Moderator: Good morning, and welcome to Cadeler’s H1 2026 earnings presentation. Presenting today are Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, and Peter Brogaard Hansen, Chief Financial Officer. Please be reminded that the presenters’ remarks today will include forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated. The risks and uncertainties that could cause Cadeler’s results to differ materially from today’s forward-looking statements include those detailed in Cadeler’s annual report on Form 20-F, on file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements made this morning are based on assumptions as of today, and Cadeler undertakes no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events. This morning’s presentation includes both IFRS and certain non-IFRS financial measures. A reconciliation of non-IFRS financial measures to the nearest IFRS equivalent is provided in Cadeler’s annual report.

The annual report and today’s earning presentation are available on Cadeler’s website at cadeler.com/investor. We ask that you please hold all questions until the completion of the formal remarks, at which time you will be given instructions for the question and answer session. As a reminder, this call is being recorded today. If you have any objections, please disconnect at this time. Mikkel Gleerup, you may begin.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Thank you very much, and welcome to this half-year presentation from Cadeler. Very pleased to be joined by everyone here. Just a disclaimer slide here first, and then our H1 highlight slide. First half of 2026 have been really a first half that is defined by very solid financial performance. Adjusting for the last termination fee we had last year, we do see a very strong revenue and EBITDA that are both more than doubling on a year-on-year basis. Our newbuild program continued to be on track. We delivered our second A-class vessel on the 17th of July, and that vessel is now preparing for its first project with the mobilization of mission equipment in China before coming to Europe for final mobilization. We also successfully acquired Menck, a leading global provider of specialist equipment and technology solutions for offshore foundation installation.

A little bit more about that later in the presentation. We continued solid execution across all key regions where we are currently busy, and the Hornsea 3 execution also continues and very pleased with that and also more about that in the presentation. We signed firm contract for the two new T-class vessels, something we have been working very, very hard to achieve, and I think it is fair to say that it has been a tough negotiation and very pleased to be at where we are now. In terms of commercial highlights, the acquisition of Menck, we already have gone through the transaction rationale in a separate presentation. But really it is about strengthening the customer offering and the execution capabilities that we have in Cadeler.

We do see this as one of the key components for a successful foundation campaign, and we do also see that our clients have been increasingly concerned about whether this tool can be sourced to the market at the necessary volume. That is something that we have decided to take an active position in to make sure that there is enough equipment for what the industry is needing, and that really means what our clients are needing, what our peers are needing, and also what Cadeler is needing. Altogether, we believe that that is a very sound business move for us with having Menck under the Cadeler umbrella, but still on an arm’s length principle, ensuring the proper governance structure that we would expect as a peer in the industry.

I think it is also, as you see on the right side of the slide, it is also about access to really data from thousands of foundations installed already. With the acquisition, Cadeler and Menck together are the company in the industry that have been driving most piles into the ground and hence also a company now that sits on an enormous amount of data. That data is something that we expect to use to really improve our customer offering when we go into a bidding round for every single foundation project to have a much better basis to evaluate the program length on a foundation project going forward. The combined knowledge between the two companies is something that we very much expect will benefit not only our clients but the industry as a whole. Then, of course, Menck is a solid business.

It is a business that is more and more shifting into a rental model, and we believe that the earnings profile of the company is something that is very attractive and that is something that fits well with how we do business in Cadeler and what we want to do on a forward-going basis. Then there is just a very strong strategic and industrial fit between the two companies because the models, they are very, very much aligned, so to speak. In terms of what the company is offering, we showed the slide also just on the day of the announcement. But really, the hydraulic hammers, that is the main part of the business and also the biggest part in terms of revenue generation.

There is a lot of other things that are very interesting to develop as we now go forward with the company, in particular in lifting and handling, where we also are big clients ourself for this type of equipment, but also on noise mitigation. Noise mitigation is something that is taking more and more attention in the industry, and I am also pleased to say that Menck has good technical solution for noise mitigation and something that we will continue to develop together. There is also routing and drilling. Routing and drilling is also, in some cases, necessities on foundation projects, and it is good that there are solid technology bases for both of these components for the future projects as well, and something we all together here believe will be positive effects on projects going forward and really increasing efficiency on foundation installation in the industry.

