Sea1 Offshore

Good day everyone and welcome to the review and presentation of our results for the second quarter 2023. My name is Bam Omdahl and I'm the CEO of the company. I'm joined by our CFO, Vida Jasta, and together we will take you through this presentation. CM Offshore's report for the second quarter 2023 was released prior to the market opening today. In this presentation, we will cover the main highlights of the report and we will refer to the presentation issue together with the financial report. At the end of the presentation, we will open up for questions. Looking at the highlights for the quarter, we had 28 vessels in operation and all vessels delivered at positive EBITDA margin. We had close to 89 million in revenue. and we delivered 45.9 million in EBITDA, which is equivalent to 52% EBITDA margin. Last year, the same number was 43%. Our cash position was 109 million at the end of the quarter and our book equity ratio was 39%. Operating profit increased by 84% compared to last year. We continue to deliver safe and efficient operations in all regions. This is a result of high focus on safety at all levels in the company. The utilization of the fleet in second quarter was 89%. That number is excluding vessels in layup. and we had two vessels in layup at the end of the quarter. In the second quarter, we signed a short contract for CM Emerald with a duration of six months. We also got in place a 12-month extension for the Brazilian vessels CM Atlas and CM Giant. And we recently signed a contract for two anchor handlers in Australia, the CM Aquamarine and CM Amethyst. and the contract will take us well into 2024. Moving on, Vidar Jasta will now give some more details regarding the results for the second quarter.

Thank you, Bernd. CM Offshore had a good first quarter, and now also we have a very good second quarter. Today's figures support our belief that we are in a long-term positive market trend. The company has $88.8 million in revenue for the second quarter, and that is up from $75.3 million same quarter last year. Operating expenses ended at $37.6 million, and that is flat from the year before. G&A expenses came a bit lower, and operating margin for the quarter ended at $45.9 million, which is up from $32.2 million. Depreciation was 17.3 million. There were no impairments or any reversal of impairments in the quarter. Operating profit ended therefore at 28.6 million. That is up from 15.5 million. Interest rate expenses were 7.9 million. That is up from 5.3 million. 38% of our debt has fixed interest rate and is not affected by increasing interest rates. There are unrealized currency gain of 7.9 million also in the accounts. All in all, net financial items ended positive by 1.2 million. Net profit before taxes is 30.1 million, after taxes 30.3 million, and after adjusting for minority shareholders, 30.2 million. The next slide shows operating margin distributed on segments. The figures are before G&A. Our subsea segment consists of four OSCV vessels, two Bell Intervention vessels, and the scientific core drilling vessel Jointless Resolution. The segment had an operating margin of 32.6 million in the quarter. This is up by 7.6 million, or 28% from same quarter last year. The PSVs generated $6 million in margin. This is up by 3.6 million, or 149%. Our anchor handling segment had an operating margin of 10.7 million. That is up by 3.3 million or 43%. Our fast crew and oil spill recovery vessels generated 1.9 million. That's down $800,000. After G&A operating margin is up by 43%. And let us take a look at the balance sheet. The book equity of the company grows steadily. The company has now $408 million in book equity and a book equity ratio of 39%. Gross interest bearing debt is $538 million. Net interest bearing debt, $428 million. CM Offshore's financial position is good and it continues to improve. CM Offshore is an attractive and solid business partner from a commercial and operational perspective. but clearly also from a financial perspective. And now let's take a look at the cash flow for the first half year of 2023. We started the year with $95 million in cash. We have generated $73 million from operations. We have paid $10 million in interest. We have invested $15 million in the vessels. We have repaid debt of $34 million. and some minor adjustment. In addition to that, we end up with a cash of $110 million. And now the contract backlog. At the end of first quarter, the backlog amount is 384 million with quality counterparties. The subsidy segment consists of seven vessels dominate with 75% of the backlog. Over six PSVs has 15% of the backlog. Our nine anchor handling vessels represent 5% of the backlog. Our fast crew and oil spill recovery vessels also has 5% of the backlog. On this slide, you see firm contracts as options in green and vacant vessel capacity in blue. Especially the short backlog for the anchor handling vessels represent a large degree of exposure to the markets. Implicated market risk and market opportunities going forward. However, under the current long-term trend of improving markets and continued focus on energy security, we believe the available capacity going forward in general represent an attractive earnings potential. And now back to you, Grant.

