate and in the countries in which our ships are registered. These requirements include those relating to equipping and operating ships, providing security and minimizing or addressing impacts on the environment from ship operations. These requirements may introduce regulations which affect the operation profile of our vessels and could impact our existing charters. We may incur substantial costs in complying with these requirements, including costs for ship modifications and changes in operating procedures. We also could incur substantial costs, including clean-up costs, civil and criminal penalties and sanctions, the suspension or termination of operations and third party claims as a result of violations of, or liabilities under, such laws and regulations. The higher emissions of our Steam vessels relative to more modern vessels could make it more difficult to secure employment for these vessels and reduce the rates at which we can charter these vessels to our customers.

In addition, these requirements can affect the resale value or useful lives of our ships, require a reduction in cargo capacity, operating speed, necessitate ship modifications or operational changes or restrictions or lead to decreased availability of insurance coverage for environmental matters. They could further result in the denial of access to certain jurisdictional waters or ports or detention in certain ports. We are required to obtain governmental approvals and permits to operate our ships. Delays in obtaining such governmental approvals may increase our expenses, and the terms and conditions of such approvals could materially and adversely affect our operations.

Additional laws, regulations, taxes or levies may be adopted that could limit our ability to do business or increase our operating costs, which could materially and adversely affect our business. New or amended legislation relating to ship recycling, sewage systems, emission control (including emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants) as well as ballast water treatment and ballast water handling may be adopted. For example, the United States has enacted legislation, and more recently a convention adopted by the International Maritime Organisation (the “IMO”) has become effective, governing ballast water management systems on oceangoing ships. The IMO has also established progressive standards limiting emissions from ships (ratified in the MEPC75) starting from 2023 towards 2030 and 2050 goals. The EU is trying to incorporate shipping within the carbon Emission Trading Scheme already existing for other sectors. These and other laws or regulations may require additional capital expenditures or operating expenses (such as increased costs for low sulfur fuel or pollution controls) in order for us to maintain our ships’ compliance with international and/or national regulations. We may also become subject to additional laws and regulations if we enter new markets or trades.

The EU’s Taxonomy Regulation establishes an EU framework for the classification of sustainable economic activities with the aim of providing transparency to investors and business as the EU moves towards its 2050 climate neutrality goal. In February 2022, proposed new rules announced by the EU named natural gas and nuclear power generation as “transitional technologies” (provided they meet certain criteria, such as replacing coal plants, and subject to certain limits and phase out periods) and set out new disclosure rules for companies regarding annual reporting about compliance with green criteria. The proposed rules remain subject to EU approval during 2022.

We also believe that the heightened environmental, quality and security concerns of insurance underwriters, regulators and charterers will generally lead to additional regulatory requirements and/or contractual requirements, including enhanced risk assessment and security requirements, as well as greater inspection and safety requirements on all LNG carriers in the marine transportation market. These requirements are likely to add incremental costs to our operations, and the failure to comply with these requirements may affect the ability of our ships to obtain and, possibly, recover from, insurance policies or to obtain the required certificates for entry into the different ports where we operate.

Some environmental laws and regulations, such as the U.S. Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), provide for potentially unlimited joint, several and/or strict liability for owners, operators and demise or bareboat charterers for oil pollution and related damages. OPA applies to discharges of any oil from a ship in U.S. waters, including discharges of fuel and lubricants from an LNG carrier, even if the

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ships do not carry oil as cargo. In addition, many states in the United States bordering a navigable waterway have enacted legislation providing for potentially unlimited strict liability without regard to fault for the discharge of pollutants within their waters. We also are subject to other laws and conventions outside the United States that provide for an owner or operator of LNG carriers to bear strict liability for pollution, such as the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims of 1976, (the “London Convention”).

Some of these laws and conventions, including OPA and the London Convention, may include limitations on liability. However, the limitations may not be applicable in certain circumstances, such as where a spill is caused by a ship owner’s or operator’s intentional or reckless conduct. These limitations are also subject to periodic updates and may otherwise be amended in the future.

Compliance with OPA and other environmental laws and regulations also may result in ship owners and operators incurring increased costs for additional maintenance and inspection requirements, the development of contingency arrangements for potential spills, obtaining mandated insurance coverage and meeting financial responsibility requirements.

Increased concern over climate change could lead to a more negative perception of the oil and gas industry which could impact our ability to attract investors, access financing in the bank and capital markets and attract and retain talent.

Climate change and greenhouse gas restrictions may adversely impact our operations and markets.

Due to concern over the risks of climate change, a number of countries and the IMO, have adopted, or are considering the adoption of, regulatory frameworks to reduce greenhouse gas emission from ships. These regulatory measures may include adoption of cap and trade regimes, carbon taxes, increased efficiency standards and incentives or mandates for renewable energy. Although emissions of greenhouse gases, or “GHG”, from international shipping currently are not subject to agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, such as the “Kyoto Protocol” and the “Paris Agreement”, a new treaty may be adopted in the future that includes additional restrictions on shipping emissions to those already adopted under the International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships, or the “MARPOL Convention”. Compliance with future changes in laws and regulations relating to climate change could increase the costs of operating and maintaining our ships and could require us to install new emission controls, as well as acquire allowances, pay taxes related to our greenhouse gas emissions or administer and manage a greenhouse gas emissions program. Revenue generation and strategic growth opportunities may also be adversely affected.

There is increasing focus on the environmental footprint of the energy and transportation sectors from governments, regulators, shareholders, customers, environmental pressure groups and other stakeholders. This has been manifested recently by Shell’s commitment to base executive remuneration in part on the achievement of specific carbon emissions targets, covering all of its activities and products and those of its suppliers. GasLog’s vessels on charter to Shell and other energy companies form part of their supply chain may be captured within these targets. In addition, many large financial institutions are under pressure both to reduce their own environmental footprints and to monitor the environmental footprints of the companies and projects to which they lend. While LNG is among the cleanest marine transportation fuels, the focus and pressure on the environmental footprint of the marine transportation sector is likely to remain high and may increase. For example, in June 2021, the IMO adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex VI that are expected to enter into force on November 1, 2022 and will require ships to reduce GHG emissions using technological and operational approaches to improve energy efficiency and that provide important building blocks for future GHG reduction measures. Any specific requirements imposed on GasLog by regulators, governments, customers or other stakeholders may impact the useful life of our vessels, increase our operating costs or require us to undertake significant investments in our vessels which may reduce our revenues, profits and cash flows and may impact the cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Adverse effects upon the oil and gas industry relating to climate change, including growing public concern about the environmental impact of climate change, may also have an effect on demand for our services. For example, increased regulation of greenhouse gases or other concerns relating to climate change may reduce the demand for oil and natural gas in the future or create greater incentives for use of alternative energy sources. Any long-term material adverse effect on the oil and gas industry could have significant financial and operational adverse impacts on our business that we cannot predict with certainty at this time.

The continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of new variants may have further negative effects on the global economy, energy demand and our business.

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced uncertainty in a number of areas of our business, including operational, commercial, administrative and financial activities. Initially, it negatively impacted global economic activity and demand for energy, including LNG. As a result of significantly lower demand for oil and refined products and the failure of the principal producers of oil to reduce

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production in line with the fall in demand, oil prices were pressured downward in 2020. Oil prices had recovered by the end of 2020 and continued to recover during 2021 due to oil production cuts, as well as a more favourable economic outlook following the distribution of several COVID-19 vaccines around the world which helped to balance the market. Similarly global natural gas prices were impacted by lower industrial demand at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly during the second and third quarters 2020, as well as increasing gas production in export markets such as the United States. Although the LNG market improved throughout 2021 and remains on a positive trend, this improvement may not be sustainable in the long-term. In the financial markets, the virus, and the responses of governments around the world to manage the impact of the virus, led to lower interest rates and extreme volatility in the prices of equities, bonds, commodities and their respective derivatives.

The ongoing spread of the COVID-19 virus, and emergence of new variants, may negatively affect our business and operations, the health of our crews and the availability of our fleet, particularly if crew members contract COVID-19, as well as our financial position and prospects. Any future reduction in LNG demand and further closure of, or restricted access to, ports and terminals in regions affected by the virus may lead to reduced chartering activity and, in the extreme, an inability of our charterers to meet their obligations under the terms of their term charters. If this were to occur, we may be unable to secure charters for our vessels at rates that are sufficient to meet our financial obligations. With 16 of our vessels (including nine vessels owned by GasLog Partners) currently trading in the short-term spot market, any additional exposure to the spot market or extended periods of idle time between charters could adversely affect our future liquidity, results of operations and cash flows.

Additionally, if the COVID-19 pandemic again causes declines in the LNG market this could negatively impact our estimates regarding future charter rates for non-contracted revenue days and the discount rate in our future impairment assessments. This would negatively affect the future carrying values of our vessels, which could cause significant negative impacts on our liquidity and financial condition.

Although we have taken extensive measures to limit the impact of COVID-19 on business continuity, including implementation of a “work from home” policy for shore-based employees, as required depending on each location, and the commencement of select rotations of offshore personnel where possible, giving effect to local restrictions on the movement of offshore staff, these measures may not be sufficient to protect our business against the impact of COVID-19.

If the number of vessels available in the short-term or spot LNG carrier market continues to expand and results in reduced opportunities to secure multi-year charters for our vessels, our revenues and cash flows may become more volatile and may decline following expiration or early termination of our current charter arrangements.

Most shipping requirements for new LNG projects continue to be secured on a multi-year basis, although the level of spot voyages and short-term time charters of less than 12 months in duration has grown in recent years. As vessels currently operating under multi-year charters redeliver, the number of vessels available in the short-term or spot charter market is likely to continue to expand which may result in reduced opportunities to secure multi-year charters for our vessels. With our vessels trading in the short-term or spot market upon expiration or early termination of our current charters, our revenues and cash flows may become more volatile. In addition, an active short-term or spot charter market may require us to enter into charters on variable rates depending on market prices at the time, as opposed to fixed rates, and may result in extended periods of idle time between charters. These factors could result in a decrease in our revenues and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.

An oversupply of LNG carriers as a result of excessive new ordering in previous years may lead to a reduction in the charter hire rates we are able to obtain when seeking charters in the future which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows, especially in relation to our Steam vessels that are less efficient compared to newer vessels.

While we currently believe that the global LNG carrier fleet may experience high levels of utilization over the next one to two years, the supply of LNG carriers has been increasing as a result of the ordering and delivery of new ships. Ordering increased significantly in 2018 and 2019, driven by cyclically low shipyard prices for newbuild vessels, the then strengthening of charter rates and increasing expectations for long-term LNG supply and demand. Whilst ordering of newbuildings declined in 2020, with only 35 LNG carriers ordered, 2021 saw a record 82 orders for LNG carriers. According to Poten, as of January 13, 2022, the global trading fleet of conventional LNG carriers (>100,000 cbm) consisted of 582 vessels, with another 151 LNG carriers on order, of which 122 have multi-year charters. Any future expansion of the global LNG carrier fleet in excess of the demand for LNG shipping may have a negative impact on charter hire rates, vessel utilization and vessel values. If charter hire rates are lower when we are seeking new time charters, or if we are unable to secure employment for our vessels trading in the spot and short-term markets, as a result of increased competition from modern vessels, our revenues and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders, may decline.

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A cyber-attack could materially disrupt GasLog’s business.

GasLog’s business operations could be targeted by individuals or groups seeking to sabotage or disrupt GasLog’s information technology systems and networks, or to steal data. A cyber-attack could materially disrupt GasLog’s operations, including the safety of its operations, or lead to unauthorized release of information or alteration of information on its systems. Any such attack or other breach of GasLog’s information technology systems could have a material adverse effect on GasLog’s business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. While we have insurance policies in place to cover losses in the event of a cyber related event, there can be no assurance that any specific event would be covered by these policies or that the losses would be covered in full.

We are subject to laws, directives, and regulations relating to the collection, use, retention, disclosure, security and transfer of personal data. These laws, directives and regulations, as well as their interpretation and enforcement, continue to evolve and may be inconsistent from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. For example, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which regulates the use of personally identifiable information, went into effect in the European Union (“EU”) on May 25, 2018 and applies globally to all of our activities conducted from an establishment in the EU, to related products and services that we offer to EU customers and to non-EU customers which offer services in the EU. The GDPR requires organizations to report on data breaches within 72 hours and be bound by more stringent rules for obtaining the consent of individuals on how their data can be used. Complying with the GDPR and similar emerging and changing privacy and data protection requirements may cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices. Non-compliance with our legal obligations relating to privacy and data protection could result in penalties, fines, legal proceedings by governmental entities or others, loss of reputation, legal claims by individuals and customers and significant legal and financial exposure and could affect our ability to retain and attract customers.

Furthermore, any changes to industry standards and regulations may require additional expenses to ensure compliance.

Additionally, any changes in the nature of cyber threats might require us to adopt additional procedures for monitoring cybersecurity, which could require additional expenses and/or capital expenditures. Most recently, the escalation in conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been accompanied by cyber-attacks against the Ukrainian government and other countries in the region. It is possible that these attacks could have collateral effects on additional critical infrastructure and financial institutions globally, which could adversely affect the Company’s operations. It is difficult to assess the likelihood of such threat and any potential impact at this time.

All vessels in our fleet are required to be dry-docked at least once every five years for inspection and repairs. The dry-docking of our vessels may be longer and more costly than normal as a result of required repairs or regulatory requirements at the time of the dry-dock. Any delay or cost overrun of the dry-docking could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition and could significantly reduce or eliminate our ability to pay dividends on our Preference shares.

Dry-dockings of our vessels require significant expenditures and result in loss of revenue as our vessels are off-hire during such period. Any significant increase in either the number of off-hire days or in the costs of any repairs or investments carried out during the dry-docking period could have a material adverse effect on our profitability and our cash flows. Given the potential for unforeseen issues arising during dry-docking, we may not be able to predict accurately the time required to dry-dock any of our vessels. If more than one of our ships is required to be out of service at the same time, or if a ship is dry-docked longer than expected or if the cost of repairs is greater than budgeted, our results of operations and our cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, could be adversely affected. The upcoming dry-dockings of vessels in operation are expected to be carried out in 2022 (one vessel), 2023 (seven vessels), 2024 (four vessels), 2025 (15 vessels) and 2026 (eight vessels).

Our future capital needs are uncertain and we may need to raise additional funds. We must make substantial capital expenditures to fund the four newbuildings we have on order as of March 7, 2022, and any additional ships we may acquire in the future. In addition we cannot guarantee that renewal, replacement or new lines of credit will be available or will be available on similar or more favourable terms.

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and our operating cash flow will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, we are obligated to make substantial capital expenditures to fund our commitments for the four newbuildings we have on order. As of December 31, 2021, the total remaining balance of the contract prices for the four vessels under construction was $820.7 million, which amounts are payable under each shipbuilding contract in

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installments upon the attainment of certain specified milestones. The largest portion of the purchase price for each vessel is payable upon its delivery to us from the shipyard.

To the extent that we are unable to put in place new debt facilities of sufficient quantum and on acceptable terms, we will need to find alternative financing. If we are unable to find alternative financing, we will not be capable of funding all of our commitments for capital expenditures relating to our four contracted newbuildings. If we fail to meet our payment obligations under a shipbuilding contract, we would be in default under the applicable contract and the shipbuilder would have the option of cancelling the contract and retaining any previously funded installment payments.

Our ability to borrow against the ships in our existing fleet and any ships we may acquire in the future largely depends on the value of the ships, which in turn depends in part on charter hire rates and the ability of our charterers to comply with the terms of their charters. The actual or perceived credit quality of our charterers, and any defaults by them, may materially affect our ability to obtain the additional capital resources that we will require to purchase additional ships and to refinance our existing debt as balloon payments come due, or may significantly increase our costs of obtaining such capital. Our inability to obtain additional financing or committing to financing on unattractive terms could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

In addition, we may choose to make substantial further capital expenditures to expand the size of our fleet and/or to convert existing LNG carriers to FSRUs/FSUs in the future. We expect to finance the cost of any new vessels, including conversion costs through available cash, cash from operations and debt or equity financings. Our ability to obtain bank financing may be limited by our financial condition at the time of any such financing or offering, as well as by adverse market conditions resulting from, among other things, general economic conditions, changes in the LNG industry, changes to banking regulations and further contingencies and uncertainties that are beyond our control. Even if we are successful in obtaining the necessary funds, the terms of any debt financings could limit our ability further to expand our fleet and to pay dividends to our shareholders.

Securing access to additional funds in advance of the maturity of our debt facilities cannot be assured on the same or similar terms. Debt financing, if available, may involve covenants restricting our operations or our ability to incur additional debt or to pay dividends to our shareholders. Any debt or additional equity financing raised may contain unfavorable terms to us or our shareholders. If we are unable to raise adequate funds, we may have to liquidate some or all of our assets, or delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate some or all of our fleet expansion plans.

Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Our future ability to raise capital to repay or refinance our debt obligations or to fund our maintenance or growth capital expenditures will depend on certain financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. The COVID-19 virus has had a significant impact on all financial markets, including the prices and the volatility of equities, bonds, commodities, interest rates and foreign exchange rates and their associated derivatives, and the availability and cost of liquidity in the bank credit markets. To the extent that we are unable to finance these obligations and expenditures with cash from operations or incremental bank loans or by issuing debt or equity securities, our ability to make cash dividends may be diminished, or our financial leverage may increase, or our shareholders may be diluted. Our business may be adversely affected if we need to access sources of funding which are more expensive and/or more restrictive.

To fund our existing and future debt obligations and capital expenditures and any future growth, we will be required to use cash from operations, incur borrowings, and/or seek to access other financing sources. Our access to potential funding sources and our future financial and operating performance will be affected by prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, regulatory and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. The COVID-19 virus has had, and may continue to have, a significant negative impact on global financial markets. If we are unable to raise additional bank financing or generate sufficient cash flow to meet our debt, capital expenditure and other business requirements, we may be forced to take actions such as:

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Such measures might not be successful, available on acceptable terms or enable us to meet our debt, capital expenditure and other obligations. Some of these measures may adversely affect our business and reputation. In addition, our financing agreements may restrict our ability to implement some of these measures. Use of cash from operations and possible future sale of certain assets will reduce cash available for dividends to shareholders. Our ability to obtain bank financing or to access the capital markets may be limited by our financial condition at the time of any such financing or offering as well as by adverse market conditions. Even if we are successful in obtaining the necessary funds, the terms of such financings could limit our ability to pay cash dividends to shareholders or operate our business as currently conducted. In addition, incurring additional debt may significantly increase our interest expense and financial leverage, and issuing additional equity securities may result in significant shareholder dilution and would increase the aggregate amount of cash required to maintain our quarterly dividends to shareholders. Our liquidity position could be challenged in the future, and we may need to raise equity in order to remain in compliance with the financial covenants in our loan facilities.