For Cadeler, we have been very open about how we see this. It is very much like we have seen with the vessels. We are aiming to build scale, so we can offer clients redundancy. I think it is fair to say that we have showed the redundancy, we have showed that it works. We also get the feedback from the clients that the journey that Cadeler has been on is something that is working. It is also working for them, because if there are delays on projects, then we are able to support with additional equipment or different equipment, and still make sure that these projects are coming over the finish line. We have done that already several times in the industry, and we see that that is something the clients, they greatly appreciate.

We believe that by merging now the vessel with the hammer, in the Cadeler case, that is also something the clients will appreciate because really, we remove one risk interface on their installation campaigns. It is really one of the risk interfaces that they are worried about and also one, if it goes wrong, that will cost a lot of money for the industry and hence having the ability to merge the two components, we believe that that is something that will be sought after by the clients out there. I say also the first half of this year, it has been very much about executing on projects globally. We continue on Wind Scylla to install in the U.S. We have been back at Revolution Wind. We are at Revolution Wind, installing the final couple of turbines before we go back to Sunrise again to complete that project.

On Wind Orca, we are installing the secondary steel for the Hornsea 3 project for Ørsted. On Wind Osprey, we are installing EA3 turbines at a very, very rapid pace. Wind Osprey has done incredibly well on that project. The Wind Mover is installing on the Baltic Power project, and the Wind Maker has done O&M campaign in Asia and is currently also operating on O&M out there. We are bringing Zaratan into a new era, and we are doing some small upgrades to Zaratan to make sure that she can support other parts of the business going forward. We are looking forward to see Zaratan contributing value to the company as we go forward. Wind Ace was delivered, as I said, and currently installing mission equipment. Wind Ally is on Hornsea 3 installing, and very pleased to see what we are doing there.

As we will see in a future slide here, we are now going from proof of concept to really doing it fast and safe. That is really what we are aiming for here, and the team has worked tremendously hard to reach the target that we have. Wind Keeper continues on a long-term agreement with Vestas, doing various work and very positive as well there. Wind Peak has also completed the Sofia project and has subsequently done O&M campaign for Nexra, ultimately for Siemens, but currently working in the Nexra setup. Wind Osprey is, together with Wind Osprey, installing turbines on the EA3 project. On Hornsea 3, as we said, it is from first to fast.

We are still working on further accelerations and efficiencies on the project because we will be doing many projects in the future, hence, the learnings we get now from Hornsea is something that we can really implement into the company on a long-term scale. It has been an incredible learning journey to be on Hornsea, and I think that we are very positive with where we are. We continue to find improvements that we can benefit from and that the client can benefit from. I think that we are very ambitious in terms of where we want to be. But really, the proof of concept, the fact that Cadeler is now installing full-scale foundation projects safely and efficiently, that is something that has taken a lot of work and a great thank you to the team that is continuing to deliver on that.

The monopile installation continues, and the secondary steel installation is also on track. The logistics around the project that we are also handling is also progressing. We have three heavy transport vessels on charter, and we have around 100 monopiles that have been loaded into the Marseille-Fos port. Really, as I already said, the focus is to continue safe execution on this project while still finding optimizations. We are working with external people as well to really ensure that we take all the lessons learned in now to benefit this project, but also to benefit future project, but also the way we build projects going forward. I am really pleased to see that, and that the team and how they work with this project and also the interaction we have with the client.

It is a very positive interaction with the client, in my opinion, and we are working towards the same target, really safe, on time, on budget installation of this project. In terms of Nexra, I am also pleased to say that Nexra has seen a pickup in commercial performance, and we have had three vessels working in the Nexra space. Wind Zaratan, Wind Maker, and Wind Peak that have performed the O&M scopes in Europe and APAC, and we have had more than 230 vessel days that have been working with service. Also that the team in Nexra is working incredibly hard with our clients to secure long-term commitments on the O&M side. We maintain our view on the O&M side.