Thank you. Our OSV fleet consists of 27 owned vessels as listed below. And in addition, we have two vessels under our management. The only change since our last presentation is that we have sold one vessel. The vessel Big Orange is sold for recycling. The company has a good global footprint, which is important for utilization of the fleet. We will continue to move our assets around the world where we can perform safe operation with its sustainable conditions. For the anchor handler segments, there are mainly shorter contracts and campaigns. And currently we have two vessels operating in the spot market in the North Sea, that's CM Opal and CM Pearl. and we also have the CM Emerald in the North Sea. She's on a firm contract. CM Sapphire, CM Amethyst and CM Aquamarine, they are all trading in Asia. And CM Ruby is on her way back now to Europe. And we have the Avalon Sea still working on a term contract in Canada. On the construction vessels, we have CM Barracuda in the North Sea, CM Spearfish, she's on a firm contract, which gives utilization throughout the year. Currently, she is working on the west coast of Africa. And we have the sister vessel, CM Stainray, she's operating in the North Sea currently on a long-term contract. And the last one, the CM Dorado, she's on a firm contract in Brazil. The two well intervention vessels continue working in Brazil. That's CMLX-1 and CMLX-2. They are both on long-term contracts. We have six P&Cs in our fleet, most of them on long-term contracts. CM Teema and CM Pilot on long-term contracts in Australia. CM Atlas and CM Giant on term contracts in Brazil. And the CM Pride is on a long-term contract in the North Sea. and the sister vessel is CM Symphony. She just completed a contract in Canada and she's heading back to Europe. For our smaller Brazilian fleet, we have the oil spill recovery vessels, CMR Gogi and CMR Tysus. They are both working for Petrobras. And then we have fast crew vessels, CM Penotiba and CM Piata. They are currently in layup. core drilling vessel, George's Resolutions. He continues working around the globe on a term contract. As shown on previous slides, we have a good contract coverage for this year. At the same time, it's important to have vessels available in an improving market. This is to increase the potential earnings of our fleet. The second quarter showed a general increase in activity in most regions. The PSV market was strong throughout the quarter, which was reflected in medium and long-term contracts concluded at really good levels. The anchor handler segments saw strong activity and high utilization out in Southeast Asia and also in Australia, but we experienced a bit more volatility and lower utilization in the North Sea. Our construction vessel was fully utilized in the quarter, which is reflecting high activity worldwide. Most segments are experiencing an increased number of multi-year contracts, and we see that chartless are willing now to pay a much better rate than they have seen in previous years. The expected increase in activity for all segments indicates good market prospects for our high-end fleet. So to summarize, we had a strong quarter with high activity. We continued improving our financial position. We continue to deliver first class operation with an excellent HSEQ performance. We have a strong backlog with quality clients. and we have a positive long-term market outlook in all segments. All right, we will now open up for questions and it would be good if you could introduce yourselves before asking any questions and please remember to unmute your microphone. Any questions, please?

Yeah, hello, it's Trigge Bruule, asking a question here. On your balance sheet and debt refinancing next year, could you shed some light on that? And also, you said 38% of your debt has fixed interest rates. Is that part of the debt that you're going to refinance next year? Thank you.

The company's current debt service capacity is pretty good, and we have a very positive outlook with regards to the debt bullet coming up at the end of next year. Management has high attention to optimize timing and achieving attractive pricing on the new financing. So that's what is to say about that. We are very optimistic about that. Yes, some of the bullet that comes up at the end of 2024 is fixed interest rates.

Any other questions, please?

Yes. Hello, this is Ina Golicka from Friendly Securities. I had a question on general North Sea market. You said you had the lowest utilization in the fleet, the part of the anchor handler fleet that was trading the North Sea. I was just wondering how do you see the North Sea going forward with now rigs moving out of the region? What are your expectations for the third and fourth quarter? Thank you.

Well, we think that the anchor handler market, the spot market in the North Sea will still be very volatile. But what we have seen is a steady increase in the day rates obtained in the spot market, which is a good sign that the market will really improve. But again, the winter might be with regards to the anchor handle segment as well.

Thank you. And I had another one. I was just wondering if you could give some color on the average duration of the contract that you have in your backlog now, especially on the construction vessels, but also on the PSVs ones. Thank you.

The average Could you say again, please? The average duration? Was that the question?

Yes, the average duration of the contract in your current backlog.

I haven't calculated that, but I would say approximately two years. That's not an exact figure, but a rough estimate from my side. Please feel free to ask questions. All right. Give you one more chance. Any questions, please? Right. So if no further questions, we will end this session and we thank you all for attending. Thank you.