We may experience operational problems with vessels that reduce revenues and increase costs. In addition, there are risks associated with operating ocean-going ships. Any limitation in the availability or operation of our ships could have a material adverse effect on our business, our reputation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

LNG carriers are complex and their operations are technically challenging. Marine transportation operations are subject to mechanical risks and problems. Operational problems may lead to loss of revenues or higher than anticipated operating expenses or require additional capital expenditures.

Furthermore, the operation of ocean-going ships carries inherent risks. These risks include the possibility of:

An accident involving any of our owned ships could result in any of the following:

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If any of our ships are unable to generate revenues for any significant period of time for any reason, including unexpected periods of off-hire or early charter termination (which could result from damage to our ships), our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, could be materially and adversely affected. The impact of any limitation in the operation of our ships or any early charter termination would be amplified, as a substantial portion of our cash flows and income is dependent on the revenues earned by the chartering of our 35 LNG carriers in operation. In addition, the costs of ship repairs are unpredictable and can be substantial. In the event of repair costs that are not covered by our insurance policies, we may have to pay for such repair costs, which would decrease our earnings and cash flows. Any of these results could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and our ability to pay cash dividends to our shareholders.

Our future success depends on our ability to maintain relationships with existing customers, establish new customer relationships and obtain new time charter contracts for existing vessels and/or FSRUs/FSUs, for which we face considerable competition from other established companies with significant resources, as well as recent and potential future new entrants.

One of our principal objectives is to enter into multi-year, fixed-rate charters for our open on-the-water vessels and for potential additional newbuild vessels. We are seeking to enter into long-term time charter contracts for some or all of the 16 vessels currently trading in the short-term spot market (as defined those contracts with initial duration of less than five years). We will also seek to enter into new time charter contracts upon the expiration or early termination of our existing charter arrangements. The process of obtaining multi-year, fixed rate charters for LNG carriers is highly competitive and generally involves an intensive screening process by potential new customers and the submission of competitive bids. The process is lengthy and the LNG carrier time charters are awarded based upon a variety of factors relating to the ship and the ship operator, including:

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We expect substantial competition from a number of experienced companies and recent and potential future new entrants to the LNG shipping market. Competitors may include other independent ship owners, state-sponsored entities and major energy companies that own and operate LNG carriers, all of whom may compete with independent owners by using their own fleets to carry LNG for third parties. Some of these competitors have significantly greater financial resources and larger fleets than we have, and some have particular relationships that may provide them with competitive advantages. In recent years, a number of marine transportation companies, including companies with strong reputations and extensive resources and experience, have either entered or significantly increased their presence in the LNG transportation market. There are other ship owners, managers and investors who may also attempt to participate in the LNG market in the future. This increased competition may cause greater price competition for time charters. As a result, we may be unable to expand our relationships with existing customers or to obtain new customers on a profitable basis and we may not be successful in executing any future growth plans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.

We derive the majority of our contracted revenues from a limited number of customers, and the loss of any customer, charter or vessel would result in a significant loss of revenues and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, 38.0% of our revenues derived from wholly owned subsidiaries of Shell. We could lose a customer or the benefits of our time charter arrangements for many different reasons. The customer may be unable or unwilling to make charter hire or other payments to us because of a deterioration in its financial condition, commercial disputes with us, long-term force majeure events or otherwise. If a customer terminates its charters, chooses not to re-charter our ships or is unable to perform under its charters and we are not able to find replacement charters on similar or more favourable terms, we will suffer a loss of revenues.

Our charterer has the right to terminate a ship’s time charter in certain circumstances, such as:

A termination right under one ship’s time charter would not automatically give the charterer the right to terminate its other charter contracts with us. However, a charter termination could materially affect our relationship with the customer and our reputation in the LNG shipping industry, and in some circumstances the event giving rise to the termination right could potentially impact multiple charters.

Accordingly, the existence of any right of termination or the loss of any customer, charter or vessel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.

Ship values may fluctuate substantially over time due to different factors, which may result in impairment charges that may be recorded in our financial statements. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we recorded a total non-cash impairment charge of $125.8 million for the six Steam vessels built in 2006 and 2007, including five GasLog Partners vessels and one vessel wholly owned by us. A further decline in ship values in the future could impact our compliance with the covenants in our loan agreements and, if the values are lower at a time when we are attempting to dispose of ships, cause us to incur a loss, similar to the impairment loss of $16.9 million recognized during the year ended December 31, 2021 in relation to the sale and leaseback of one of our TFDE vessels.

Values for ships can fluctuate substantially over time due to a number of different factors, including:

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If the market value of our ships decline, we may be required to record additional impairment charges in our financial statements, in addition to the impairment charge recorded in the year ended December 31, 2021, which could adversely affect our results of operations. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—E. Critical Accounting Estimates—Impairment of Vessels and Vessels under Construction”. Deterioration in the market value of our ships may trigger a breach of some of the covenants contained in our credit facilities. If we do breach such covenants and we are unable to remedy the relevant breach, our lenders could accelerate our indebtedness and seek to foreclose on the ships in our fleet securing those credit facilities. In addition, if a charter contract expires or is terminated by the customer, we may be unable to redeploy the affected ships at attractive rates and, rather than continue to incur costs to maintain and finance them, we may seek to dispose of them. Any foreclosure on our ships, or any disposal by us of a ship at a time when ship values have fallen, could result in a loss and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.

If we cannot meet our charterers’ quality and compliance requirements, including regulations or costs associated with the environmental impact of our vessels, we may not be able to operate our vessels profitably which could have an adverse effect on our future performance, results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

Customers, and in particular those in the LNG industry, have a high and increasing focus on quality, emissions and compliance standards with their suppliers across the entire value chain, including the shipping and transportation segment. There is also increasing focus on the environmental footprint of marine transportation. Our continuous compliance with existing and new standards and quality requirements is vital for our operations. Related risks could materialize in multiple ways, including a sudden and unexpected breach in quality and/or compliance concerning one or more vessels and/or a continuous decrease in the quality concerning one or more LNG carriers occurring over time. Moreover, continuously increasing requirements from LNG industry constituents can further complicate our ability to meet the standards. Any non-compliance by us, either suddenly or over a period of time, on one or more LNG carriers, or an increase in requirements by our charterers above and beyond what we deliver, may have a material adverse effect on our future performance, results of operations, cash flows, financial position and our ability to pay cash dividends to our shareholders.

Further technological advancements and other innovations affecting LNG carriers could reduce the charter hire rates we are able to obtain when seeking new employment for existing or newbuild vessels and this could adversely impact the value of our assets and our results of operations and cash flows.

The charter rates, asset value and operational life of an LNG carrier are determined by a number of factors, including the ship's efficiency, operational flexibility and physical life. Efficiency is reflected in unit freight costs (“UFC”) which are driven by the size of the vessel, its fuel economy and the rate at which LNG in the cargo tanks naturally evaporates (“boil-off ratio” or “BOR”). Flexibility is primarily driven by the size of the ship and includes the ability to enter harbors, utilize related docking facilities and pass through canals and straits. Physical life is related to the original design and construction, the ongoing maintenance and the impact of operational stresses on the asset. Ship, cargo containment and engine designs are continually evolving. At such time as newer designs are developed and accepted in the market, these newer vessels may be more efficient or more flexible or have longer physical lives

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than our ships. Competition from these more technologically advanced LNG carriers compared to our vessels with older technology could adversely affect our ability to charter or re-charter our ships and the charter hire rates we will be able to secure when we seek to charter or re-charter our ships, and could also reduce the resale value of our ships. This could adversely affect our revenues and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders, as well as our ability to obtain debt financing for ships with older technology whose market values have experienced a significant decline.

Our future performance and ability to secure future employment for our vessels depends on continued growth in LNG production and demand for LNG and LNG shipping.

Our future performance, including our ability to strengthen our balance sheet and to profitably employ and expand our fleet, will depend on continued growth in LNG supply and demand, and the demand for shipping. A complete LNG project includes natural gas production, liquefaction, storage, regasification and distribution facilities, in addition to marine transportation of LNG. Growth in LNG demand and increased infrastructure investment has led to an expansion of LNG production capacity in recent years, but material delays in the construction or slower than expected ramp-up of new liquefaction facilities could constrain the amount of LNG available for shipping, reducing ship utilization. The rate of growth of the LNG industry has fluctuated due to several factors, including the rate of global economic growth, fluctuations in global commodity prices, including natural gas, oil and coal as well as other sources of energy, and energy and environmental policy in markets which produce and/or consume LNG. Continued growth in LNG production and demand for LNG and LNG shipping could be negatively affected by a number of factors, including:

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In recent years, global natural gas and crude oil prices have been volatile. Any decline in oil prices can depress natural gas prices and lead to a narrowing of the difference in pricing between geographic regions, which can adversely affect the length of voyages in the spot LNG shipping market and the spot rates and medium-term charter rates for charters which commence in the near future.

A continuation of the recent volatility in natural gas and oil prices may adversely affect our growth prospects and results of operations.

Natural gas prices are volatile, as demonstrated by the multi-year lows in 2020 and record highs seen in 2021in many parts of the world. Natural gas prices are affected by numerous factors beyond our control, including but not limited to the following:

With 16 vessels (including nine vessels in the GasLog Partners fleet) operating in the short-term spot market (defined as vessels under contracts of less than five years) the significant global natural gas and crude oil price volatility referenced above may adversely affect our future business, results of operations and financial condition and our ability to make cash distributions, as a result of, among other things:

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Changes in global and regional economic conditions and capital markets volatility could adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Weak global or regional economic conditions may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders in ways that we cannot predict. Our ability to expand our fleet beyond our contracted newbuildings will be dependent on our ability to obtain financing to fund the acquisition of additional ships. In addition, uncertainty about current and future global economic conditions may cause our customers to defer projects in response to tighter credit, decreased capital availability and declining customer confidence, which may negatively impact the demand for our ships and services and could also result in defaults under our current charters. Global financial markets and economic conditions have been volatile in recent years and remain subject to significant vulnerabilities, such as the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and high inflation experienced in 2021. A further tightening of the credit markets may negatively impact our operations by affecting the solvency of our suppliers or customers, which could lead to disruptions in delivery of supplies such as equipment for conversions, cost increases for supplies, accelerated payments to suppliers, customer bad debts or reduced revenues. Similarly, such market conditions could affect lenders participating in our financing agreements, making them unable to fulfill their commitments and obligations to us. Any reductions in activity owing to such conditions or failure by our customers, suppliers or lenders to meet their contractual obligations to us could adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Compliance with safety and other requirements imposed by classification societies may be very costly and may adversely affect our business.

The hull and machinery of every commercial LNG carrier must be certified by a classification society. The classification society certifies that the ship has been built and subsequently maintained in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of that classification society. Moreover, every ship must comply with all applicable international conventions and the regulations of the ship’s flag state as verified by a classification society. Finally, each ship must successfully undergo periodic surveys, including annual, intermediate and special surveys performed under the classification society’s rules.

If any ship does not maintain its class, it will lose its insurance coverage and be unable to trade, and the ship’s owner will be in breach of relevant covenants under its financing arrangements and potentially its charter contracts. Failure to maintain the class of one or more of our ships could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

We operate our ships worldwide, which could expose us to political, governmental and economic instability that could harm our business.

Because we operate our ships in the geographic areas where our customers do business, our operations may be affected by political, governmental and economic conditions in the countries where our ships operate or where they are registered. Any disruption caused by these factors could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for payment of dividends to shareholders. In particular, our ships frequent LNG terminals in countries including Egypt, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and Trinidad, as well as transit through the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Hormuz. Future hostilities or other political instability in the geographic regions where we operate or may operate could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for payment of dividends to shareholders. General trade tensions between the U.S. and China escalated in 2018, with three rounds of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods taking effect in 2018 and a further round taking effect in September 2019, each followed by a round of retaliatory Chinese tariffs on U.S. goods. Despite a

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phase one trade deal being signed in January 2020, tensions continue to exist. The recent hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, in addition to sanctions announced on February 22, 2022 by President Biden and several European leaders against Russia and any forthcoming sanctions, may also adversely impact our business, given Russia’s role as a major global exporter of crude oil and natural gas. Our business could be harmed by trade tariffs, as well as any trade embargoes or other economic sanctions by the United States or other countries against countries in Russia, the Middle East, Asia or elsewhere as a result of terrorist attacks, hostilities or diplomatic or political pressures that limit trading activities with those countries.

Terrorist attacks, international hostilities, political change and piracy could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Terrorist attacks, piracy and the current conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere, as well as other current and future conflicts and political change, may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

The recent escalation of conflicts between Russia and Ukraine may lead to further regional and international conflicts or armed action. It is possible that such conflict could disrupt supply chains and cause instability in the global economy. Additionally, the ongoing conflict could result in the imposition of further economic sanctions by the United States and the European Union against Russia. While much uncertainty remains regarding the global impact of the conflict in Ukraine, it is possible that such tensions could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows. Furthermore, it is possible that third parties with whom we have charter contracts may be impacted by events in Russia and Ukraine, which could adversely affect our operations.

The continuing hostilities in the Middle East may lead to additional acts of terrorism, further regional conflicts, other armed actions around the world and civil disturbance in the United States or elsewhere, which may contribute to further instability in the global financial markets. These uncertainties could also adversely affect our ability to obtain additional financing on terms acceptable to us, or at all.

In the past, political conflicts have also resulted in attacks on ships, mining of waterways and other efforts to disrupt international shipping, particularly in the Arabian Gulf region and West Africa. Acts of terrorism and piracy have also affected ships trading in regions such as the South China Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Any terrorist attacks targeted at ships may in the future have a material negative affect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows and could directly impact our ships or our customers.

We currently employ armed guards onboard certain vessels operating in areas that may be prone to hijacking or terrorist attacks. The presence of armed guards may increase the risk of damage, injury or loss of life in connection with any attacks on our vessels, in addition to increasing crew costs.

We may not be adequately insured to cover losses from acts of terrorism, piracy, regional conflicts and other armed actions, including losses relating to the employment of armed guards.

LNG facilities, shipyards, ships, pipelines and gas fields could be targets of future terrorist attacks or piracy. Any such attacks could lead to, among other things, bodily injury or loss of life, as well as damage to the ships or other property, increased ship operating costs, including insurance costs, reductions in the supply of LNG and the inability to transport LNG to or from certain locations. Terrorist attacks, war or other events beyond our control that adversely affect the production, storage or transportation of LNG to be shipped by us could entitle our customers to terminate our charter contracts in certain circumstances, which would harm our cash flows and our business.

Terrorist attacks, or the perception that LNG facilities and LNG carriers are potential terrorist targets, could materially and adversely affect expansion of LNG infrastructure and the continued supply of LNG. Concern that LNG facilities may be targeted for attack by terrorists has contributed significantly to local community and environmental group resistance to the construction of a number of LNG facilities, primarily in North America. If a terrorist incident involving an LNG facility or LNG carrier did occur, in addition to the possible effects identified in the previous paragraph, the incident may adversely affect the construction of additional LNG facilities and could lead to the temporary or permanent closing of various LNG facilities currently in operation.

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In the future, the ships we own or manage could be required to call at ports located in countries that are subject to restrictions imposed by the United States and other governments.

The United States and other governments and their agencies impose sanctions and embargoes on certain countries and maintain lists of countries they consider to be state sponsors of terrorism. For example, in 2010, the United States enacted the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Divestment Act, or “CISADA”, which expanded the scope of the former Iran Sanctions Act. Among other things, CISADA expanded the application of the prohibitions imposed by the U.S. government to non-U.S. companies, such as GasLog, and limits the ability of companies and persons to do business or trade with Iran when such activities relate to the investment, supply or export of refined petroleum or petroleum products, as well as LNG.

In 2012, President Obama signed Executive Order 13608, which prohibits foreign persons from violating, or attempting to violate, or causing a violation of, any sanctions in effect against Iran, or facilitating any deceptive transactions for or on behalf of any person subject to U.S. sanctions. The Secretary of the Treasury may prohibit any transactions or dealings, including any U.S. capital markets financing, involving any person found to be in violation of Executive Order 13608. Also in 2012, the U.S. enacted the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, or the “ITRA”, which created new sanctions and strengthened existing sanctions. Among other things, the ITRA intensifies existing sanctions regarding the provision of goods, services, infrastructure or technology to Iran’s petroleum or petrochemical sector. The ITRA also includes a provision requiring the President of the United States to impose five or more sanctions from Section 6(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act, as amended, on a person the President determines is a controlling beneficial owner of, or otherwise owns, operates, or controls or insures a vessel that was used to transport crude oil from Iran to another country and (1) if the person is a controlling beneficial owner of the vessel, the person had actual knowledge the vessel was so used or (2) if the person otherwise owns, operates, or controls, or insures the vessel, the person knew or should have known the vessel was so used. Such a person could be subject to a variety of sanctions, including exclusion from U.S. capital markets, exclusion from financial transactions subject to U.S. jurisdiction, and exclusion of such person’s vessels from U.S. ports for up to two years. The ITRA also includes a requirement that issuers of securities must disclose to the SEC in their annual and quarterly reports filed after February 6, 2013 whether the issuer or “any affiliate” has “knowingly” engaged in certain sanctioned activities involving Iran during the timeframe covered by the report. Finally, in January 2013, the U.S. enacted the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 or the “IFCA”, which expanded the scope of U.S. sanctions on any person that is part of Iran’s energy, shipping or shipbuilding sector and operators of ports in Iran, and imposes penalties on any person who facilitates or otherwise knowingly provides significant financial, material or other support to these entities.

On January 16, 2016, the United States suspended certain sanctions against Iran applicable to non-U.S. companies, such as us, pursuant to the nuclear agreement reached between Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. To implement these changes, beginning on January 16, 2016, the United States waived enforcement of many of the sanctions against Iran’s energy and petrochemical sectors described above, among other things, including certain provisions of CISADA, ITRA, and IFCA. However, in May 2018, the United States announced its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and almost all of the U.S. sanctions waived and lifted in January 2016 were reinstated in August 2018 and November 2018, respectively. These sanctions also encompass significant transactions to sell, supply or transfer to Iran goods or services related to the aforementioned sanctioned sectors.