We maintain that this is very, very interesting for us and also a very solid business and a place that Cadeler very much want to play a role in the Nexra setup. So we continue full speed ahead on Nexra and are also very, very positive with what we have seen in the latest months from the clients. On the backlog, standing at EUR 2.5 billion, as we always say, it is providing a very solid earnings visibility. I think that what we are saying on this slide today here is also that we are bringing you a little bit behind the curtains in terms of what is happening out there and part of why we are positive around what we are seeing for the future.

Because at the moment, we, in the category, vessel reservation agreement and preferred supplier agreements that are not currently in the backlog, we have three WTG projects for 2027, 2028, and 2031. We have a foundation project for 2028. We have also a project for 2031 on both foundation and turbines, and also a long-term O&M agreement. A lot of work is at the moment going on to convert these vessel reservation agreements/preferred supplier agreements into firm contract backlog. I think that the team, it’s fair to say, that they are negotiating at full speed while we actually see a lot more coming at the moment. Especially for the beginning of the next decade, we see an enormous appetite from the clients, and especially with the announcement of the T-class vessels.

We have been in a very, let’s say, positive momentum with the clients who would like to understand the capabilities of the T-class vessels and how we can work together with the A-class and the T-class vessels and our foundation, sorry, our turbine installation vessels to ensure a very, very efficient installation campaign. With the acquisition of Menck, I think it’s also fair to say that we have had very positive conversations with our clients on the combination of the hammer and the vessel, but also with our peers, where several of our peers have reached out to say that they would like to discuss availability of hammers on an ongoing basis. We have also made it very, very clear that that is very, very much our ambition, and we will prove it to the market that that is something that we are going to do.

In terms of the backlog, as I said, around EUR 2.5 billion, 77% of that has reached FID, and there are projects that are currently in the FID process now. Also, as I said, the projects that we see on the right side of this slide that are currently in the preferred supplier agreements status, they’re not included in the backlog, but we do expect that these projects are on route to be converted to backlog and to projects that we can announce in the not-so-distant future. I will say all in all, a very, very strong commercial momentum in the business at the moment as well, and everybody is working full speed on those opportunities out there together with our clients.

In terms of progress on the new builds, now it’s new build in singular before we are starting the T-class vessels, but we are expecting delivery on Wind Apex in the second quarter of 2027. This represents an acceleration that we have agreed with COSCO, and that is really to deliver towards the project that you saw in the preferred supplier category. We have seen that Wind Apex have achieved significant time optimization compared to the first vessel that was delivered. I think that our collaboration with COSCO is really a fantastic collaboration where we do understand each other, and we can speak about the various things that are going on. That is also why that it was a natural next step for us to award COSCO with the T-class new builds that will be delivered in 2030 and 2031.

We are looking forward to see them coming to the market as well, together with our partners from COSCO. Wind Ace also delivered ahead of schedule and on budget. Again, a very strong performance. That is now the 11th vessel that has been delivered and the second of the three A-class new builds. As we now start to take delivery of the A-class vessels, we will also start to have a fleet of these vessels that can support each other. It is going straight into mobilization with the mission equipment and having soon two vessels that are fully mobilized for foundation installation in a very flexible setup. We believe that that is something that will give us a very, very significant flexibility to support potential delays in the industry and also our clients, really, to ensure that we get these foundations installed on time, on budget.

The next vessel coming next year will also be able to do that, although she will start with the turbine installation for the first period of time. Coming into the financial items, I hand over to Peter. You take it away, Peter.

Peter Brogaard Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, Cadeler: Yeah. Thank you very much, Mikkel. Focus on the Q2 standalone, our three months ending 13th of June 2026. We have adjusted for the comparable figures from 2025 for the termination fee that we received last year, in order to be able to compare on a year-on-year basis and the main activity of Cadeler. We have adjusted here for revenue, EBITDA, and net profit for the EUR 111 million. The revenue for Q2 was EUR 282.8 million. That was a plus, as compared to last year, 432%. Industry rate was a solid 50%. Utilization at a very satisfactory level, nearly 91%, and also up from the adjusted number from last year. Market cap around EUR 2 billion. EBITDA was EUR 160.6 million, and that is an increase of 106% as compared to last year.