Although the ships we own have not called on ports in countries subject to sanctions or embargoes or in countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism, including Iran, North Korea and Syria, we can give no assurance that these ships will not call on ports in these countries in the future. While we intend to maintain compliance with all sanctions and embargoes applicable to us, U.S. and international sanctions and embargo laws and regulations do not necessarily apply to the same countries or proscribe the same activities, which may make compliance difficult. Additionally, the scope of certain laws may be unclear, and these laws may be subject to changing interpretations and application and may be amended or strengthened from time to time, including by adding or removing countries from the proscribed lists. Violations of sanctions and embargo laws and regulations could result in fines or other penalties and could result in some investors deciding, or being required, to divest their investment, or not to invest, in us.

Failure to comply with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act and other anti-bribery legislation in other jurisdictions could result in fines, criminal penalties, contract terminations and an adverse effect on our business.

We operate our ships worldwide, requiring our ships to trade in countries known to have a reputation for corruption. We are committed to doing business in accordance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics which is consistently applied and in full compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or the “FCPA”, and the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or the “UK Bribery Act”. We are subject, however, to the risk that we, our affiliated

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entities or our or their respective officers, directors, employees and agents may take actions determined to be in violation of such anti-corruption laws, including the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act. Any such violation could result in substantial fines, sanctions, civil and/or criminal penalties, or curtailment of operations in certain jurisdictions, and might adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, actual or alleged violations could damage our reputation and ability to do business. Furthermore, detecting, investigating, and resolving actual or alleged violations is expensive and can consume significant senior management time and attention.

Changing laws and evolving reporting requirements could have an adverse effect on our business.

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to reporting requirements may create additional compliance requirements for us. To maintain high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure, GasLog has invested in, and intends to continue to invest in, reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards.

The European Union Code of Conduct Group has assessed the tax policies of a range of countries including Bermuda, where our vessel owning entities are incorporated, and the Marshall Islands and British Virgin Islands, where we also have affiliated entities incorporated. Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands all committed to comply with the European Union Code of Conduct Group’s requirements on economic substance and each country has passed legislation in the form of the Bermuda Economic Substance Act of 2018, the British Virgin Islands Economic Substance Act of 2018 and the Marshall Islands Substance Regulations.

GasLog has filed the required returns confirming we have appropriate economic substance in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands. However, it is not possible to accurately predict the outcome of any review by the authorities as to whether or not GasLog and its business has accurately interpreted the requirements. Whilst we believe we have taken appropriate advice and counsel from the relevant authorities and external legal advisors, the requirements may increase the complexity and costs of carrying on GasLog’s business with entities incorporated in these countries.

Our insurance may be insufficient to cover losses that may occur to our property or result from our operations which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.

The operation of any ship includes risks such as mechanical failure, personal injury, collision, fire, contact with floating objects, property loss or damage, cargo loss or damage and business interruption due to a number of reasons, including political circumstances in foreign countries, hostilities and labor strikes. In addition, there is always an inherent possibility of a marine disaster, including collision, explosion, spills and other environmental mishaps, and other liabilities arising from owning, operating or managing ships in international trade. Although we carry protection and indemnity, hull and machinery, loss of hire and cyber insurance covering our ships consistent with industry standards, we can give no assurance that we are adequately insured against all risks or that our insurers will pay a particular claim. In addition, we may be unable to insure against certain cyber events that may disrupt our information and operational technology systems. We also may be unable to procure adequate insurance coverage at commercially reasonable rates in the future. Even if our insurance coverage is adequate to cover our losses, we may not be able to obtain a timely replacement ship in the event of a loss of a ship. Any uninsured or underinsured loss could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to shareholders.

In addition, some of our insurance coverage is maintained through mutual protection and indemnity associations, and, as a member of such associations, we may be required to make additional payments over and above budgeted premiums if member claims exceed association reserves.

Reliability of suppliers may limit our ability to obtain supplies and services when needed.

We rely, and will in the future rely, on a significant supply of consumables, spare parts and equipment to operate, maintain, repair and upgrade our fleet of ships. Delays in delivery or unavailability of supplies could result in off-hire days due to consequent delays in the repair and maintenance of our fleet. This would negatively impact our revenues and cash flows. Cost increases could also negatively impact our future operations, although the impact of significant cost increases may be mitigated to some extent with respect to the vessels that are employed under charter contracts with automatic periodic adjustment provisions or cost review provisions.

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Governments could requisition our ships during a period of war or emergency, resulting in loss of earnings.

The government of a jurisdiction where one or more of our ships are registered could requisition for title or seize our ships. Requisition for title occurs when a government takes control of a ship and becomes its owner. Also, a government could requisition our ships for hire. Requisition for hire occurs when a government takes control of a ship and effectively becomes the charterer at dictated charter rates. Generally, requisitions occur during a period of war or emergency, although governments may elect to requisition ships in other circumstances. Although we would expect to be entitled to government compensation in the event of a requisition of one or more of our ships, the amount and timing of payments, if any, would be uncertain. A government requisition of one or more of our ships would result in off-hire days under our time charters, may cause us to breach covenants in certain of our credit facilities and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Maritime claimants could arrest our ships, which could interrupt our cash flows.

Crew members, suppliers of goods and services to a ship, shippers or receivers of cargo and other parties may be entitled to a maritime lien against a ship for unsatisfied debts, claims or damages. In many jurisdictions, a maritime lienholder may enforce its lien by arresting a ship. The arrest or attachment of one or more of our ships which is not timely discharged could cause us to default on a charter or breach covenants in certain of our credit facilities and, to the extent such arrest or attachment is not covered by our protection and indemnity insurance, could require us to pay large sums of money to have the arrest or attachment lifted. Any of these occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Additionally, in some jurisdictions, such as the Republic of South Africa, under the “sister ship” theory of liability, a claimant may arrest both the ship that is subject to the claimant’s maritime lien and any “associated” ship, which is any ship owned or controlled by the same owner. Claimants could try to assert “sister ship” liability against one ship in our fleet for claims relating to another of our ships.

We may be subject to litigation that could have an adverse effect on us.

We may be involved from time to time in litigation matters. These matters may include, among other things, contract disputes, personal injury claims, environmental claims or proceedings, toxic tort claims, employment matters and governmental claims for taxes or duties, as well as other litigation that arises in the ordinary course of our business. Most recently, certain public shareholders exercised their dissension rights in connection with the Transaction and sought appraisal for the fair value of their common shares; in January 2022, we entered into a Deed of Settlement, pursuant to which we agreed to pay the dissenting shareholders an aggregate of approximately $3.5 million in order to settle the claim. While we are not aware of any additional actions relating to the Transaction at this time, it is possible that we may be involved in such actions in the future. We cannot predict with certainty the outcome of any claim or other litigation matter. The ultimate outcome of any litigation matter and the potential costs associated with prosecuting or defending such lawsuits, including the diversion of management’s attention to these matters, could have an adverse effect on us and, in the event of litigation that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on us, could lead to an event of default under certain of our credit facilities.

Risks Inherent in an Investment in GasLog

Due to our lack of diversification, adverse developments in the LNG market and/or in the LNG transportation industry could adversely affect our business, particularly if such developments occur at a time when we are seeking new charters for our vessels.

We rely exclusively on the cash flow generated from charters for our LNG vessels and management of third party LNG vessels. Due to our lack of diversification, an adverse development in the LNG market and/or the LNG transportation industry could have a significantly greater impact on our business, particularly if such developments occur at a time when our ships are not under charter or nearing the end of their charters, than if we maintained more diverse assets or lines of businesses.

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Our contracts for the four newbuildings we have on order as of March 7, 2022 are subject to risks that could cause delays in the delivery of the ships, which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.

Our four contracted newbuildings are scheduled to be delivered to us during 2024 and 2025. Significant delays in the delivery of these ships, would delay our receipt of revenues under the related time charters. For prolonged delays, the customer may terminate the charter and, in addition to the resulting loss of revenues, we may be responsible for additional substantial liquidated damages, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, the delivery of any of these ships with substantial defects or unexpected operational problems could have similar consequences.

The completion and delivery of newbuildings or conversions could be delayed because of:

If delivery of a vessel is materially delayed, it could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

As we take delivery of our newbuildings or any secondhand ships we acquire in the future, we will need to expand our staff and crew. If we cannot recruit and retain employees and provide adequate compensation, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows may be adversely affected.

Our ability to acquire and retain customers depends on a number of factors, including our ability to staff our vessels with masters, officers and crews of suitable experience in operating LNG carriers. As we take delivery of our newbuildings or any secondhand ships we acquire in the future, we expect to hire a significant number of seafarers qualified to staff and operate our new vessels, as well as additional shoreside personnel. As the global LNG carrier fleet continues to grow, we expect the demand for technically skilled and experienced officers and crew to increase. This could lead to an industry-wide shortfall of qualified personnel, resulting in increased crew costs, which could constrain our ability to recruit suitable employees to operate our LNG carriers within our budget parameters.

Material increases in crew costs could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, if we cannot recruit and retain sufficient numbers of quality on-board seafaring personnel, we may not be able to fully utilize our expanded fleet, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

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We may have difficulty further expanding our fleet in the future.

We may expand our fleet beyond our contracted newbuildings by ordering additional newbuildings or by making selective acquisitions of high-quality secondhand vessels to the extent that they are available in the same way that we acquired the GasLog Chelsea and the eight vessels acquired from MSL in 2014 and 2015. Our future growth will depend on numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, including our ability to:

We may not be successful in executing any future growth plans, and we cannot give any assurances that we will not incur significant expenses and losses in connection with such growth efforts.

Our credit facilities are secured by our ships and contain payment obligations and restrictive covenants that may restrict our business and financing activities as well as our ability to pay dividends. A failure by us to meet our obligations under our credit facilities could result in an event of default under such credit facilities and foreclosure on our ships.

Our credit facilities impose, and any future credit facility we enter into will impose, operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries. These restrictions in our credit facilities generally limit our shipowning subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

Our credit facilities also impose certain restrictions relating to us and our other subsidiaries, including restrictions that limit our ability to make any substantial change in the nature of our business or to engage in transactions that would constitute a change of control, as defined in the relevant credit facility, without repaying all of our indebtedness in part or in full.

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Our credit facilities also impose specified financial covenants that apply to us and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and to GasLog Partners and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants generally include the following:

In addition, our credit facilities contain covenants requiring us and certain of our subsidiaries to maintain the aggregate of (i) the market value, on a charter exclusive basis, of the mortgaged vessel or vessels and (ii) the market value of any additional security provided to the lenders, at a value of not less than 120.0% ((1) in the case of the debt financing agreement entered into in October 2015 (the “October 2015 Facility”) and the loan agreement GAS-twenty eight Ltd., GAS-thirty Ltd., GAS-thirty one Ltd., GAS-thirty two Ltd., GAS-thirty three Ltd., GAS-thirty four Ltd. and GAS-thirty five Ltd entered into on December 12, 2019 with 13 international banks, with Citibank N.A. London Branch and DNB Bank ASA, London Branch acting as agents on behalf of the other finance parties (the “7xNB Facility”), 115.0% for the first two years after each drawdown and 120.0% at any time thereafter, (2) in the case of the GasLog Hong Kong sale and leaseback transaction with Sea 190 Leasing (the “GasLog Hong Kong SLB”), 100%, (3) in the case of the GasLog Houston sale and leaseback transaction with Hai Kuo Shipping (the “GasLog Houston SLB”), 100% until December 31, 2022 inclusive and 110% at any time thereafter and (4) in the case of the credit agreement of $193.7 million GasLog Partners entered into on July 16, 2020, with DNB Bank ASA, London Branch, and ING Bank N.V., London Branch, in order to refinance the existing indebtedness due in 2021 on three of its vessels (the “GasLog Partners $193.7M Facility”), 130%) of the then outstanding amount under the applicable facility. If we fail to comply with these covenants and are not able to obtain covenant waivers or modifications, our lenders could require us to make prepayments or provide additional collateral sufficient to bring us into compliance with such covenants and, if we fail to do so, our lenders could accelerate our indebtedness.

Further, GasLog has issued the Norwegian Kroner (‘‘NOK’’) denominated bonds issued under the agreement signed on November 27, 2019, between GasLog and the bond trustee, as amended (the ‘‘NOK 2024 Bonds’’) and the US dollar denominated 8.875% senior unsecured notes due in 2022 and issued in March 2017 and May 2019 (the ‘‘8.875% Senior Notes’’) which also impose specified financial covenants that apply to us and our subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Under the terms of the NOK 2024 Bonds, GasLog is required to comply with the following financial covenants:

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In addition, the terms of the NOK 2024 Bonds include a dividend restriction according to which GasLog may not (i) declare or make any dividend payment or distribution, whether in cash or in kind, (ii) re-purchase any of GasLog’s shares or undertake other similar transactions (including, but not limited to, total return swaps related to GasLog’s shares), or (iii) grant any loans or make other distributions or transactions constituting a transfer of value to GasLog’s shareholders (items (i), (ii) and (iii) collectively referred to as the “Distributions”) that in aggregate exceed during any calendar year $1.10/share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, GasLog may make any amount of Distributions, so long as the Group’s cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments exceed $150.0 million, provided that GasLog can demonstrate by delivering a compliance certificate to the bond trustee that no event of default is continuing or would result from such Distributions.

Additionally, on September 24, 2021, GasLog entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with certain affiliates of The Carlyle Group and EIG (such affiliates, the “Purchasers”) and Wilmington Trust (London) Limited, as administrative agent, for an amount of up to $325.0 million of 7.75% Notes due in 2029 (the “2029 Notes”). The Note Purchase Agreement requires that GasLog comply with financial covenants that are identical to GasLog's financial covenants, and also contains certain restrictions on indebtedness, liens, guarantees, asset sales and distributions, among others. Among other exceptions, new indebtedness is permitted when the Company meets pre-determined thresholds on a pro-forma basis for its “Charter Coverage Ratio” (the ratio of the present value of qualified contracted revenues to the aggregate indebtedness of the Company on any date).

In particular, the terms of the 2029 Notes, impose certain restrictions on GasLog and our wholly owned subsidiaries; for the avoidance of doubt these do not include the Partnership and its subsidiaries. These restrictions generally limit our ability to, among other things:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, GasLog may make any amount of Distributions, so long as the Group’s cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments exceed $150.0 million, provided that GasLog can demonstrate by delivering a compliance certificate to the administrative agent that no event of default is continuing or would result from such Distributions.

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Under the terms of the 2029 Notes, GasLog is required to comply with the following financial covenants:

Our ability to comply with covenants and restrictions contained in our financing arrangements may be affected by events beyond our control, including prevailing economic, financial and industry conditions. A failure to comply with covenants and restrictions or to meet our payment and other obligations could lead to defaults under our credit facilities which could cause our payment obligations to be accelerated. We may not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient funds to make these accelerated payments. Because obligations under our financing arrangements are secured by our ships and are guaranteed by our ship-owning subsidiaries, if we are unable to repay debt under our financing arrangements, the lenders could seek to foreclose on those assets, which would materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders. In addition, a default under one of our credit facilities could result in the cross-acceleration of our other indebtedness. For more information regarding our credit facilities, please read “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities”.

As of December 31, 2021, we had a total of 2,739 open vessel days during 2022. A failure to obtain charters at acceptable rates on our vessels could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Our debt levels may limit our flexibility in obtaining additional financing, pursuing other business opportunities and paying dividends to our shareholders.

As of December 31, 2021, we had an aggregate of $3.7 billion of indebtedness outstanding under our credit agreements, the NOK 2024 Bonds and the 8.875% Senior Notes, of which $553.2 million was repayable within one year, and finance lease liabilities of $302.8 million, of which $30.9 million was repayable within one year. We may incur additional indebtedness in the future as we grow our fleet. This level of debt could have important consequences to us, including the following:

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Our ability to service our debt depends upon, among other things, our future financial and operating performance, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, regulatory and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. If our operating results are not sufficient to service our current or future indebtedness, we will be forced to take actions such as reducing or delaying our business activities, acquisitions, investments or capital expenditures, selling assets, restructuring or refinancing our debt or seeking additional equity capital or bankruptcy protection. We may not be able to effect any of these remedies on satisfactory terms, or at all.

Our ability to pay our preference dividends or to redeem our Preference Shares may be limited by the amount of cash we generate from operations, by restrictions in our credit facilities and by additional factors unrelated to our profitability.

The declaration and payment of any dividend (including cumulative dividends payable with respect to our Preference Shares) is subject to the discretion of our board of directors and the requirements of Bermuda law. The timing and amount of any dividend or redemption payments will be dependent on our earnings, financial condition, cash requirements and availability, restrictions in our debt agreements, the provisions of Bermuda law and other factors. The amount of cash we generate from operations and the actual amount of cash we will have available for dividends or to redeem our Preference Shares will vary based upon, among other things:

For information regarding the dividend payment restrictions in our financing agreements, see “—Risks Inherent in an Investment in GasLog—Our credit facilities are secured by our ships and contain payment obligations and restrictive covenants that may restrict our business and financing activities as well as our ability to pay dividends. A failure by us to meet our obligations under our credit facilities could result in an event of default under such credit facilities and foreclosure on our ships”.

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The amount of cash we generate from our operations may differ materially from our profit or loss for the period, which will be affected by non-cash items. We may incur other expenses or liabilities that could reduce or eliminate the cash available for dividends.

Under Bermuda law, a company may not declare or pay dividends if there are reasonable grounds for believing that: (i) the company is, or would after the payment be, unable to pay its liabilities as they become due; or (ii) the realizable value of the company’s assets would thereby be less than its liabilities. Under our bye-laws, each common share is entitled to dividends as and when any such dividends are declared by our board of directors. We may not declare a common dividend if the payment of our preference dividends is in arrears.

As a result of these and the other factors mentioned above, we may pay dividends during periods when we record losses and may not pay dividends during periods when we record a profit. We can give no assurance that dividends will be paid in the future.

We are a holding company and we depend on the ability of our subsidiaries, including GasLog Partners, to distribute funds to us in order to satisfy our financial obligations and to make dividend payments.