Net profit, EUR 95 million, which is +73% as compared to last year, as explained by Emil. Backlog stands at EUR 2.5 billion, and that is compared to the same period last year is up 23%. Three months daily average turnover of EUR 6.9 million. If we look at the Q2 numbers, the full P&L, again, we see that revenue is up, and if we adjust for the termination fee last year, it is significantly up and more than doubled. Fleet utilization increased to 85% as compared to 76% last year. That is up from the 48% we had in Q1 this year, as a result of the delivered vessels, and they have been now mobilized and are on contract. The adjusted utilization is at 91% compared to last year comparable number.

Cost of sales, it has increased by EUR 93 million, and that is, of course, driven by the full quarter operating cost base of 3 additional vessels. It is the Wind Ally, Wind Mover, and Wind Keeper. We have now 10 vessels operating as compared to 7 last year. SG&A is increased by EUR 7 million, which reflects the continued scaling of our offices in order to, as we have explained many times, be able to operate the bigger fleet, but also the foundation projects. Vessel OpEx is EUR 39,871 per day, which is above the level that we have seen in previous quarters, recently around or just below EUR 40,000 per day. If you look for the 6 months ending June 13, revenue again more than doubled to EUR 480 million when we adjust for the EUR 111 million in termination fees.

Approximately the same unadjusted availability or utilization for 2026 as compared to the first half of 2025, and again, adjusted utilization 85% for the 6 months. Again, the same drivers behind the increase in OpEx, cost of sales, and then driven by the 3 additional vessels. Again, the SG&A has increased by EUR 9 million as compared to last year, and again, due to the same reason of having a bigger back office to be able to handle the additional vessels and the foundation scope. Again, the EBITDA more than doubled when we adjust for the termination fee, which is non-recurring income. Balance sheet. Now we have an equity of EUR 1.8 billion, which is, of course, a function of the capital increase that we made on March 25 this year, and then the positive result.

Equity ratio stands as 50%, which is a solid balance sheet that we look at. This slide is the same slide as we have shown before with the CapEx on the newbuilds, but now we have also included the Menck acquisition in this to illustrate that we are not in need of any capital increase to be able to take over Menck and go through this acquisition. Cash at the end of June was EUR 206 million. We have all on-loan facility on the RCFs, A and B, of EUR 180 million. Then in July, we made an additional Holdco facility with Santander of EUR 40 million, which adds, of course, to available liquidity. Menck transaction, we got a bridge facility of EUR 380 million from DNB and ABN AMRO Bank, which was then used for the payment of Menck, around the EUR 500 million. We are having the newbuilds still.

We have the A-class finance of EUR 510 million and A-class OpEx. Our CapEx is EUR 425 million. We are going to make a down payment from the ordering of the T-class phase of EUR 112 million or EUR 121 million, actually. It is not stated here, but it is EUR 121 million. Or it is EUR 120 million, it says in the call-out. That liquidity leaves us with EUR 280 million, and then the Menck facility needs to be repaid at some point of time. We have, on a term sheet basis, negotiating of an additional or a take-out facility of EUR 250 million, i.e., we will finance the rest of the EUR 380 million where we have a bridge facility by the cash that we have available on hand. That leaves us with EUR 150 million.

This is a point of time, a snapshot, and it does not include the operational cash flow that will be running in the coming months and will also contribute to the Menck facility repayment. It also only includes, of course, the first down payments at ordering on the T-class, which is at least 15%, because the rest of the installments will come in 2028 and 2029, and for the majority will be within one year of delivery. This should hopefully make it clear for everybody that we will not have to do a capital increase from the Menck facility. This is the financing overview. What has happened since last quarter is that we have signed it with Wind Apex facility was signed 10th of July, was syndicated and ECA backed by IFC.