We are a holding company. Our subsidiaries conduct substantially all of our operations and own all of our operating assets, including our ships. As of March 7, 2022, we have no significant assets other than the equity interests in our subsidiaries, including GasLog Partners, in which we hold a 33.3% equity interest (including our 2.0% general partner interest). As a result, our ability to pay our obligations and to make dividend payments depends entirely on our subsidiaries and their ability to distribute funds to us, including cash distributions and management and administrative services fees received from GasLog Partners. The ability of a subsidiary to make these distributions could be affected by a claim or other action by a third party, including a creditor, or by the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation which regulates the payment of dividends.

On February 6, 2020, in light of reduced expectations for Steam vessel utilization and earnings, as well as increased spot exposure in its fleet, GasLog Partners announced that it will focus its capital allocation on debt repayment and prioritizing balance sheet strength. The Partnership reduced its quarterly common unit distribution to $0.125 per unit for the first quarter of 2020, from $0.561 per unit for the fourth quarter of 2019 and then further decreased its quarterly common unit distribution to $0.01 per unit for the third quarter of 2020 onwards. Other factors which may impact the value of our equity interest in GasLog Partners and its ability to distribute funds to us are described in its public filings with the SEC. If we are unable to obtain funds from our subsidiaries, our board of directors may exercise its discretion not to declare or pay dividends.

Fluctuations in exchange rates and interest rates could result in financial losses for us.

Fluctuations in currency exchange rates and interest rates may have an impact on our financial performance. We receive virtually all of our revenues in dollars, while some of our operating expenses, including certain employee costs and crew costs, are denominated in euros. As a result, we are exposed to foreign exchange risk. However, we also maintain cash balances in euros, which amounted to approximately $4.1 million as of December 31, 2021. We monitor exchange rate fluctuations on a continuous basis and we also hedge movements in currency exchange rates. However, there is still a risk that currency fluctuations will have a negative effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Increased regulatory oversight, uncertainty relating to the nature and timing of the phasing out of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), and agreement on any new alternative reference rates may adversely impact our ability to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates and borrowing costs.

As a result of the majority of our debt being primarily based on LIBOR and certain other interest rate benchmarks, fluctuations in interest rates could have a material effect on our interest expense and borrowing costs. LIBOR and certain other interest rate benchmarks may be subject to regulatory guidance and/or reform that could cause interest rates under our current or future debt agreements to perform differently than in the past or cause other unanticipated consequences. On March 5, 2021, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced the future cessation or loss of representativeness of LIBOR as currently published by the ICE Benchmark Administration with a target date immediately after June 30, 2023. While there is no consensus on what interest rate may become accepted as the alternative to LIBOR, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of U.S. financial market participants, has selected the Secured Overnight Finance Rate (“SOFR”) as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since May 2018. SOFR is a broad measure of the cost of borrowing cash in the overnight U.S. treasury repo market. At this time, it is impossible to predict whether SOFR or another reference rate will become an accepted alternative to LIBOR. The

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manner and impact of this transition may materially adversely affect the trading market for LIBOR based agreements, including our credit facilities, interest rate swaps and Preference Shares. We will need to negotiate the replacement benchmark rate on our credit facilities and interest rate swaps and the use of an alternative rate or benchmark, may negatively impact our interest rate expense. Any other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business which currently refer to, use or include LIBOR may also be impacted.

Further, if a LIBOR rate is not available on a determination date during the floating rate period for any of our LIBOR based agreements, the terms of such agreements will require alternative determination procedures which may result in interest or dividend payments differing from expectations and could affect our profit and the market value of our Preference Shares.

In addition, any changes announced by the FCA, including the FCA Announcement, the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (the independent administrator of LIBOR) or any other successor governance or oversight body, or future changes adopted by such body, in the method pursuant to which LIBOR rates are determined may result in a sudden or prolonged increase or decrease in reported LIBOR rates. If that were to occur, the level of interest or dividend payments during the floating rate period for our LIBOR based agreements would be affected and could affect our profit or the market value of our Preference Shares.

The derivative contracts used to hedge our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates could result in reductions in our shareholders’ equity as well as charges in our statement of profit and loss.

We enter into derivative contracts from time to time for purposes of managing our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates applicable to floating rate indebtedness. As of December 31, 2021, we had 25 derivative contracts in place with a notional amount of $1.5 billion. The changes in the fair value of the 25 derivative contracts that have not been designated as cash flow hedging instruments are recognized in our statement of profit or loss. Changes in the fair value of any derivative contracts that do not qualify for treatment as cash flow hedges for financial reporting purposes would affect, among other things, our profit, earnings per share and compliance with the market value adjusted net worth covenants in our credit facilities.

As of December 31, 2021, we had three Cross Currency Swaps, or “CCSs”, to exchange interest payments and principal on maturity on the same terms as the NOK 2024 Bonds, in order to hedge the variability of the functional currency equivalent cash flows on the NOK 2024 Bonds. As of December 31, 2021, the three CCSs had a notional amount of $98.6 million and qualified as cash flow hedging instruments for accounting purposes. The effective portion of changes in the fair value of CCSs is recognized in other comprehensive income while the ineffective portion impacts the statement of profit or loss for the period.

We enter into forward foreign exchange contracts from time to time for purposes of managing our exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates applicable to payments in foreign currencies (mainly Euros, British Pounds Sterling, Singapore dollars and Japanese Yen). As of December 31, 2021, we had 75 forward foreign exchange contracts in place with an aggregate notional amount of €50.2 million. The changes in the fair value of these contracts that have not been designated as cash flow hedging instruments are recognized in our statement of profit or loss. Changes in the fair value of any derivative contracts that do not qualify for treatment as cash flow hedges for financial reporting purposes would affect, among other things, our profit, earnings per share and compliance with the market value adjusted net worth covenants in our credit facilities.

There is no assurance that our derivative contracts will provide adequate protection against adverse changes in interest rates or that our bank counterparties will be able to perform their obligations. In addition, as a result of the implementation of new regulation of the swaps markets in the United States, the European Union and elsewhere over the next few years, the cost and availability of interest rate and currency hedges may increase or suitable hedges may not be available.

Our earnings and business are subject to the credit risk associated with our contractual counterparties.

We enter into, among other things, time charters and other contracts with our customers, shipbuilding contracts and refund guarantees relating to newbuildings, credit facilities and commitment letters with banks, insurance contracts, interest rate swaps and foreign exchange forward contracts. Such agreements subject us to counterparty credit risk. For example, for the year ended December 31, 2021, 38.0% of our revenues derived from subsidiaries of Shell. We also have six vessels on charter to Cheniere, two vessels on charter to Centrica and one vessel on charter to each of Eni, RWE, Chevron, Mitsui, Endesa and Jera. While we believe all our customers to be strong counterparties, their creditworthiness as assessed by independent parties such as credit rating agencies is less strong than that of Shell. In the future, we may enter into new charters with these and other counterparties who are less creditworthy.

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The ability and willingness of each of our counterparties to perform its obligations under a contract with us will depend upon a number of factors that are beyond our control and may include, among other things, general economic conditions, the condition of the natural gas and LNG markets and charter hire rates. Should a counterparty fail to honor its obligations under agreements with us, we could sustain significant losses which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for dividends to our shareholders.

Our business depends on certain of our senior executives who are subject to increasing demands as a result of our growth and who may not necessarily continue to work for us.

Increasing demands are placed on our management as a result of our growth. As we expand operations, we must monitor our operations, control costs and maintain quality control. In addition, the provision of management services to our publicly traded subsidiary, GasLog Partners, has increased the complexity of our business and placed additional demands on our management. Our success depends to a significant extent upon the abilities and the efforts of our Chairman, Peter G. Livanos, and certain of our senior executives. Mr. Livanos has substantial experience in the shipping industry and has worked with us for many years. He and certain of our senior executives are important to the execution of our business strategies and to the growth and development of our business. If Mr. Livanos or one or more of our senior executives ceased to be affiliated with us, we may be unable to recruit other employees with equivalent talent and experience, and our business and financial condition could suffer.

Risks Related to Our Securities

We are a “foreign private issuer” under NYSE rules, and as such we are entitled to exemption from certain NYSE corporate governance standards, and you may not have the same protections afforded to hareholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.

We are a “foreign private issuer” under the securities laws of the United States and the rules of the NYSE. Under the securities laws of the United States, “foreign private issuers” are subject to different disclosure requirements than U.S. domiciled registrants, as well as different financial reporting requirements. Under the NYSE rules, a “foreign private issuer” is subject to less stringent corporate governance requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the rules of the NYSE permit a “foreign private issuer” to follow its home country practice in lieu of the listing requirements of the NYSE, including (i) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that a nominating/corporate governance committee be established, (iii) the requirement that the compensation committee be composed entirely of independent directors and have a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities and (iv) the requirement of an annual performance evaluation of the compensation committee.

As permitted by these exemptions, as well as by our bye-laws and the laws of Bermuda, we may have non-independent directors serving as committee members on our compensation committee. As a result, non-independent directors may, among other things, participate in fixing the compensation of our management, making share and option awards and resolving governance issues regarding our Company.

Accordingly, in the future you may not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements.

Our Preference Shares are subordinated to our debt obligations and investors’ interests could be diluted by the issuance of additional preference shares and by other transactions.

Our Preference Shares are subordinated to all of our existing and future indebtedness. As of December 31, 2021, we had $3.7 billion of outstanding indebtedness. Our existing indebtedness restricts, and our future indebtedness may include restrictions on, our ability to pay dividends to shareholders. Our memorandum of association and bye-laws currently authorizes the issuance of an unlimited number of preference shares out of the 500,000,000 shares of share capital in one or more classes or series. The issuance of additional preference shares on a parity with or senior to our Preference Shares would dilute the interests of the holders of our Preference Shares, and any issuance of preference shares senior to or at parity with our Preference Shares or of additional indebtedness could affect our ability to pay dividends on, redeem or pay the liquidation preference on our Preference Shares. No provisions relating to our Preference Shares protect the holders of our Preference Shares in the event of a highly leveraged or other transaction, including the sale, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all our assets or business, which might adversely affect the holders of our Preference Shares.

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Our Preference Shares rank pari passu with any other class or series of shares established after the original issue date of the Preference Shares that is not expressly subordinated or senior to the Preference Shares as to the payment of dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation or reorganization. If less than all dividends payable with respect to the Preference Shares and any parity securities are paid, any partial payment shall be made pro rata with respect to shares of Preference Shares and any parity securities entitled to a dividend payment at such time in proportion to the aggregate amounts remaining due in respect of such shares at such time.

Holders of our Preference Shares have extremely limited voting rights.

Our common shares are the only class of our shares carrying full voting rights. Holders of the Preference Shares generally have no voting rights. However, if and whenever dividends payable on the Preference Shares are in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, holders of Preference Shares (voting together as a class with all other classes or series of parity securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) will be entitled to elect one additional director to serve on our board of directors, and the size of our board of directors will be increased as needed to accommodate such change (unless the size of our board of directors already has been increased by reason of the election of a director by holders of parity securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and with which the Preference Shares voted as a class for the election of such director). The right of such holders of Preference Shares to elect a member of our board of directors will continue until all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Preference Shares have been paid in full. In addition, holders of Preference Shares are entitled to vote together with holders of common shares on matters related to the approval of an amalgamation or merger.

The Preference Shares represent perpetual equity interests and holders have no right to receive any greater payment than the liquidation preference regardless of the circumstances.

The Preference Shares represent perpetual equity interests in us and, unlike our indebtedness, will not give rise to a claim for payment of a principal amount at a particular date. As a result, holders of the Preference Shares may be required to bear the financial risks of an investment in the Preference Shares for an indefinite period of time. In addition, the Preference Shares rank junior in all our indebtedness and other liabilities, and any other senior securities we may issue in the future with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against us.

The payment due to a holder of Preference Shares upon a liquidation is fixed at the redemption preference of $25.00 per share plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to the date of liquidation. If, in the case of our liquidation, there are remaining assets to be distributed after payment of this amount, holders of Preference Shares will have no right to receive or to participate in these amounts. Furthermore, if the market price for Preference Shares is greater than the liquidation preference, holders of Preference Shares will have no right to receive the market price from us upon our liquidation.

Following the close of the Transaction, our corporate actions are substantially controlled by the Rolling Shareholders, who have the ability to effectively control the outcome of most important corporate matters. The interests of the Rolling Shareholders may be different than yours.

Following the consummation of the Transaction on June 9, 2021, certain existing shareholders, including Blenheim Holdings, which is wholly owned by the Livanos family, and Olympic LNG, hold approximately 55.2% of the outstanding common shares of GasLog and GEPIF holds approximately 44.8%. As noted above, the holders of our Preferences Shares generally have no voting rights on most matters. See Item 3.D. – Risk Factors – Risks Relating to Our Securities. As a result of the foregoing, the Rolling Shareholders have effective control over our corporate strategy and the outcome of significant corporate matters, and investors may be prevented from influencing such matters including:

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The interests of the Rolling Shareholders may be different from yours. These actions may take place even if the holders of our Preference Shares are opposed and therefore may adversely affect the market value of our Preference Shares.

Tax Risks

In addition to the following risk factors, you should read “Item 10. Additional Information—E. Tax Considerations” for a more complete discussion of the material Bermuda and U.S. Federal income tax considerations relating to us and the ownership and disposition of our common shares and Preference Shares.

We may have to pay tax on U.S.-source income, which would reduce our earnings.

Under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the “Code”, the U.S. source gross transportation income of a ship-owning or chartering corporation, such as ourselves, is subject to a 4% U.S. Federal income tax without allowance for deduction, unless that corporation qualifies for exemption from tax under a tax treaty or Section 883 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. U.S. source gross transportation income consists of 50% of the gross shipping income that is attributable to transportation that begins or ends, but that does not both begin and end, in the United States.

GasLog does not expect to qualify for the statutory tax exemption for the year of 2021 or for future years. Even if we do not qualify for such an exemption, we do not currently expect any resulting U.S. federal income tax liability to be material or materially reduce the earnings available for dividends to our shareholders. For 2021, the U.S. source gross transportation tax for the wholly owned subsidiaries of GasLog was $3.3 million. For a more detailed discussion, see the section entitled “Item 10. Additional Information—E. Tax Considerations—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—U.S. Taxation of Our Operating Income”.

If we were treated as a “passive foreign investment company”, certain adverse U.S. Federal income tax consequences could result to U.S. shareholders.

A foreign corporation will be treated as a “passive foreign investment company”, or “PFIC”, for U.S. Federal income tax purposes if at least 75% of its gross income for any tax year consists of certain types of “passive income”, or at least 50% of the average value of the corporation’s assets produce or are held for the production of those types of “passive income”. For purposes of these tests, “passive income” includes dividends, interest, gains from the sale or exchange of investment property and rents and royalties other than rents and royalties that are received from unrelated parties in connection with the active conduct of a trade or business. For purposes of these tests, income derived from the performance of services does not constitute “passive income”. U.S. shareholders of a PFIC are subject to a disadvantageous U.S. Federal income tax regime with respect to the income derived by the PFIC, the distributions they receive from the PFIC and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their shares in the PFIC. If we are treated as a PFIC for any tax year, we will provide information to U.S. shareholders who request such information to enable them to make certain elections to alleviate certain of the adverse U.S. Federal income tax consequences that would arise as a result of holding an interest in a PFIC.

Based on our proposed method of operation, we do not believe that GasLog is a PFIC for this tax year. In this regard, we intend to treat the gross income we derive or are deemed to derive from our time chartering activities as services income, rather than rental income. Accordingly, we believe that our income from our time chartering activities does not constitute “passive income”, and the assets that we own and operate to produce that income do not constitute passive assets.

There is, however, no legal authority under the PFIC rules addressing our proposed method of operation. Accordingly, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or the “IRS”, or a court of law may not accept our position, and there is a risk that the IRS or a court of law could determine that we are a PFIC. Moreover, GasLog could constitute a PFIC for a future tax year if there were to be changes in the nature and extent of our operations.

If the IRS were to find that GasLog is or has been a PFIC for any tax year, U.S. shareholders would face adverse tax consequences. Under the PFIC rules, unless those shareholders make certain elections available under the Code, such shareholders would be liable to pay U.S. Federal income tax at the then prevailing income tax rates on ordinary income plus interest upon excess distributions and upon any gain from the disposition of our common shares or Preference Shares, as if the excess distribution or gain had been recognized ratably over the shareholder’s holding period. Please read “Item 10. Additional Information—E. Tax Considerations—Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—U.S. Federal Income Taxation of U.S. Holders—PFIC Status

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and Significant Tax Consequences” for a more detailed discussion of the U.S. Federal income tax consequences to U.S. shareholders if GasLog Ltd. is treated as a PFIC.

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Since GasLog Partners’ IPO, the Partnership has completed follow-on equity offerings as set out below, the proceeds of which have been used for general corporate purposes including partially funding the acquisition of the GasLog subsidiaries that own the vessels listed below:

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On April 7, 2015, GasLog completed a public offering of 4,600,000 Preference Shares, par value $0.01 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share and priced at $25.00 per share, including 600,000 shares issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional Preference Shares. The net proceeds from the offering after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses were $110.7 million to be used for general corporate purposes. The Preference Shares are listed on the NYSE under the symbol “GLOG PR A”.

As of March 7, 2022, GasLog holds a 33.3% interest in the Partnership and, as a result of its ownership of the general partner and the fact that the general partner elects the majority of the Partnership’s directors in accordance with the Partnership’s partnership agreement, or the “Partnership Agreement”, GasLog has the ability to control the Partnership’s affairs and policies. Consequently, GasLog Partners is consolidated in the Group’s financial statements. The Group’s control of the general partner and consequently of the Partnership could be challenged with a 66.67% vote by other unitholders. However, as the Partnership Agreement limits any single unitholder to a maximum of 4.9% of the vote, it is highly unlikely that a coordinated vote of widely held unitholders will be organized to change the Group’s control of the general partner. As a result, the Group continues to assume that control of the general partner is a relevant basis on which to conclude control of the Partnership.