We have extended the RCF B until December 2027, and then we have upsized the Holdco facility, which is centered there. That is the financing overview as of 13. Full year outlook. This has to be said, it is without Menck acquisition, so it is a Cadeler standalone. We will communicate on the impact from Menck later in the coming months when we have the full overview of the impact. We maintain the outlook for 2026, so revenue in the range of EUR 854 million to EUR 944 million. EBITDA still in the level of EUR 420 million to EUR 510 million. That was the financials. Over to you, Danny.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Back to the commercial outlook, where I think that we are getting a lot of questions on how we see the market developing and what it is we are talking to our clients about. I think, as I already said, we are seeing a lot of activity at the moment, and we see also that our clients are really coming to us now for projects that are starting. Some of them are starting in 2029, some of them are starting in 2030, 2031, 2032. Overall, we do see a very, let us say, sharp uptick in client activity at the moment for these years. I think it is also clear from what we, in general, discussed, that there will be a lot of need for electricity, and one of the solutions for that will be offshore wind, and we believe it will be a firm part of that.

We have also seen that with some of the recent geopolitical tensions, the importation of fossil fuels is not as straightforward as it maybe once was. Hence, there is really a focus on energy security at the moment that is also building a stronger momentum for renewable energy sources that are locally produced electrons, in, for example, Europe. That is something we do see having an impact, both from a political point of view, but also in general amongst our clients that are being strongly incentivized to do that. We see that by auctions that are being adapted to be more developer-friendly, and we think that that is the right direction to go in. We saw that Denmark had successful auctions now after having shifted over to a CFD scheme. I think that the successful auctions were also, let us say, aggressively priced.

That is something that we have also discussed quite a lot. One thing I would like to note is that in terms of projects being awarded in the market, we have already seen in 2026 more projects awarded than what we saw in 2025 on a gigawatt basis, and with more to come. We do expect also that 2027 will be a very strong year as well. So after a slightly, let’s say, downward trend, especially for the years we have already discussed, 2028 and first half of 2029, where Cadeler’s position still is that we are confident on 2028 and the first half of 2029. We have done good work to make sure that we have a very strong baseline there. Now we are seeing an uptick that will especially impact the second half of 2029 and 2030, 2031, and so on.

In terms of supply and demand, we maintain also our view that on the foundation vessel demand, there is a very strong demand for efficient vessels. This is what we hear again and again from the clients, is that efficiency really matters, and if a solution is efficient, then that is the preferred solution. There is still somewhat of a gap between what is required and what is in supply, and the efficient vessels will be taken away from the market first, and they will be taken away first as well. We have also included the hammer demand in the slide here to give a view on what we are seeing, because the hammers are not exactly following the same as the vessel, although a vessel installing a foundation project needs a hammer.

There are also hammers that need to transit between regions and have the downtime for maintenance and stuff like that. That is why we believe that there will be a need for a serious reevaluation of the needs in this space to ensure that the efficient vessels can work efficiency for the clients, because there has been a real risk that vessels potentially would not be able to work simply due to unavailability of equipment to install foundations. Why is that so? That is simply because the ownership structure of these companies have not been focusing on aggressive outbuild of the equipment needed, but maybe more on harvesting the cash in these businesses. Hence, we need to make sure that there is enough equipment ready for what we are coming with in the beginning of the next decade, with five vessels potentially operating side by side.

Also our peers that definitely have demand, and a demand that we would very much like to help them to supply. As we have seen a couple of times before on the vessel market and how it looks just in total numbers, not having any opinion about how these vessels are performing and how efficient they are. Cadeler now stands at 14 vessels with the two T-class now being firmly added with firm orders with the shipyard. I think that as we have said in the past, but it really gives us the flexibility, the redundancy, and for the clients that really, the reduced risks that they really appreciate and what we are also getting very positive, let’s say, credit for from the clients at the moment.

If we do look at what are efficient installation vessels, then the picture looks slightly different, that is why we do maintain the view that there is still a very high demand for these vessels that are efficient installers in the industry. Because we do see as we come into the next decade, that a lot of the vessels will simply not be able to install efficiently or simply just hitting the 25-year mark and hence, having to look at retirement from the industry. In terms of our growth journey, I think it is evident to anyone that is what we have been focusing on to be able to deliver a very strong customer offering and also a very strong, let us say, value back to our investors with what we are doing.