On June 24, 2019, the Partnership Agreement was amended, effective June 30, 2019, to eliminate the general partner's incentive distribution rights (the “IDRs”) in exchange for the issuance by the Partnership to GasLog of 2,532,911 common units and 2,490,000 Class B units (of which 415,000 were Class B-1 units, 415,000 were Class B-2 units, 415,000 are Class B-3 units, 415,000 are Class B-4 units, 415,000 are Class B-5 units and 415,000 are Class B-6 units), issued on June 30, 2019. The Class B units have all of the rights and obligations attached to the common units, except for voting rights and participation in distributions until such time as GasLog exercises its right to convert the Class B units to common units. On July 1, 2020 and 2021, the 415,000 Class B-1 units and the 415,000 Class B-2 units were converted into 415,000 and 415,000 common units, respectively. The remaining Class B units will become eligible for conversion on a one-for-one basis into common units at GasLog's option on July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023, July 1, 2024 and July 1, 2025 for the Class B-3 units, Class B-4 units, Class B-5 units and the Class B-6 units, respectively. Following the IDR elimination, the allocation of GasLog Partners' profit to the non-controlling interests is based on the revised distribution policy for available cash stated in the Partnership Agreement as amended, effective June 30, 2019, and under which 98% of the available cash is distributed to the common unitholders and 2% is distributed to the general partner. The updated earnings allocation applies to the total GasLog Partners’ profit for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and onwards.

On June 29, 2020, GasLog completed the sale of 14,400,000 common shares at a price of $2.50 per share for total gross proceeds of $36.0 million through a private placement of unregistered common shares (“the Private Placement”). The net proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. Approximately 75% of shares issued in the Private Placement were purchased by GasLog’s directors and affiliates, including 6,500,000 common shares purchased by Blenheim Holdings, and 4,000,000 common shares purchased by Olympic LNG.

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On February 22, 2021, we announced that GasLog had entered into a Merger Agreement with GEPIF. Under the Merger Agreement, GEPIF would acquire all of the outstanding common shares of GasLog that are not held by the Rolling Shareholders of GasLog in exchange for $5.80 in cash per common share.

On June 9, 2021, we announced the completion of the Transaction with GEPIF following the special general meeting of GasLog’s shareholders held virtually on June 4, 2021, where the Transaction and the related agreements (i) the previously announced Merger Agreement, (ii) the merger and (iii) the statutory merger agreement contemplated by the Merger Agreement, received the requisite approval of GasLog’s shareholders required by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 21, 2021 (and subsequently amended on April 20, 2021).

Trading in GasLog’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), was suspended with immediate effect and the delisting of the common shares from the NYSE became effective on June 21, 2021. GasLog’s 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Shares remain outstanding and continue to trade in the NYSE.

Following the consummation of the Transaction on June 9, 2021, certain existing shareholders, including Blenheim Holdings, which is wholly owned by the Livanos family, and Olympic LNG, hold approximately 55.2% of the outstanding common shares of GasLog and GEPIF holds approximately 44.8%. In addition, Peter G. Livanos holds a proxy to vote the shares of the Rolling Shareholders, and as a result of holding such proxy, controls more than a majority of the voting stock of the Company and controls the right to appoint a majority of the board of the Company.

We maintain our principal executive offices at 69 Akti Miaouli, 18537 Piraeus, Greece. Our telephone number at that address is +30 210 459 1000. We are registered with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda under registration number 33928. We maintain a registered office in Bermuda at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, HM 11, Bermuda.

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In accordance with these requirements, we file reports and other information as a foreign private issuer with the SEC. You may obtain copies of all or any part of such materials from the SEC upon payment of prescribed fees. You may also inspect reports and other information regarding registrants, such as us, that file electronically with the SEC without charge at a website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. These documents and other important information on our governance are posted on our website and may be viewed at http://www.gaslogltd.com.

B. Business Overview

Overview

We are an international owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers providing support to international energy companies as part of their LNG logistics chain. Our owned and bareboat fleet as of March 7, 2022, consists of 39 LNG carriers, including 35 ships on the water and four LNG carriers on order at one of the world’s leading LNG shipbuilders, DSME. This includes 15 LNG carriers in GasLog Partners’ owned and bareboat fleet. We have entered into certain agreements with GasLog Partners governing our relationship, including purchase options for certain of our ships. We currently manage and operate 35 LNG carriers including 16 of our wholly owned ships in operation, 13 ships contributed or sold to the Partnership (one is managed by a subsidiary of Shell), one additional LNG carrier in which we have a 25.0% interest and five vessels secured under long-term bareboat charters from Lepta Shipping, Sea 190 Leasing, Hai Kuo Shipping and CDBL. We are also supervising the construction of our newbuildings. We operate our vessels under time charters. As of December 31, 2021, these contracts are expected to provide total contracted revenues of $2.8 billion during their initial terms, which expire between 2022 and 2032. During 2021, 2020 and 2019, we generated revenues of $809.6 million, $674.1 million and $668.6 million, respectively. For disaggregation of revenues, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—A. Operating Results—Customers”.

The LNG carrier in which we have a 25.0% interest is the Methane Nile Eagle, a 2007-built LNG carrier technically managed by us that is currently operating under a 20-year time charter to MSL.

Our current time charters have initial terms of up to 12 years and include options that permit the charterers to extend the terms for successive periods under hire rate provisions. We will continue to evaluate the attractiveness of longer and shorter-term chartering opportunities as the commercial characteristics of the LNG carrier industry evolve. Our orderbook of new LNG carriers has staggered delivery dates, facilitating a smooth integration of the ships into our fleet as well as significant annual growth through 2025. This has

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the additional advantage of spreading our exposure to the re-delivery of these ships over several years upon expiration of their current charters.

Each of our 35 owned and bareboat LNG carriers and four LNG carriers under construction is designed with a capacity of between approximately 145,000 cbm and 180,000 cbm. We believe this size range maximizes their operational flexibility as these ships are compatible with most existing LNG terminals around the world. All but one of the LNG carriers in our owned and bareboat fleet are of similar specifications, which allows us to benefit from economies of scale and operating efficiencies in ship construction, crew training, crew rotation and shared spare parts. Our owned and bareboat fleet has an average age of 7.4 years, making it one of the youngest in the industry. By comparison, as of December 31, 2021, the average age for the global trading LNG carrier fleet including LNG carriers of all sizes, was 9.92 years.

Our wholly owned subsidiary, GasLog LNG Services, exclusively handles the technical management of our fleet, including plan approval for new ship orders, supervision of ship construction and planning and supervision of dry-dockings, as well as technical operations, crewing, training, maintenance, regulatory and classification compliance and health, safety, security and environmental, or “HSSE”, management and reporting. With over 20 years of technical management experience, including 15 years as sole technical manager of BG Group’s owned fleet of LNG carriers, we have established a track record for the efficient, safe and reliable operation of LNG carriers which is evidenced by our safety performance and the limited off-hire days of the 35 ships currently operating under our management.

A wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog acquired a 20% shareholding in Gastrade in 2016. Gastrade is licensed to develop an LNG receiving terminal utilizing an FSRU offshore Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece. The FSRU will be connected to the Greek national grid via a 24km subsea pipeline. A wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog has executed a long-term Operation and Maintenance Agreement with Gastrade under which GasLog will be the operator of the FSRU. This agreement is tied to the Terminal Use Agreement of the Alexandroupolis Project.

In March 2020, Gastrade concluded the second phase of the regulatory market test for long-term capacity in the terminal with an aggregate long-term profile of binding offers for up to 15 years, reaching 2.6 billion cubic meters per year, from Greek and international natural gas companies, as well as end consumers. The binding offers were subsequently confirmed by the signing of Advanced Capacity Reservation Agreements for the reservation of regasification capacity at the FSRU terminal.

DEPA, the Greek State Gas Company, acquired a 20% shareholding in Gastrade in 2019. BulgarTransGaz, the Bulgarian State Gas Transportation Company acquired a 20% shareholding in Gastrade in 2020 and DESFA, the Greek National Gas Transmission Operator acquired a 20% shareholding in Gastrade in December 2021.

Following a tender process, Gastrade has signed contracts with the Pipeline EPCI Contractor, the Mooring Contractor and GasLog, as the FSRU provider. The GasLog Chelsea will be converted at Keppel Shipyard Limited in Singapore to an FSRU and transferred to Gastrade at the end of 2023. Gastrade took Final Investment Decision (“FID”) on the project in January 2022 and the start-up of the LNG terminal is anticipated to occur in the fourth quarter of 2023.

In September 2019, GasLog announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of GasLog had signed a 10-year time charter with Sinolam for the provision of a LNG FSU to a gas-fired power project being developed on Panama. Subject to receipt of firm notice by the end of 2023, GasLog Singapore is expected to be delivered to Sinolam no later than twelve months thereafter for use as a LNG FSU that will receive, store and send out LNG to a gas-fired power plant currently being developed near Colón, Panama, by Sinolam Smarter energy LNG Power Company, a subsidiary of private Chinese investment group Shanghai Gorgeous Investment Development Company. The power project has signed long-term power purchase agreements with leading Panamanian utility companies as well as a 15-year LNG sale and purchase agreement with Shell. The completion of the power plant was initially scheduled for the second quarter of 2020 but has since been significantly delayed as a result of COVID-19 related impacts to the construction schedule. In the meantime, the vessel has undergone FSU conversion for the Sinolam LNG charter during its scheduled dry-dock in the second quarter of 2021.

In November 2019, GasLog announced plans to relocate more of its employees including several members of senior management to the Piraeus, Greece office, home of our operational platform, in order to enhance execution, efficiency and operational excellence and to reduce overheads. By the end of 2020, we had concluded these organizational changes, having closed the Monaco office and substantially reduced the number of employees in our London office.

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In August 2020, as the next phase in our strategy to enhance efficiency and reduce costs, we announced that the decision had been taken to include GasLog Partners and the Stamford office in the initiative. We reduced the size of the Partnership’s board of directors from seven to five and closed the Stamford, Connecticut office.

On February 6, 2020, GasLog Partners guided towards a reduction in its quarterly distribution from the first quarter of 2020 as a result of a number of increasingly strong negative indicators in the LNG shipping market. The Partnership reduced its quarterly common unit distribution to $0.125 in the first quarter of 2020 from $0.561 per unit for the fourth quarter 2019, followed by a further reduction to $0.01 per common unit beginning with the third quarter of 2020. GasLog Partners has continued to focus on capital allocation on debt repayment and prioritizing balance sheet strength, in order to lower cash break-evens and to reposition the Partnership for potential future growth if its cost of capital allows GasLog Partners to access debt and equity capital on acceptable terms.

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The following table presents information about GasLog Partners’ fleet and their associated time charters as of March 7, 2022:

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Charter Expirations

The Solaris is due to come off charter in March 2022; the GasLog Savannah and GasLog Singapore in April 2022; the Methane Lydon Volney, the Methane Heather Sally, the GasLog Sydney and the GasLog Seattle in June 2022; the Methane Shirley Elisabeth in August 2022; and the GasLog Skagen and the Methane Rita Andrea in September 2022. The Group continues to pursue opportunities for new term charters with third parties, while trading the vessels in the spot/short-term market to pursue the most advantageous redeployment depending on evolving market conditions.

Key Fleet Characteristics

The key characteristics of our current owned and bareboat fleet include the following:

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In addition to our owned and bareboat fleet, we have a 25.0% ownership interest in Egypt LNG, an entity whose principal asset is the Methane Nile Eagle. The Methane Nile Eagle is a 145,000 cbm LNG carrier that was built in 2007. It is currently chartered to MSL under a 20-year time charter, which is subject to extension for up to 10 years at the charterer’s option.

We continually evaluate short-term and multi-year charter opportunities for our vessels, including the one newbuilding for which we do not currently have a charter fixed. Our discussions with potential charterers are at various stages of advancement; however, we cannot provide assurance that we will conclude any particular charter or, if concluded, as to the charter rate that will apply.

Managed Fleet

Through GasLog LNG Services, we provide technical ship management services for one LNG carrier owned by a third party in addition to management of the 34 LNG carriers currently operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (the Solaris is managed by a subsidiary of Shell). We supervised the construction by Samsung or Hyundai of each LNG carrier in our managed fleet, and each ship has operated under our technical management since its delivery from the shipyard with the exception of the Solaris.

The following table provides information about our managed, third party owned ship (not including the bareboat vessels):

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Ship Time Charters

We provide the services of our ships under time charters. A time charter is a contract for the use of the ship for a specified term at a daily hire rate. Under a time charter, the ship owner provides crewing and other services related to the ship’s operation, the cost of which is covered by the hire rate, and the customer is responsible for substantially all of the ship voyage costs (including bunker fuel, port charges, canal fees and LNG boil-off).

Our time charters provide for redelivery of the ship to us at the expiration of the term, which may be extended upon the charterer’s exercise of its extension options, or upon earlier termination of the charter (as described below) plus or minus a specified number of days which is a standard flexibility offered to the charterer to facilitate the final voyage of the charter. Our charter contracts do not provide the charterers with options to purchase our ships during or upon expiration of the charter term.

The following discussion describes the material terms of the time charters for our owned and bareboat ships.

Initial Term, Extensions and Redelivery

Long-term Market (defined as charter parties with initial duration of more than five years)

The initial term charter for the Methane Becki Anne to MSL began upon delivery of the ship and will terminate in 2024. MSL has options to extend the terms of the charter for an additional period of either three or five years beyond the initial charter expiration date. The initial term of the time charter for the Methane Julia Louise began upon delivery to GasLog and will terminate in 2026. MSL has the option to extend the long-term bareboat charter of the Methane Julia Louise which is now owned by Lepta Shipping and leased back to GasLog, for an additional period of either three or five years beyond the initial charter expiration date.

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operational discharge inspection of the ship. The Solaris is due to come off charter in March 2022. The vessel is managed by a subsidiary of Shell and such entity covers operating costs.

The initial term of the time charter for the GasLog Greece, the GasLog Glasgow, the GasLog Geneva and the GasLog Gibraltar began upon delivery of the ships and will terminate in 2026, 2026, 2023 and 2023, respectively. For the GasLog Greece and the GasLog Glasgow, MSL has options to extend the terms of the charters for up to five years and for the GasLog Geneva and the GasLog Gibraltar, MSL has the option to extend the terms of the charters by two additional periods of five and three years, respectively.

The GasLog Houston was delivered from the shipyard in January 2018 and delivered into her time charter with MSL in January 2019. The initial charter term for the ship will terminate in 2028. MSL has options to extend the terms of the charter of the GasLog Houston which is now owned by Hai Kuo Shipping and leased back to GasLog, for two consecutive periods of three years each, all at specified hire rates.

Our time charter to MSL for the GasLog Genoa and the GasLog Gladstone began when the ships were delivered from the shipyard in March 2018 and March 2019, respectively. The initial charter terms for the ships will terminate in 2027 and 2029, respectively. MSL has options to extend terms of the charters for two consecutive periods of three years each, all at specified hire rates.

Our time charter to Total for the GasLog Hong Kong began when the ship was delivered from the shipyard in March 2018. The initial charter term will terminate in 2025. Total has the option to extend the term of the charter of the GasLog Hong Kong which is now owned by Sea 190 Leasing and leased back to GasLog, by a three-year period at the charterer’s option at a specified hire rate.

Our time charters to Centrica for the GasLog Windsor and the GasLog Westminster began when the ships were delivered from the shipyard in 2020. The initial charter terms will terminate in 2027. Centrica has the option to extend the term of the charters by three consecutive periods of two years each at the charterer’s option.

Our time charter to Jera for the GasLog Wales began upon delivery of the vessel in 2020. The initial charter terms will terminate in 2032. Jera has the option to extend the term of the charter by two consecutive periods of three years.

Our time charter to Cheniere for the GasLog Georgetown began when the ship was delivered from the shipyard in 2020 and the initial charter terms will terminate in 2027. The time charters for the GasLog Galveston, the GasLog Wellington and the GasLog Winchester began upon delivery of the vessels from the shipyard in 2021 and the initial charter terms will terminate in 2028. Cheniere has the option to extend the term of each of the charters by three consecutive periods of three years, two years and two years, respectively.

Our time charter to Endesa for the GasLog Warsaw began in May 2021. The initial charter term will terminate in 2029. Endesa has the option to extend the term of the charter by two six-year periods beyond the initial charter expiration date.

Our time charter to Mitsui for the Hull No. 2533 will begin upon delivery of the vessel from the shipyard in 2024 and the initial charter terms will terminate in 2033. Mitsui has the option to extend the term of the charter by two consecutive periods of two years.

Our time charters for the Hull Nos. 2534 and 2535 will begin upon delivery of the vessels from the shipyard in 2025 and the initial charter terms will terminate in 2035. The charterer has the option to extend the term of the charter by two consecutive periods of three years and two years.

Short-term Spot Market (defined as charter parties with initial duration of less than five years)

Our time charter to Trafigura for the GasLog Santiago began in August 2018 and following Charterer’s extension declaration of the first optional period of one year, the charter will terminate in December 2022. Trafigura has various options to further extend the term of the time charter for between one and six years at specified rates.

Our time charters to Gunvor for the GasLog Shanghai and the GasLog Salem began in June 2019 and the charters will terminate in November 2022 and March 2023 respectively. They have a variable rate of hire within an agreed range during the charter period. The vessels are now owned by a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDBL and leased back to GasLog and GasLog Partners, respectively.

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Our time charter to JOVO for the Methane Shirley Elisabeth began in July 2020 and will terminate in August 2022.

Our time charter to CNTIC VPower for the Methane Alison Victoria began in October 2020 and the charter will terminate in 2023. CNTIC VPower has the option to extend the term of the charter by two consecutive periods of one year.

The initial time charter for the Methane Jane Elizabeth to Cheniere began in December 2020 and the charter will terminate in 2023. Cheniere has the option to extend the term of the charter by two consecutive periods of one year.

The Methane Heather Sally commenced a one-year charter with Cheniere in June 2021 and will terminate in June 2022.

The Methane Rita Andrea’s current time charter with Gunvor will terminate in September 2022.

The Methane Lydon Volney commenced a one-year charter with Naturgy in June 2021 and will terminate in June 2022.

The GasLog Savannah commenced a one-year charter with ENI in April 2021 and will terminate in April 2022.

The GasLog Singapore commenced a one-year charter with RWE in July 2021 and will terminate in April 2022.

The GasLog Skagen commenced a one-year charter with Chevron in September 2021 and will terminate in September 2022.

The GasLog Sydney and the GasLog Seattle are both on charter to Total for a firm period of slightly less than one year. The charters commenced in June 2021 and July 2021 respectively and will be terminated in June 2022.

The GasLog Saratoga commenced a three-year charter with Mitsui in September 2021 and will be terminated in September 2024.

The rates and period for the fixtures of the GasLog Chelsea vary from charter to charter, as is the nature of trading in the spot charter market under contracts of up to six months.

Hire Rate Provisions

“Hire rate” refers to the basic payment from the customer for use of the ship. Under all of our time charters, the hire rate is payable to us monthly in advance in U.S. dollars. Depending on the time charter contract, there are four methods by which the daily hire rate for our owned ships is determined:

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The hire rates for each of our ships may be reduced if the ship does not perform to certain of its specifications or if we breach our obligations under the charter. We have had no instances of hire rate reductions since the first two of our owned ships commenced operations in 2010.

Off-Hire

When a ship is “off-hire”—or not available for service—a time charterer generally is not required to pay the hire rate, and we remain responsible for all costs, including the cost of any LNG cargo lost as boil-off during such off-hire periods. The vast majority of our time charters provide an annual allowance period for us to schedule preventative maintenance work on the ships. For the vessels operating in the short-term spot market we take advantage of any idle period to enable us to perform the required maintenance. Our ships are being maintained to the highest standards in accordance with the maker’s maintenance schedule. A ship generally will be deemed off-hire under our time charters if there is a specified time outside of the annual allowance period when the ship is not available for the charterer’s use due to, among other things, operational deficiencies (including the failure to maintain a certain guaranteed speed), dry-docking for repairs, maintenance or inspection, equipment breakdowns, deficiency of personnel or neglect of duty by the ship’s officers or crew, deviation from course, or delays due to accidents, quarantines, ship detentions or similar problems. We have obtained loss of hire insurance to protect us against loss of income as a result of a ship being off-hire. See “—Risk of Loss, Insurance and Risk Management—Loss of Hire Insurance”.

All ships are dry-docked at least once every five years for a special survey as required by the ship’s classification society. Our ships are considered to be on a scheduled off-hire under our time charters during such periods.

Termination and Cancellation

Under our existing time charters, each party has certain termination rights which include, among other things, the automatic termination of a charter upon loss of the relevant ship. Either party may elect to terminate a charter upon the occurrence of specified defaults or upon the outbreak of war or hostilities involving two or more major nations, such as the United States or the People’s Republic of China, if such war or hostilities materially and adversely affect the trading of the ship for a specified period of time which can vary from charter to charter. In addition, our charterers have the option to terminate a charter if the relevant ship is off-hire for any reason other than scheduled dry-dockings. The number of off-hire days which trigger this option varies dependent on the terms of the individual charter parties.

In addition to its termination rights, Shell has the right to convert the time charter with respect to the relevant ship into a bareboat charter upon the occurrence of specified defaults or in the event that Shell’s quality assurance review is not successfully completed upon delivery of the ship.

All of the time charters applicable to our newbuildings permit the charterer to cancel the charter in the event of a prolonged delay in the delivery of the ship from the shipyard, and in certain circumstances obligate us to pay liquidated damages to the charterer in the event of a less significant delivery delay. However, the cancellation and liquidated damages provisions in our charters are structured to parallel with the provisions of our contracts with the shipyard, giving us the right to receive liquidated damages from the shipyard or cancel the shipbuilding contract in the same circumstances that would trigger the charterer’s right to cancel the charter contract or receive liquidated damages because of delivery delays.

The Bareboat Charters

On February 24, 2016, GasLog’s subsidiary, GAS-twenty six Ltd., completed the sale and leaseback of the Methane Julia Louise with Lepta Shipping. Lepta Shipping has the right to on-sell and lease back the vessel. The vessel was sold to Lepta Shipping for a total consideration approximately equivalent to its book value at the time of the sale. GAS-twenty six Ltd. has leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter from Lepta Shipping for a period of up to 20 years. GAS-twenty six Ltd. has the option to re-purchase the vessel on pre-agreed terms no earlier than the end of year ten and no later than the end of year 17 of the bareboat charter. The vessel remains on its 11 year charter with MSL.

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On October 21, 2020, GasLog’s subsidiary, GAS-twenty five Ltd., completed the sale and leaseback of the GasLog Hong Kong with Sea 190 Leasing. The vessel was sold to Sea 190 Leasing. GAS-twenty five Ltd. has leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter from Sea 190 Leasing for a period of up to twelve years. GAS-twenty five Ltd. has the option to re-purchase the vessel on pre-agreed terms no earlier than the end of year one and no later than the end of year 12 of the bareboat charter. The vessel remains on its charter with Total.

On January 22, 2021, GasLog’s subsidiary, GAS-twenty four Ltd., completed the sale and leaseback of the GasLog Houston with Hai Kuo Shipping. The vessel was sold to Hai Kuo Shipping. GAS-twenty four Ltd. has leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter from Hai Kuo Shipping for a period of up to eight years. GAS-twenty four Ltd. has the obligation to re-purchase the vessel at the end of the charter period. GAS-twenty four Ltd. has also the option to re-purchase the vessel on pre-agreed terms no earlier than the first interest period and no later than the end of year eight of the bareboat charter. The vessel remains on its charter with Shell.

On October 26, 2021, GasLog Partners’ subsidiary GAS-three Ltd and GasLog’s subsidiary GAS-ten Ltd. completed the sale and lease-back of the GasLog Shanghai and the GasLog Salem respectively with CDBL. The vessels were sold and leased back under bareboat charters with CDBL for a period of five years with no repurchase option or obligation. The vessels remain on their charters with Gunvor.

Shipbuilding Contracts

As of December 31, 2021, our active shipbuilding contracts with DSME in respect of four newbuildings have an aggregate contract price of approximately $820.7 million. As of December 31, 2021, the aggregate outstanding balance was $820.7 million. All of our obligations under the shipbuilding contracts are payable in U.S. dollars.

As of December 31, 2021, our remaining payment obligations under the shipbuilding contracts were as follows:

The shipbuilding contracts provide for the four newbuildings to be delivered and ready for immediate operation on various dates in 2024 and 2025. Each shipbuilding contract requires DSME to pay us liquidated damages in the event of certain delays in the delivery of the relevant ship due to DSME’s default unless such delays are attributable to a force majeure event or caused by any other permissible reason under the shipbuilding contract and, in the event of a prolonged delay, we would have the right to cancel the contract and receive a refund of any installment payments previously made on the ship.

In the event that we fail to meet our payment obligations under a shipbuilding contract, we would be in default under the applicable contract and would be obligated to pay interest under the contract. If such a default by us were to continue for more than five business days, the delivery date of the applicable ship would be delayed by one day for each day that we remain in default and, if a default by us were to continue for more than ten business days (save for a default relevant to the winding up of the owner or guarantor for which the delay period should not be more than 21 days), DSME would have the option of cancelling the applicable shipbuilding contract and retaining any installment payments previously funded by us under the contract.

Ship Management Services and Construction Supervision

Except for the Solaris, which is managed by a subsidiary of Shell, management of our owned and bareboat fleet, which includes plan approval for new ship orders, supervision of ship construction and planning and supervision of dry-dockings, as well as technical operations, crewing, training, maintenance, regulatory and classification compliance and HSSE management and reporting, is provided in-house by our wholly owned subsidiary, GasLog LNG Services, an entity incorporated in Bermuda with an office in Piraeus, Greece. In addition to management of our owned and bareboat fleet, through GasLog LNG Services we provide technical ship

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management services for the Methane Nile Eagle, a ship in which we have a 25.0% ownership interest. During the year ended December 31, 2021, ship management services provided to external customers accounted for approximately 0.1% of our consolidated revenues.

Construction Supervision

We supervise and manage the construction of our newbuildings through GasLog LNG Services. During the newbuildings process we have employees on-site in South Korea whose responsibilities include inspecting the ships under construction for non-conformities, attending trials of the ship and its machinery and equipment, consulting with the shipyard in the event of any modifications to the ship’s specifications, reviewing the shipyard’s choice of suppliers and sub-contractors and keeping our management informed of the progress of the construction. Through GasLog LNG Services, we also supervised the construction of three LNG carriers in Shell’s owned fleet and the Methane Nile Eagle, all of which were constructed at Samsung.

Technical and Operational Management

Pursuant to ship management agreements, through GasLog LNG Services we manage the day-to-day aspects of ship operations for our owned and bareboat fleet (with the exception of the Solaris) and for the Methane Nile Eagle owned by Egypt LNG. The services provided include crewing, training, employing armed guards for transport in certain high-risk areas, insurance, maintenance and repair, procurement of supplies and equipment, regulatory and classification compliance and HSSE management and reporting, as well as dry-docking under certain charters. We utilize certain third-party sub-contractors and suppliers in carrying out our technical management responsibilities.

In the case of the Methane Nile Eagle, the crewing and other operational costs are fully passed-through to the ship owner, and the customer pays us a management fee per month for our technical management services. In connection with our ship management services provided to the Methane Nile Eagle, we have entered into a consultant service agreement pursuant to which we provide specialized services relating to the management of the LNG carrier. These services include the development and installation of a ship’s ship management system, which includes installing onboard hardware and software systems and providing related training to the ship’s personnel. The terms of the Methane Nile Eagle ship management agreement and related contracts permit the customer to terminate our services for any reason upon a short period of advance notice and both parties have termination rights upon the occurrence of specified defaults. In the event of the loss of a ship, or the owner’s sale of a ship to a third party, the ship management agreement in respect of the ship would terminate automatically.

Competition

We operate in markets that are highly competitive and based primarily on supply and demand. Generally, competition for LNG time charters is based primarily on charter party terms including price, ship availability, size, age, technical specifications and condition, LNG shipping experience, quality and efficiency of ship operations, including level of emissions, shipping industry relationships and reputation for customer service, and technical ability and reputation for operation of highly specialized ships. In addition, through seven of our vessels (six TFDE and one Steam vessel) and through nine of the GasLog Partners vessels (five Steam and four TFDE), we operate in the spot charter market that covers charters of less than five years.

Although we believe that we are one of a small number of large independent owners who focus primarily on modern, technically advanced LNG carriers, a growing number of other independent shipping companies also own and operate, and in some cases manage, LNG carriers and have new ships under construction. Several of these other ship owners and managers have decided to enter, or to expand their presence in, the LNG market with newbuilding vessels over the last year, and potentially others may also attempt to participate in the LNG market in the future. A number of these newbuildings are uncommitted and may also compete in the spot/short-term charter market on delivery. We believe that our strategy of focusing primarily on charter contracts with initial terms of seven to ten years, as well as the scale of our technical ship management operations, differentiates us to some extent from other independent owners.

In addition to independent owners, some of the major oil and gas producers own LNG carriers and, in the recent past, have contracted for the construction of new LNG carriers. Certain national oil and gas and shipping companies also have large fleets of LNG carriers that have expanded and may continue to expand. Some of these companies, as well as other market participants such as trading companies who have LNG shipping capacity contracted on multi-year charters, may compete with independent owners by using their fleets to carry LNG for third parties.

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Seagoing and Shore-Based Employees

As of December 31, 2021, we had 150 full-time employees and contractors based in our offices in Piraeus, London, New Jersey and Singapore. In addition to our shore-based employees, we had approximately 2,247 seafaring staff serving on our owned and managed ships. These seafarers are retained through crewing agencies based in Ukraine, the Philippines and Spain or, in the case of Greek seafarers, through direct hire. As we take delivery of our newbuildings, we expect to recruit a significant number of additional seafarers qualified to staff and operate our new ships, as well as a small number of additional shore-based personnel. We intend to focus our seafarer hiring efforts in the Ukraine, the Philippines and Spain, where we have crewing agency agreements in place, and in Greece.

LNG marine transportation is a specialized area requiring technically skilled officers and personnel with specialized training. Attracting and retaining motivated, well-qualified seagoing and shore-based personnel is a top priority, and we offer our people competitive compensation packages and training and development opportunities. In addition, we provide intensive onboard training for our officers and crews to instill a culture focused on the highest operational and safety standards. As a result, we have historically enjoyed high retention rates. In 2021, our retention rate was 95.6% for senior seagoing officers, 96.8% for other seagoing officers and 95.6% for shore staff.

Although we have historically experienced high employee retention rates, the demand for technically skilled officers and crews to serve on LNG carriers and FSRU vessels, and for shore-based employees with experience of operating and managing LNG vessels, has been increasing as the global fleet of LNG vessels continues to grow. This increased demand has and may continue to put inflationary cost pressure on ensuring qualified and well-trained crew are available to GasLog. However, we expect that the impact of cost increases and increased competition would be mitigated to some extent by adjustments to the GasLog salary and benefit structure and by certain provisions in some of our time charters, including automatic periodic adjustment and cost review provisions.

Classification, Inspection and Maintenance

Every large, commercial seagoing ship must be “classed” by a classification society. The classification society certifies that the ship is “in class”, signifying that the ship has been built and maintained in accordance with the rules of the classification society and complies with applicable rules and regulations of the ship’s country of registry and the international conventions of which that country is a member. In addition, where surveys are required by international conventions and corresponding laws and ordinances of a flag state, the classification society will undertake them on application or by official order, acting on behalf of the authorities concerned. The classification society also undertakes on request other surveys and checks that are required by regulations and requirements of the flag state. These surveys are subject to agreements made in each individual case and/or to the regulations of the country concerned.

To ensure each ship is maintained in accordance with classification society standards and for maintenance of the class certificate, regular and extraordinary surveys of hull and machinery, including the electrical plant, and any special equipment classes are required to be performed periodically. Surveys are based on a five-year cycle that consists of annual surveys, intermediate surveys that are typically completed between the second and third years of every five-year cycle, and comprehensive special surveys (also known as class renewal surveys) that are completed at each fifth anniversary of the ship’s delivery.

All areas subject to surveys as defined by the classification society, are required to be surveyed at least once per five-year class cycle, unless shorter intervals between surveys are mandated. All ships are also required to be dry-docked at least once during every five-year class cycle for inspection of their underwater parts and for repairs related to inspections. If any defects are found, the classification surveyor will issue a “recommendation” which must be rectified by the ship owner within prescribed time limits. We intend to dry-dock our ships at five-year intervals that coincide with the completion of the ship’s special survey. According to class, vessels 15 years of age or over will be subject to special consideration and approval by Class ABS based on the vessel's survey status before being permitted to have an Intermediate underwater inspection in Lieu of dry-docking (UWILD) instead of out of water dry-docking survey. Basis our maintenance standards and the condition of the vessels we expect we will be able to retain the five year cycle of dry-docking and maintain this assumption for budgeting and operations planning.

Most insurance underwriters make it a condition for insurance coverage that a ship be certified as “in class” by a classification society that is a member of the International Association of Classification Societies. All but two of our delivered ships are certified by the American Bureau of Shipping, or “ABS”; the other delivered ships are certified by the Det Norske Veritas. Each ship has been awarded International Safety Management (“ISM”) certification and is currently “in class”. Under our shipbuilding contracts, all of our contracted newbuildings must be certified prior to delivery to us.

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The following table lists the years in which we expect to carry out the next or initial dry-dockings and special surveys for our owned fleet and the bareboat vessels as of March 7, 2022:

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*The GasLog Chelsea is scheduled to be converted into an FSRU in 2023, prior to its next dry-docking.

Risk of Loss, Insurance and Risk Management

The operation of any ship has inherent risks. These risks include mechanical failure, personal injury, collision, property loss or damage, ship or cargo loss or damage and business interruption due to a number of reasons, including mechanical failure, a cyber event, political circumstances in foreign countries, hostilities and labor strikes. In addition, there is always an inherent possibility of marine disaster, including explosion, spills and other environmental mishaps, and the liabilities arising from owning and operating ships in international trade.

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We maintain hull and machinery insurance on all our owned and bareboat ships against marine and war risks at a Total Loss limit amount determined by the most recent brokers’ valuation and our mortgage’s insurance covenants, as deemed to be prudent.. In addition, we maintain loss of hire insurance against loss of income as a result of a ship being off-hire or otherwise suffering a loss of operational time for events falling under our hull and machinery insurance. We maintain protection and indemnity insurance on all our owned and bareboat ships up to the maximum insurable limit available at any given time by the International Group of P&I Clubs. We also maintain ship manager insurance in respect of our managed vessel and cyber insurance coverage for all our owned and bareboat ships. While we believe that our insurance coverage will be adequate, not all risks can be insured, and there can be no guarantee that we will always be able to obtain adequate insurance coverage at reasonable rates or at all, or that any specific claim we may make under our insurance coverage will be paid.

Hull & Machinery Marine Risks Insurance and Hull & Machinery War Risks Insurance

We maintain hull and machinery marine risks insurance and hull and machinery war risks insurance on our owned and bareboat ships, which cover loss of or damage to a ship due to marine perils such as collisions, fire or lightning, and loss of or damage to a ship due to war perils such as acts of war, terrorism or piracy. Each of our ships is insured under these policies for a total amount that exceeds what we believe to be its fair market value. We also maintain hull disbursements and increased value insurance policies covering each of our owned ships, which provide additional coverage in the event of the total or constructive loss of a ship. Our marine risks insurance policies contain deductible amounts for which we will be responsible, but there are no deductible amounts under our war risks policies or our total loss policies.

Loss of Hire Insurance/Delay Insurance

We maintain loss of hire insurance to protect us against loss of income as a result of a ship being off-hire or otherwise suffering a loss of operational time for events falling under the terms of our hull and machinery insurance or hull and machinery/war risks insurance. Under our loss of hire policy, our insurer will pay us the hire rate agreed in respect of each ship for each day, in excess of a certain number of deductible days, for the time that the ship is out of service as a result of damage, up to a maximum of 90 days. The number of deductible days for the ships in our fleet is 14 days per ship. In addition to the loss of hire insurance, we also have in place delay insurance which, like loss of hire, covers all of our owned and bareboat vessels for time lost due to events falling under the terms of our hull and machinery insurance, plus additional protection and indemnity related incidents. The cover has a deductible of seven days with a maximum of seven days (which takes it up to the loss of hire deductible of 14 days) for H&M losses, two days with a maximum of 12 days for ship-related perils and with a maximum of five days for shoreside perils. The hire rate is aligned with the loss of hire insurance daily sum insured. As of July 1 2021, the delay insurers inserted a Communicable Disease Exclusion clause to exclude losses arising out of pandemia (i.e. COVID-19).

Additionally, we buy war loss of hire and kidnap and ransom insurance when our ships are ordered to sail through the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden to insure against potential losses relating to the hijacking of a ship and its crew by pirates.

Protection and Indemnity Insurance

Protection and indemnity insurance is typically provided by a protection and indemnity association, or “P&I association”, and covers third-party liability, crew liability and other related expenses resulting from illness, injury to or death of crew, passengers and other third parties, loss of or damage to cargo, third-party claims arising from collisions with other ships (to the extent not recovered by the hull and machinery policies), damage to other third-party property, pollution arising from oil or other substances and salvage, towing and other related costs, including wreck removal.