I think that today’s numbers also show that the growth journey is on plan and it is working, what we are trying to do. But really, focus have been that vertical and horizontal expansion, here we really are deepening our foundation offering with the Menck acquisition, but also with the O&M offering. We do start to see the effects of the O&M offering. As you saw from the backlog slide, we also now are preferred supplier for one of these long-term O&M agreements, which we believe will be very accretive to the whole Cadeler story. Organic and inorganic growth, I think we have done both just a couple of weeks ago, so I think it is self-explanatory.

But that is where our focus have been to ensure that we maintain the position we have achieved with our clients, where we are asked for basically everything in the industry that is coming up. Because they know that at any given time, we likely will have capacity available. I think we have had many good examples this year of discussions with clients on potential things that they would like to use us for. I think that that is something we will see continuing both in the short, the mid, and the long term, with a, as you saw in previous slides, a very strong focus on securing some of these huge projects out in the future. On regional expansion, we are constantly focusing on being present.

We see lots of expansion in the Asian market, basically, we are bidding in every single market that is expanding in Asia at the moment and are very positive with these developments out there where we are working very much together with our key clients, but also with new clients. The commercial team has done remarkably well in getting us into the right position in these new markets. Then there is also a very strong focus in the company at the moment on monitoring and applying new technologies. We are actively starting to work with AI on some of our data handling to ensure that we are more efficient in how we analyze these thousands of data points that we have from projects and pre-project to ensure that we have a better view of how the vessels were performing on the program.

This is something that we will communicate more about in the future, but also something that we will be starting to use on a more integrated basis in the company. We do see the value of this, and we have been dipping our toes into it. I think that it’s fair to say that we now see really the first real steps into using AI in our whole structuring of bids and programming with analyzing these many data points. It also goes with our Menck acquisition, where we will be sitting on 50 million data points on pile driving, which we would like to also have to build a model around so we can ensure that both Menck and Cadeler can deliver a very, very high value to our clients on their projects.

Continuing what we have always done, focusing on strategic partnership with our clients, and also after the Menck acquisition, with a new group of clients, which is our peers. We have worked together with our peers for many years in many different ways. I’ve always said that the beauty in Cadeler is that we basically can work with anyone, and that is more evident than ever after the Menck acquisition. We will do our part to really make sure that not only can our peers get the equipment that they need, but hopefully they can also get a better service going forward, in the combined structure compared to what they had in the past. That is very much our ambition and also what we are currently discussing with our peers.

We will be also coming out with a very strong governance model to give them the feel-good feeling around that, as they rightly would expect from us. Just in terms of executing on growth in 2026, I think we have ordered the two new T-class vessels, has been a very, very tough negotiation. One of the toughest ever, I think. The yards are in a situation where they’re basically fully booked. There’s a lot of activity in the yards. There’s a lot of competition from other industries. To have the two T-class vessels now signed and ready for delivery in 2030 and 2031 is a real milestone for everybody that’s worked on this in Cadeler.

It has not been easy, but the positive thing is that it will also not be easy for our competitors. I think that we will see that will be displayed going forward. I think that it will be very, very hard to order additional capacity. Carbon section, we have announced that, and we are still working full speed on that, building the team at the moment, and we will be announcing also on the assets side of that business, as soon as we are ready to do that. Last, but certainly not least, welcome to all our new colleagues from Menck. We are very, very pleased with this acquisition. We believe that the combined value proposition of the two companies will be better together than it would have been on a standalone basis.

From the conversations we have had so far with the main team, we are also incredibly positive by how motivated they are with this new journey. We will continue to visit locations and come around and speak to all of you, and it’s been really good. Last but not least, in terms of the key investment highlights, we maintain the largest and most capable and versatile fleet and mission critical equipment. What does that mean? It really means redundancy for the clients. We focus on relationships and partnerships, and we do that from an industry-leading position where we will continue to create value for everyone. We have a global reach and experience, and we are now the company that has installed most foundations by any company in the industry.

We continue to see a structural undersupply and an increasing market demand, demonstrated also by the amount of preferred supplier agreements and vessel reservation agreements that we are talking about today. We are in a very solid position. As we also discussed a little bit previously, we are now also seeing an increased, let’s say, drive on the technology, not only on AI, but also on technology for tooling and stuff like that, where we will be using what we are sitting on in terms of data points to really ensure that we can combine that and create value for our clients, and really ensure that we are first with next generation installation technology. With that said, I think that we move into the Q&A. Daniel, please take over.