Our protection and indemnity insurance covering our owned and bareboat ships is provided by P&I associations that are members of the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs, or “International Group”. The 13 P&I associations that comprise the International Group insure approximately 90% of the world’s commercial tonnage and have entered into a pooling agreement to reinsure each association’s liabilities. Insurance provided by a P&I association is a form of mutual indemnity insurance.

Our protection and indemnity insurance is currently subject to limits of $3.0 billion per ship per event in respect of liability to passengers and seamen, $2.0 billion per ship per event in respect of liability to passengers and $1.0 billion per ship per event in respect of liability for oil pollution.

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For claims falling in excess of the above figures, the General Excess of Loss Reinsurance Programme of the International Group purchase a ‘collective overspill reinsurance’ to provide protection in respect of claims exceeding the upper cover limit.

As a member of a P&I association, we will be subject to calls, payable to the P&I association based on the International Group’s claim records as well as the claim records of all other members of the P&I association of which we are a member.

Cyber Insurance

We have insurance coverage for cyber related vessel hull and machinery risks. The policy covers physical damage to any of our vessels up to $50 million per vessel with a fleet aggregate limit of $150 million for each of the GasLog and GasLog Partners fleets.

We have also purchased an additional cyber product which compliments the existing vessel hull and machinery cyber cover for losses in excess of $100,000 and up to $10 million. It provides coverage irrespective of cause (malicious act, terror or negligence) for the core enterprise risks including:

Safety Performance

We provide intensive onboard training for our officers and crews to instill a culture of the highest operational and safety standards. During 2021, GasLog’s fleet experienced one recordable injury and six first aid cases.

Permits and Authorizations

We are required by various governmental and quasi-governmental agencies to obtain certain permits, licenses, financial assurances and certificates with respect to our ships. The kinds of permits, licenses, financial assurances and certificates required will depend upon several factors, including the waters in which the ship operates, the nationality of the ship’s crew and the age of the ship. We have obtained all permits, licenses, financial assurances and certificates currently required to operate our ships. Additional laws and regulations, environmental or otherwise, may be adopted which could limit our ability to do business or increase our cost of doing business.

Environmental and Other Regulation

The carriage, handling, storage and regasification of LNG are subject to extensive laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, health and safety and other matters. These laws and regulations include international conventions and national, state and local laws and regulations in the countries where our ships now or in the future will operate, or where our ships are registered. Compliance with these laws and regulations may entail significant expenses and may impact the resale value or useful lives of our ships. Our ships may be subject to both scheduled and unscheduled inspections by a variety of governmental, quasi-governmental and private organizations, including the local port authorities, national authorities, harbor masters or equivalent, classification societies, flag state administrations (countries of registry) and charterers. Failure to maintain permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations required by some of these entities could require us to incur substantial costs or result in the temporary suspension of the operation of one or more of our ships or lead to the invalidation of our insurance coverage reduction.

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We believe that our ships operate in material compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and that our ships in operation have all material permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations necessary for the conduct of our operations. In fact, each of our ships have an ENVIRO, an ENVIRO+ or a CLEAN notation from our classification societies, which denote compliance with their published guidelines concerning stringent criteria for environmental protection related to design characteristics, management and support systems, sea discharges and air emissions. Because environmental laws and regulations are frequently changed and may impose increasingly strict requirements, however, it is difficult to accurately predict the ultimate cost of complying with these requirements or the impact of these requirements on the resale value or useful lives of our ships. Moreover, additional legislation or regulation applicable to the operation of our ships that may be implemented in the future could negatively affect our profitability.

International Maritime Regulations

The IMO, the United Nations agency for maritime safety and the prevention of pollution by ships, has adopted several international conventions that regulate the international shipping industry, including the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (“SOLAS”), the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (“STCW”) and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships (“MARPOL”). Ships that transport gas, including LNG carriers, are also subject to regulations under amendments to SOLAS, including the International Safety Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, or the “ISM Code”. The ISM Code requires, among other things, that the party with operational control of a ship develop an extensive safety management system, including the adoption of a policy for safety and environmental protection setting forth instructions and procedures for operating its ships safely and also describing procedures for responding to emergencies. We rely on GasLog LNG Services for the development and maintenance of a safety management system for our ships that meets these requirements. The GasLog fleet is also subject to the International Code for Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (the “IGC Code”), which prescribes design and construction standards for ships involved in the transport of gas. Compliance with the IGC Code must be evidenced by a Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Liquefied Gases of Bulk which is issued per vessel. Non-compliance with the IGC Code or other applicable IMO regulations may subject a ship owner or a bareboat charterer to increased liability, may lead to decreases in available insurance coverage for affected ships and may result in the denial of access to, or detention in, some ports.

SOLAS is an international maritime law which sets minimum safety standards in the construction, equipment and operation of merchant ships. The convention requires signatory flag states to ensure that ships flagged by them comply with at least these standards. The current version of SOLAS is the 1974 version, known as SOLAS 1974, which came into force on May 25, 1980. As of January 2022, SOLAS 1974 had 167 contracting states, which flag about 99.9% of merchant ships around the world in terms of gross tonnage. SOLAS in its successive forms is generally regarded as the most important of all international maritime laws concerning the safety of merchant ships.

STCW, 1978 was adopted on July 7, 1978 and entered into force on April 28, 1984. The main purpose of the Convention is to promote safety of life and property at sea and the protection of the marine environment by establishing in common agreement on international standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers. The Manila amendments to the STCW Convention and Code were adopted on June 25, 2010, marking a major revision of the STCW Convention and Code. The 2010 amendments entered into force on January 1, 2012 under the tacit acceptance procedure and were aimed at bringing the Convention and Code up to date with developments since they were initially adopted and to enable them to address issues that were anticipated to emerge in the foreseeable future.

The MARPOL Convention establishes environmental standards relating to oil leakage or spilling, garbage management, sewage, air emissions, handling and disposal of noxious liquids and the handling of harmful substances in packaged form. In September 1997, the IMO adopted Annex VI to MARPOL to address air pollution from ships. Annex VI came into force on May 19, 2005. It sets limits on sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from ship exhausts and prohibits deliberate emissions of ozone depleting substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons. Annex VI also includes a global cap on the sulfur content of fuel oil and allows for special areas to be established with more stringent controls on sulfur emissions. Annex VI has been ratified by many, but not all, IMO member states. In October 2008, the Marine Environment Protection Committee, or “MEPC”, of the IMO approved amendments to Annex VI regarding particulate matter, nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide emissions standards. These amendments became effective in July 2010. These requirements establish a series of progressive standards to further limit the sulfur content in fuel oil, (which phased in between 2012 and 2020), as well as new tiers of nitrogen oxide emission standards for new marine diesel engines, depending on their date of installation. As of January 1, 2020, ships must either use low sulfur fuel oil (potentially including undertaking necessary fuel tank

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modification) to comply with a global sulfur cap of 0.5 percent m/m or be fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers. Additionally, more stringent emission standards could apply in coastal areas designated as Emission Control Areas, or “ECAs”. For example, IMO “Tier III” emission standards for nitrous oxide apply in North American and U.S. Caribbean Sea ECAs to all marine diesel engines installed on a ship constructed on or after January 1, 2016. The European Union Directive 2005/EC/33, which became effective on January 1, 2010, parallels Annex VI and requires ships to use reduced sulfur content fuel for their main and auxiliary engines. Our owned ships currently in operation comply with the relevant legislation and have the relevant certificates including certificates evidencing compliance with Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention.

Although the United States is not a party, many countries have ratified the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, as amended, or the “CLC”. Under this convention a ship’s registered owner is strictly liable for pollution damage caused in the territorial waters of a contracting state by discharge of persistent oil, subject under certain circumstances to certain defenses and limitations. Ships carrying more than 2,000 gross tons of oil, and trading to states that are parties to this convention, must maintain evidence of insurance in an amount covering the liability of the owner. In jurisdictions where the CLC has not been adopted, various legislative schemes or common law impose liability either on the basis of fault or in a manner similar to the CLC. P&I Clubs in the International Group issue the required Bunker Convention (defined below) “Blue Cards” to provide evidence of insurance meeting the liability requirements. Where applicable, all of our vessels have received “Blue Cards” from their P&I Club and are in possession of a CLC State-issued certificate attesting that the required insurance coverage is in force.

The IMO also has adopted the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, or the “Bunker Convention”, which imposes liability on ship owners for pollution damage in jurisdictional waters of ratifying states caused by discharges of bunker fuel and requires registered owners of ships over 1,000 gross tons to maintain insurance for pollution damage in an amount equal to the limits of liability under the applicable national or international limitation regime. We maintain insurance in respect of our owned ships that satisfies these requirements. Non-compliance with the ISM Code or other IMO regulations may subject a shipowner or bareboat charterer to increased liability, may lead to decreases in available insurance coverage for affected ships and may result in the denial of access to, or detention in, some ports, including ports in the United States and Europe.

The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 was adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 94th (Maritime) Session (2006), establishing minimum working and living conditions for seafarers. The convention entered into force August 20, 2013, whilst amendments were approved by the International Labour Conference at its 103rd Session (2014). The convention establishes a single, coherent instrument embodying all up-to-date standards of existing international maritime labour conventions and recommendations, as well as the fundamental principles to be found in other international labour conventions.

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Oil Pollution Act and CERCLA

Our operations are subject to the OPA, which establishes an extensive regulatory and liability regime for environmental protection and cleanup of oil spills, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, (“CERCLA”), which imposes liability on owners and operators of ships for cleanup and natural resource damage from the release of hazardous substances (other than oil). Under OPA, ship owners, operators and bareboat charterers are responsible parties who are jointly, severally and strictly liable (unless the spill results solely from the act or omission of a third party, an act of God or an act of war) for all containment and clean-up costs and other damages arising from oil spills from their ships. As of February 22, 2021, OPA currently limits the liability of responsible parties with respect to ships over 3,000 gross tons to the greater of $2,300 per gross ton or $19,943,400 per double hull ship and permits individual states to impose their own liability regimes with regard to oil pollution incidents occurring within their boundaries. Some states have enacted legislation providing for unlimited liability for discharge of pollutants within their waters. Liability under CERCLA is limited to the greater of $300 per gross ton or $5.0 million for ships over 300 gross tons carrying a hazardous substance as cargo and the greater of $300 per gross ton or $0.5 million for any other ship over 300 gross tons.

These limits of liability do not apply under certain circumstances, however, such as where the incident is caused by violation of applicable U.S. Federal safety, construction or operating regulations, or by the responsible party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. In addition, a marine incident that results in significant damage to the environment could result in amendments to these limitations or other regulatory changes in the future. We maintain the maximum pollution liability coverage amount of $1 billion per incident for our owned ships. We also believe that we will be in substantial compliance with OPA, CERCLA and all applicable state regulations in the ports where our ships will call.

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OPA also requires owners and operators of ships over 300 gross tons to establish and maintain with the National Pollution Fund Center of the U.S. Coast Guard evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the limit of their potential strict liability under the act. Such financial responsibility can be demonstrated by providing a guarantee from an appropriate guarantor, who can release the required guarantee to the National Pollution Fund Center against payment of the requested premium. We have purchased such a guarantee in order to provide evidence of financial responsibility and have received the mandatory certificates of financial responsibility from the U.S. Coast Guard in respect of all of our delivered ships and we intend to obtain such certificates in the future for each of our vessels, if they are required to have them.

Clean Water Act

The U.S. Clean Water Act of 1972, (the “CWA”), prohibits the discharge of oil, hazardous substances and ballast water in U.S. navigable waters unless authorized by a duly-issued permit or exemption, and imposes strict liability in the form of penalties for any unauthorized discharges. The CWA also imposes substantial liability for the costs of removal, remediation and damages and complements the remedies available under OPA and CERCLA. Furthermore, most U.S. states that border a navigable waterway have enacted environmental pollution laws that impose strict liability on a person for removal costs and damages resulting from a discharge of oil or a release of a hazardous substance. These laws may be more stringent than U.S. Federal law.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency, (the “EPA”), has enacted rules requiring ballast water discharges and other discharges incidental to the normal operation of certain ships within United States waters to be authorized under the Ship General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Ships, (the “VGP”). To be covered by the VGP, owners of certain ships must submit a Notice of Intent, (“NOI”), at least 30 days before the ship operates in United States waters. Compliance with the VGP could require the installation of equipment on our ships to treat ballast water before it is discharged or the implementation of other disposal arrangements, and/or otherwise restrict our ships from entering United States waters. In March 2013, the EPA published a new VGP that includes numeric effluent limits for ballast water expressed as the maximum concentration of living organisms in ballast water. The VGP also imposes a variety of changes for non-ballast water discharges including more stringent Best Management Practices for discharges of oil-to-sea interfaces in an effort to reduce the toxicity of oil leaked into U.S. waters. The 2013 VGP was issued with an effective period of December 19, 2013 to December 18, 2018. The Vessel Incidental Discharge Act, (“VIDA”), enacted on December 4, 2018, requires the EPA and Coast Guard to develop new performance standards and enforcement regulations and extends the 2013 VGP provisions until new regulations are final and enforceable. We have submitted NOIs for our fleet and intend to submit NOIs for our ships in the future, where required, and do not believe that the costs associated with obtaining and complying with the VGP will have a material impact on our operations.

Clean Air Act

The U.S. Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 and 1990, (the “CAA”), requires the EPA to promulgate standards applicable to emissions of volatile organic compounds and other air contaminants. Our ships may be subject to vapor control and recovery requirements for certain cargoes when loading, unloading, ballasting, cleaning and conducting other operations in regulated port areas and emission standards for so-called “Category 3” marine diesel engines operating in U.S. waters. The marine diesel engine emission standards are currently limited to new engines beginning with the 2004 model year. On April 30, 2010, the EPA adopted final emission standards for Category 3 marine diesel engines equivalent to those adopted in the amendments to Annex VI to MARPOL. However, our TFDE LNG carriers have the ability to burn natural gas as fuel to power the ship, which can significantly reduce relevant emissions compared with steam-powered ships.

The CAA also requires states to adopt State Implementation Plans, (“SIPs”), designed to attain national health-based air quality standards in primarily major metropolitan and/or industrial areas. Several SIPs regulate emissions resulting from ship loading and unloading operations by requiring the installation of vapor control equipment. The MEPC has designated as an ECA the area extending 200 miles from the territorial sea baseline adjacent to the Atlantic/Gulf and Pacific coasts and the eight main Hawaiian Islands and the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Caribbean Sea, under the Annex VI amendments. Fuel used by vessels operating in the ECA cannot exceed 0.1% (mass by mass) sulfur. As of January 1, 2016, NOx after-treatment requirements also apply. Our vessels can store and burn low-sulfur fuel oil or alternatively burn natural gas which contains no sulfur. Additionally, burning natural gas will ensure compliance with IMO Tier III NOx emission limitations without the need for after-treatment. Charterers must supply compliant fuel for the vessels before ordering vessels to trade in areas where restrictions apply. As a result, we do not expect such restrictions to have a materially adverse impact on our operations or costs.

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Other Environmental Initiatives

U.S. Coast Guard regulations adopted under the U.S. National Invasive Species Act, (“NISA”), impose mandatory ballast water management practices for all ships equipped with ballast water tanks entering U.S. waters, which could require the installation of equipment on our ships to treat ballast water before it is discharged or the implementation of other port facility disposal arrangements or procedures, and/or otherwise restrict our ships from entering U.S. waters. In June 2012, the U.S. Coast Guard rule establishing standards for the allowable concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharged in U.S. waters and requiring the phase-in of Coast Guard approved ballast water management systems, (“BWMS”), became effective. The rule requires installation of Coast Guard approved BWMS by new vessels constructed on or after December 1, 2013 and existing vessels as of their first dry-docking after January 1, 2016. Several states have adopted legislation and regulations relating to the permitting and management of ballast water discharges.

At the international level, the IMO adopted an International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments in February 2004, (the “BWM Convention”). The BWM Convention’s implementing regulations call for a phased introduction of mandatory ballast water exchange requirements, to be replaced in time with mandatory concentration limits. The threshold ratification requirements for the convention to enter into force were met in 2016, and the convention became effective on September 8, 2017. All our newly delivered ships from 2016 onwards have compliant equipment installed. We have selected one manufacturer to supply the required equipment to be installed at the first dry-dock of all remaining ships. The programme and required funds have been included in our future planning to ensure the fleet remains compliant at all times.

Our vessels may also become subject to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea, 1996 as amended by the Protocol to the HNS Convention, adopted in April 2010, (“HNS Convention”), if it is entered into force. The HNS Convention creates a regime of liability and compensation for damage from hazardous and noxious substances, (“HNS”), including a two-tier system of compensation composed of compulsory insurance taken out by shipowners and an HNS Fund which comes into play when the insurance is insufficient to satisfy a claim or does not cover the incident. To date, the HNS Convention has not been ratified by a sufficient number of countries to enter into force.

Greenhouse Gas Regulations

The MEPC of IMO adopted two new sets of mandatory requirements to address greenhouse gas emissions from ships at its July 2011 meeting. The Energy Efficiency Design Index requires a minimum energy efficiency level per capacity mile and is applicable to new vessels, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan is applicable to currently operating vessels. The requirements, which entered into force in January 2013, were fully implemented by GasLog as of December 31, 2012. The IMO is also considering the development of a market-based mechanism for greenhouse gas emissions from ships, but it is difficult to predict the likelihood that such a standard might be adopted or its potential impact on our operations at this time.

Meeting in a remote session in June 2021 (MEPC 76), MEPC finalized and adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (“MARPOL”) Annex VI that will require ships to reduce their GHG emissions. These amendments combine technical and operational approaches to improve the energy efficiency of ships and provide important building blocks for future GHG reduction measures. These amendments are expected to enter into force on November 1, 2022 with the requirements for Energy Efficiency Existing Ships Index (“EEXI”) and Carbon Intensity Index (“CII”) certification coming into effect on January 1, 2023. The EEXI, which indicates the energy efficiency of a ship compared to a baseline, will be implemented for existing ships as technical measures to reduce CO2 emissions. The CII will be calculated annually and implemented as an operational carbon intensity measure to benchmark and improve efficiency. The regulations and framework will be reviewed by January 1, 2026.The European Union has indicated in the past that it intends to propose an expansion of the existing European Union emissions trading scheme to include emissions of greenhouse gases from marine ships. The EU MRV Regulation (Monitoring, Reporting, Verification), entered into force on July 1, 2015, requires large vessels entering European Union ports to monitor, report and verify their carbon dioxide emissions as of January 1, 2018. In the United States, the EPA has adopted regulations under the CAA to limit greenhouse gas emissions from certain mobile sources, although these requirements do not currently apply to greenhouse gas emissions from ships. In addition, the IMO has established a framework for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 40% by 2030 and pursuing efforts towards 70% by 2050, compared to 2008 with the goal of holding the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Although the Paris Agreement does not specifically require controls on shipping or other industries, it is possible that countries or groups of countries will seek to impose such controls in the future. Any passage of climate control legislation or other regulatory initiatives by the IMO, the European Union, the United States or other countries where we operate, or any treaty adopted or amended at the

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international level that restricts emissions of greenhouse gases, could require us to make significant expenditures that we cannot predict with certainty at this time.

We believe that LNG carriers, which have the inherent ability to burn natural gas to power the ship, and in particular LNG carriers like certain of our vessels that utilize fuel-efficient diesel electric and low pressure two-stroke propulsion, can be considered among the cleanest of large ships in terms of emissions and very adaptable to the usage of newly developed lower and/or zero emission fuels.

Ship Security Regulations

A number of initiatives have been introduced in recent years intended to enhance ship security. On November 25, 2002, the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, (“MTSA”), was signed into law. To implement certain portions of the MTSA, the U.S. Coast Guard issued regulations in July 2003 requiring the implementation of certain security requirements aboard ships operating in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Similarly, in December 2002, amendments to SOLAS created a new chapter of the convention dealing specifically with maritime security. This new chapter came into effect in July 2004 and imposes various detailed security obligations on ships and port authorities, most of which are contained in the newly created International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code, or “ISPS Code”. Among the various requirements are:

The U.S. Coast Guard regulations, intended to align with international maritime security standards, exempt non-U.S. ships from MTSA ship security measures, provided such ships have on board a valid “International Ship Security Certificate” that attests to the ship’s compliance with SOLAS security requirements and the ISPS Code. We have implemented the various security measures required by the IMO, SOLAS and the ISPS Code and have approved ISPS certificates and plans certified by the applicable flag state on board all our ships.

C. Organizational Structure

GasLog is a holding company incorporated in Bermuda. As of March 7, 2022, it has 54 subsidiaries which are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Marshall Islands, the United States, Singapore, Cyprus, Greece, Panama and England and Wales. Of our subsidiaries, 39 either own or leaseback vessels in our fleet or are parties to contracts to obtain newbuild vessels. Of our subsidiaries, 37 are wholly owned by us and 17 are 33.3% owned by us. A list of our subsidiaries is set forth in Exhibit 8.1 to this annual report.

D. Property, Plant and Equipment

Other than our ships, we do not own any material property. Our vessels are subject to priority mortgages, which secure our obligations under our various credit facilities. For information on our vessels, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Our Fleet”. For further details regarding our credit facilities, refer to “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities”.

We occupy office space at 69 Akti Miaouli, Piraeus, GR 18537, Greece, which we lease through our subsidiary, GasLog LNG Services, from an entity controlled by Ceres Shipping; the lease agreement is disclosed and filed with the Greek authorities, and has been entered into at market rates. We also occupy office space at (i) 99 Kings Road, London SW3 4PA, United Kingdom, which we lease through our subsidiary, GasLog Services UK Ltd.; (ii) ~24-02B Asia Square Tower 2, Singapore, which we lease through our subsidiary, GasLog Asia PTE. Ltd.; and (iii) 89 Hudson Street, Suite 406, Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey 07030, USA which we lease through our subsidiary, GasLog Services U.S. Inc.

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For more information about the contractual arrangements for our office space in Piraeus, see “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions”.

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Marker (“JKM”) set a new record of approximately $49 per MMBtu in December and averaged approximately $18 per MMBtu in 2021. Meanwhile, gas prices in the United States, as measured by the Henry Hub (“HH”) benchmark, remained relatively low by historical levels, averaging $3.70 per MMBtu although that is 74% higher than the multi-year low of $2.13 per MMBtu set in 2020. Gas prices in Europe and Asia were positively impacted by lower production in these regions and growing demand as economies around the world recovered from COVID-19 related shutdowns enacted in 2020. In addition, a colder than average 2020/21 winter in the Northern Hemisphere drew inventories in Europe and parts of Asia below their 5-year averages to start the year.

International gas prices have hit new record highs in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. As of March 3, 2022, natural gas prices were quoted at approximately $54 per MMBtu for TTF compared to $5.50 per MMBtu at the same time last year and at approximately $44 per MMBtu for JKM compared to $5.90 per MMBtu at the same time last year. By contrast, the price recovery of spot Henry Hub in the U.S., has been less dramatic, quoted at $4.72 per MMBtu as of March 3, 2022 compared to $2.81 at the same time last year.

While the majority of LNG volumes are sold under long-term contracts with prices linked to the price of crude oil, we believe that the difference in delivered gas prices between import markets in Asia and the Atlantic Basin and export costs from the U.S. is a significant driver of spot LNG trade, as the differential incentivizes natural gas marketers and buyers to ship LNG over longer distances. The differential is presently wide enough to incentivize inter-basin trade and gas price futures imply that the inter-basin arbitrage opportunity may exist periodically in coming months and years, potentially leading to longer voyages for LNG cargoes and, all else equal, increasing the demand for spot LNG shipping.

LNG Supply

Supply for 2021 totaled 393 mt, an increase of 22 mt or approximately 6% over 2020, according to Poten & Partners Group, Inc. (“Poten”). The U.S. led supply growth in 2021, up by approximately 25 mt or 51% year-over-year due to the ramp-up in supply from new liquefaction trains which came online in H2 20 and 2021 as well as significantly fewer cargo cancellations in 2021 relative to 2020. Meanwhile Nigeria, Trinidad and Norway each registered a decline of over 3 mt or 18%, 29% and 97%, respectively, due to supply issues and/or unplanned downtime. LNG supply is projected to rise 6% to approximately 400 mt in 2022, according to BloombergNEF (“BNEF”). This expected growth is driven by the ramp-up of new supply commissioned in 2021 and new capacity scheduled to come on stream in 2022.

During 2021, 2 new LNG liquefaction projects reached FID, Qatar’s North Field Expansion Project which anticipates the construction of 4 new trains with a combined capacity of 33 mtpa as well as Woodside’s Pluto LNG Train 2 in Australia with a capacity of 5 mtpa. Should any further projects take FID, incremental LNG shipping capacity is likely to be required to transport the LNG produced by these projects. Nonetheless, there can be no assurance that any of these projects will take FID or, if one or more FIDs are taken, that incremental shipping will be contracted or that GasLog will be successful in securing renewed or new charters at attractive rates and durations to meet such LNG shipping requirements.

LNG Demand

For the full year 2021, LNG demand was 386 mt compared to approximately 363 mt for the full year 2020, an increase of 6%, according to Poten. Demand growth in 2021 was led by China where demand grew approximately 12 mt or 17% and South Korea where demand grew approximately 7 mt or 16%. This growth was balanced by declines in Europe, where demand declined by approximately 6 mt or 8% and India where demand declined by approximately 2 mt or approximately 7%. Wood Mackenzie forecasts global LNG demand growth of over 88 mt between 2021 and 2026, a compound annual growth of approximately 4%. This growth is expected to be broad-based, with South East Asia (excluding India) accounting for approximately 65% and China, Latin America and India expected to account for 26%, 5% and 9%, respectively.

LNG Shipping Rates and Chartering Activity

In the LNG shipping spot market, TFDE headline rates, as reported by Clarkson Research Services Limited (“Clarksons”), averaged $89,000 per day in 2021, a 51% increase year-on-year. Wide gas price differentials allowed for arbitrage opportunities for transporting LNG between the Atlantic and Pacific basins for most of the year. Based on forward pricing for LNG in the US and Asia, this trend looks to continue into 2022. According to Poten, 113 term charters between 12 months and seven years were reported in 2021, an increase of 117% over 2020, of which 44 were for TFDE vessels and 18 were for Steam vessels. The term charter market for Steam vessels continues to be significantly less liquid than that for TFDEs.

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Clarksons assesses headline spot rates for TFDE and Steam LNG carriers at $27,500 per day and $10,000 per day, respectively as of February 18, 2022. The COVID related outbreaks around the world continue to create uncertainty regarding near-term demand for LNG. In addition, spot rates may be prone to further periods of seasonality and volatility similar to those seen in recent years. Accordingly, there is no guarantee that LNG shipping spot rates will stay at or near current levels or return to the levels experienced in the fourth quarter of 2021, which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for distributions to unitholders.

Delays to the start-up, or unexpected downtime, of LNG supply projects or significant further orders of new LNG carriers may weaken the supply/demand balance for LNG shipping. Reduced demand for LNG or LNG shipping, or any reduction or limitation in LNG production capacity, or significant increases in LNG shipping capacity, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to secure future time charters at attractive rates and durations for new ships we may order or acquire, or upon expiration or early termination of our current charter arrangements, which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including cash available for distributions to unitholders, as well as our ability to meet certain of our debt covenants. A sustained decline in charter rates could also adversely affect the market value of our ships, on which certain of the ratios and financial covenants with which we are required to comply are based.

Global LNG Fleet

According to Poten, as of January 13, 2022, the global fleet of dedicated LNG carriers (>100,000 cbm) consisted of 582 vessels with another 151 LNG carriers on order, of which 122 vessels (or 79%) have multi-year charters. Poten estimates that a total of 29 LNG carriers are due to be delivered in 2022. In 2021, a record 82 orders for LNG carriers were placed, as estimated by Poten. We believe that the growing global demand for natural gas, especially in Asia, increasing supply from the U.S. and other regions, and other LNG market trends, including increased trading of LNG, should support the existing order backlog for vessels and should also drive a need for additional LNG carrier newbuildings. Finally, the scrapping of older and less efficient vessels, the conversion of existing vessels to FSRUs or FSUs and/or employing LNG carriers for short-term storage purposes in order to exploit arbitrage opportunities could reduce the availability of LNG carriers on the water today. However, various factors, including changes in prices of and demand for LNG, can materially affect the competitive dynamics that currently exist and there can be no assurance that this need for additional carriers will materialize or that GasLog will be successful in securing renewed or new charters at attractive rates and durations to meet such LNG shipping requirements. The statements in this “Industry Overview and Trends” section are forward-looking statements based on management’s current expectations and certain material assumptions and, accordingly, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance and outcomes to differ materially from those expressed herein. See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” of this annual report.

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In addition to the general factors discussed above, we believe certain specific factors have impacted, or will impact, our results of operations. These factors include:

See “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors” for a discussion of certain risks inherent in our business.

Principal Components of Revenues and Expenses

Revenues

Our revenues are driven primarily by the number of LNG carriers in our owned fleet, the amount of daily charter hire that they earn under time charters and the number of operating days during which they generate revenues. These factors, in turn, are affected by our decisions relating to ship acquisitions and disposals, the amount of time that our ships spend in dry-dock undergoing repairs, maintenance and upgrade work, the age, condition and technical specifications of our ships as well as the relative levels of supply and demand in the LNG carrier charter market. Under the terms of some of our time charter arrangements, the operating cost component of the daily hire rate is intended to correspond to the costs of operating the ship. Accordingly, we will receive additional revenue under certain of our time charters through an annual escalation of the operating cost component of the daily hire rate and, in the event of more material increases in a ship’s operating costs, we may be entitled to receive additional revenues under those charters. Under some of the other time charter arrangements, most of our operating costs are passed-through to the charterer in the form of an adjustment to the operating cost component of the daily hire rate. We believe these adjustment provisions provide substantial protection against significant operating cost increases. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—B. Business Overview—Ship Time Charters—Hire Rate Provisions” for a more detailed discussion of the hire rate provisions of our charter contracts.

The revenues of GasLog LNG Services, our wholly owned subsidiary, are driven primarily by the number of ships operating under our technical management and the amount of the fees we earn for each of these ships as well as the amount of fees that we may earn for plan approval and construction supervision of newbuilding LNG carriers. In addition to revenues from external customers, GasLog LNG Services receives revenues for technical management, plan approval and construction supervision services provided to our owned fleet, which are eliminated on consolidation.

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Revenue from vessel management and vessel construction project supervision contracts is recognized when earned and when it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the Group and such a benefit can be measured reliably.

Voyage Expenses and Commissions

Under our time charter arrangements, charterers bear substantially all voyage expenses, including bunker fuel, port charges and canal tolls, but not commissions, which we have historically paid to unaffiliated ship brokers based on a flat fee per ship. Commissions are recognized as expenses on a pro rata basis over the duration of the period of the time charter.

Voyage expenses are expensed as incurred, with the exception of commissions, which are recognized on a pro-rata basis over the duration of the period of the time charter. Bunkers consumption represents mainly bunkers consumed during vessels’ unemployment and off-hire.

Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs

We are generally responsible for ship operating expenses, which include costs for crewing, insurance, repairs, modifications and maintenance, including dry-docking, lubricants, spare parts and consumable stores and other miscellaneous expenses, as well as the associated cost of providing these items and services. However, as described above, the hire rate provisions of our time charters are intended to reflect the operating costs borne by us. Certain of our charters contain provisions that significantly reduce our exposure to increases in operating costs, including review provisions and cost pass-through provisions. Vessel operating and Supervision Costs are recognized as expenses when incurred.

In addition, we pay fees to GasLog LNG Services in connection with our own newbuildings on order for plan approval and construction supervision services provided by GasLog LNG Services and to cover third-party expenses incurred by GasLog LNG Services in respect of the newbuildings. These fees, other than any intercompany profit, are capitalized as part of the asset value of our ships. The fees paid for technical ship management services, which are considered vessel operating and supervision costs of our owned fleet (and corresponding revenues of GasLog LNG Services), are eliminated on consolidation.

Vessel operating and supervision costs of GasLog LNG Services include staff costs, such as salaries, social security and training for the technical management team and project specialists, and project-related expenses.

Depreciation

The majority of our consolidated depreciation expenses relate to the cost of our ships. We depreciate the cost of our ships on the basis of two components: a vessel component and a dry-docking component. The vessel component is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of each ship, based on the cost of the ship less its estimated residual value. We estimate the useful lives of our ships to be 35 years from the date of delivery from the shipyard. Secondhand vessels are depreciated from the date of their acquisition through their remaining estimated useful life. Management estimates residual value of its vessels to be equal to the product of its lightweight tonnage (“LWT”), and an estimated scrap rate per LWT, which represents our estimate of the market value of the ship at the end of its useful life. We review scrap rates on an annual basis, and may revise the rates in response to changing market conditions.

We must periodically dry-dock each of our ships for inspection, repairs and maintenance and any modifications to comply with industry certification or governmental requirements. All our ships are required to be dry-docked for these inspections at least once every five years. At the time of delivery of a ship, we estimate the dry-docking component of the cost of the ship, which represents the estimated cost of the ship’s first dry-docking based on our historical experience with similar types of ships. The dry-docking component of the ship’s cost is depreciated over five years, in case of new ships, and until the next dry-docking for secondhand ships, which is performed within five years from the vessel’s last dry-docking unless we determine to dry-dock the ships at an earlier date. In the event a ship is dry-docked at an earlier date, the unamortized dry-docking component is written off immediately. The LNG vessels are also required to undergo an underwater survey in lieu of dry-docking (“intermediate survey”) in order to meet certain classification requirements. The intermediate survey component is estimated after the first intermediate survey takes place which is between the first and the second dry-docking and is amortized over the period until the next dry-docking which is estimated to be two and a half years.

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General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist principally of personnel costs for administrative and support staff, board of directors fees, expense recognized in connection with share-based compensation, rent, utilities, travel expenses, legal expenses, information and computing equipment and services, other professional services and consultants, training for crew familiarization and other advisor costs. In addition, general and administrative expenses include restructuring costs comprising of termination benefits, accelerated amortization for stock plan and restructuring obligations, pursuant to management’s decision to relocate more of its employees including several members of senior management to the Piraeus, Greece office and to close the Stamford, Connecticut office. Finally, general and administrative expenses include Transactions costs.

Impairment Loss

All vessels are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Whenever the carrying amount of a vessel exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss. The recoverable amount is the higher of a vessel’s fair value less cost of disposal and “value in use”. The fair value less cost of disposal is the amount obtainable from the sale of a vessel in an arm’s length transaction less the costs of disposal, while “value in use” is the present value of estimated future cash flows expected to arise from the continuing use of a vessel and from its disposal at the end of its useful life. Recoverable amounts are estimated for individual vessels. Each vessel is considered to be a single cash-generating unit. The fair value less cost of disposal of the vessels is estimated from market-based evidence by appraisal that is normally undertaken by professionally qualified brokers.

Financial Costs

We incur interest expense on the outstanding indebtedness under our existing credit facilities, bonds and our swap arrangements that qualify for treatment as cash flow hedges for financial reporting purposes, which we include in our financial costs. Financial costs also include amortization of other loan issuance costs incurred in connection with establishing our credit facilities. We will incur additional interest expense and other borrowing costs in the future on our outstanding borrowings and under the undrawn or future borrowings and commitments. Financial costs also include Transaction Costs. For a description of our credit facilities, including our loan agreements and sale and leaseback agreements, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Borrowing Activities—Credit Facilities”.

Interest expense and the amortization of loan issuance costs that relate directly to a specific loan to finance an LNG carrier under construction and are incurred during the construction period are capitalized as part of the cost of the ship. Otherwise, interest expense and amortization of loan issuance costs are expensed as incurred.

Financial Income

Financial income consists of interest income, which will depend on the level of our cash deposits, investments and prevailing interest rates. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis.

(Loss)/Gain on Derivatives

(Loss)/gain on derivatives consist of the ineffective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivatives that meet hedge accounting criteria, net interest on derivative financial instruments held for trading, the movement in the fair value of the derivative financial instruments that have not been designated as hedges and the amortization of the cumulative unrealized loss for the derivative contracts in respect of which hedge accounting was discontinued.

Share of Profit of Associates

The share of profit of associates consists of our share of profits from (a) our 25.0% ownership interest in Egypt LNG, a Bermuda exempted company whose principal asset is the LNG carrier Methane Nile Eagle and (b) our 20.0% ownership in Gastrade, a Greek private limited company licensed to develop an independent natural gas system offshore Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece utilizing an FSRU along with other infrastructure.

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