Moderator: Thank you. At this time, we invite those analysts wishing to ask a question to click on the raise hand button, which can be found on the black bar at the bottom of your screen. You may remove yourself from the queue at any time by lowering your hand. When it is your turn, you will hear your name called, and you will receive a prompt to be promoted. Please accept this prompt, wait a moment, and once you’ve been promoted, you may unmute yourself and ask your question. We encourage you to turn your video on as well. We’ll wait one moment to allow the queue to form. Our first question comes from Anders Rosenlund at SEB. You may now unmute your line and ask your question. Thank you. Our first question today will come from Jamie Franklin rather at Jefferies.

Jamie, you may now unmute your line and ask your question. Thank you.

Jamie Franklin, Analyst, Jefferies: Hey, guys. Thanks for taking my question. Great to see, obviously, second quarter utilization really kind of stepped up. Just wanted your help with kind of how to think about vessel utilization through the remainder of the year. Could we expect a kind of similar level in 3Q and 4Q, or based on current scheduling, is there any reason that utilization may be any lower in the third and fourth quarters? Thinking more specifically about Hornsea 3, clearly everything is very much on track so far. How should we think about the contribution from that project through the remainder of the year? Clearly good progress on the monopiles. I would expect that is continuing through the third quarter. Is it right to think about the turbine installation kicking off, at the start of the fourth quarter? Thank you.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: I think that we can say that we expect strong utilization for the rest of the year. We were building up in Q1, and I think that we will continue to see strong utilization for the rest of 2026. There is a lot of activity going on and that is clearly our expectation. On Hornsea 3, the program on Hornsea 3 is what we basically have discussed already, and it has not changed as such. We are, as I said, focusing on speeding up, and where we end exactly with the speed, that is still a little bit a question mark. But we are very positive with what we have achieved. Of course, in the beginning on such a project when you are learning, there are some big low-hanging fruits that you are picking and then the fruits become smaller and smaller.

But we continue because we are ambitious in this space, also because it is something that we will continue to learn for the next project. We are starting EA2 in the not-so-distant future. We have other projects that are being started in the not-so-distant future, and hence the learnings that we kept on off on Hornsea, that is something that we can really bring into the company. It is a mindset change, because we are really talking about production here. It is a much more production mentality on a project like that, and hence, we are very ambitious in terms of what we want to achieve, still having a safe performance. So again, it is from first to fast that we are looking at here now, and we are already pretty fast, but we want to potentially be even faster on that project.

In terms of the turbine installation, turbine installation remains on track. That is also the ambition of everyone that we are starting the turbine installation as per what has already been contracted.

Jamie Franklin, Analyst, Jefferies: Okay. Very helpful. Thank you. Secondly, just thinking ahead to 2028. You mentioned obviously the preferred supplier agreement, which hopefully will convert to a firm contract. Also there is a turbine project for 2027, 2028 that could convert as well. Just wondering if there is much else you are working on and any other sort of potential additions for 2028 at this point. Thank you.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: I think the short answer is yes. I think that they will be slightly later. I think also there are extension on current projects that are running into 2028, which is not something that we include in this. We have seen extension on current projects also running further into 2028 than was previously expected. I think all in all, I maintain what I said. We believe that the baseline is strong. There are more to achieve in 2028, but as we have said before, we believe that there will be additional work up for grabs as we get closer to 2028.

Jamie Franklin, Analyst, Jefferies: Okay. Very clear. Thanks. That is all from me. I will turn it over. Thank you.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Thanks, Tim.

Moderator: Thank you. Our next question today comes from Anders Rosenlund at SEB. You may now unmute your line and ask your question.

Anders Rosenlund, Analyst, SEB: Thank you. Can you hear me now? Excellent.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Yes. Now we can hear you, Anders. Yes.

Anders Rosenlund, Analyst, SEB: I had some problems with the technical solution. But anyhow, can you break down the backlog for the years 2026, 2027, and 2028?

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Yes, I can. But we don’t.

Anders Rosenlund, Analyst, SEB: Okay. Then I have a question on the financials. Depreciation was up meaningfully in the second quarter, and I assume that is partly explained by the A-class vessel having a full quarter of depreciation in Q2. Is the depreciation level that we saw in Q2, is that the run rate we should expect going forward, say for additional vessels being delivered?

Peter Brogaard Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, Cadeler: Yes. You should expect that. There can be also coming something from project equipment that is capitalized and then depreciated over the lifetime of the asset. But yes, we could expect the same levels, but then adjusted for full year impact and Wind Ace coming in now at A-class next year.

Anders Rosenlund, Analyst, SEB: There are no impairments in the second quarter impacting depreciation and amortization?

Peter Brogaard Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, Cadeler: Sorry?

Anders Rosenlund, Analyst, SEB: There are no impairments in the second quarter?

Peter Brogaard Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, Cadeler: No impairments at the moment. No. We have not done any.

Anders Rosenlund, Analyst, SEB: Okay. Thank you very much.

Peter Brogaard Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, Cadeler: impairments.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Thank you.

Anders Rosenlund, Analyst, SEB: Thank you.

Moderator: Thank you. As a reminder today, to ask a question, you can click on the raise hand button, which can be found on the black bar at the bottom of your Zoom screen. Our next question today comes from Audrey Zhong at China Securities. Audrey, you may now unmute your line and ask your question. Thank you.

Audrey Zhong, Analyst, China Securities: Hi. Good afternoon. This is Audrey from China Securities, and thank you for taking my question. Actually, my question is, we observed that Cadeler is trying to become a comprehensive platform rather than just a wind turbine installation company. We observed that you still have approximately EUR 425 million of remaining commitment for the A-class vessels. You recently ordered two T-class vessels for EUR 805 million. Also you acquired Menck at an enterprise value of EUR 500 million, and confirmed that the scour protection investment plan remain intact. Actually, my question is it necessary to pursue all of this investment at the same time? What minimum IRR or ROIC hurdle do you apply to each investment? From which year do you expect each of them to generate returns above the cost of capital? Thank you.

Peter Brogaard Hansen, Chief Financial Officer, Cadeler: It doesn’t come at the same time, so to speak, because at Menck, of course, we have already paid the acquisition price. On the new buildings, it follows a certain schedule. As said under the presentation, we have taken a delivery of Wind Ace now and paid the final installment for that. So Wind Ace is done. Then there are some remaining CapEx on Wind Apex coming in next year. On the T-class vessels, we will down pay now and ordering EUR 120 million, but then next installment is in, or substantial installment is in 2030 and 2031 when they are delivered. Also somehow answers the same question. Your follow-up on this is, when will they start to generate revenue? Wind Ace will start to generate revenue early 2027 when you go on project that is mobilized for.

At the moment, Maersk is generating positive income and cash flow from operations from 11th of August. It is already kicking in. The T-class vessels, the majority of the CapEx is in 2030 and in 2031, and then they will start to generate cash 6-9 months after delivery. It is a little bit a more nuanced picture, and some of the cost is also deferred. We do not disclose what is the requirement for return of capital, but we find that all these positions very attractive when we look at the IRR on these projects.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Yeah. I think we can say we are beyond the target on every investment. One of the things in particular on the T-class vessels that we achieved was a very back-ended payment schedule, and that was very important for us. Not only do we have a lower upfront payment than we have had in the past, but also we have managed to back-end the payments on the T-class vessels a lot.

Audrey Zhong, Analyst, China Securities: Great. Thank you. It is very clear and very helpful. Thank you very much.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Yes, indeed.

Moderator: Thank you. We have no further questions at this time. Thank you for your participation, and I will now hand the floor back to Mikkel Gleerup for any closing remarks. Thank you.

Mikkel Gleerup, Chief Executive Officer, Cadeler: Yes. Just thank you to everyone for listening in. Thank you for your support and, yeah, we will continue to work hard to deliver on our targets. Thank you very much. Have a fantastic day ahead. Bye-bye.