SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-23-011300 to Cadeler A/S (CDLR) (CIK 0001978867) (CDLR)
Cadeler A/S (CDLR) (CIK 0001978867)
Date: Oct. 16, 2023 · CIK: 0001978867 · Accession: 0000000000-23-011300
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October 16, 2023
Peter Brogaard Hansen
Chief Financial Officer
Cadeler A/S
Arne Jacobsens Alle 7, 7th floor
DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Re:Cadeler A/S
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4
Submitted October 4, 2023
CIK No. 0001978867
Dear Peter Brogaard Hansen:
We have reviewed your amended draft registration statement and have the following
comment(s).
Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and either submitting
an amended draft registration statement or publicly filing your registration statement on
EDGAR. If you do not believe a comment applies to your facts and circumstances or do not
believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing the information you provide in response to this letter and your amended
draft registration statement or filed registration statement, we may have additional comments.
Amendment No. 1 to Draft Registration Statement on Form F-4 submitted October 4, 2023
Opinion of Eneti's Financial Advisor, page 88
1.We note your response to prior comment 10, including your statement that Perella
Weinberg reviewed, but did not rely upon, the potential synergies for purposes of
rendering its fairness opinion. Please revise to provide greater detail regarding the
Synergies, including any material assumptions underlying the Synergies, and provide a
cross-reference to the related risk factor at page 45.
Cadeler Group’s Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Non-IFRS Financial Measures, page 156
2.We note your response to prior comments 7 and 11. Pursuant to Section 103.01 of the
Staff’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Non-GAAP Financial Measures,
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EBITDA, by definition, should only include adjustments for interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization. Measures that are calculated differently should not be characterized as
"EBITDA" and their titles should be distinguished from "EBITDA," such as "Adjusted
EBITDA." Considering your calculation of EBITDA include adjustments for foreign
exchange gains and (losses), please modify the title of this measure or revise this measure
here, on page 84 and throughout your prospectus as necessary.
Eneti Group's Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, page 198
3.Please revise to include a discussion of the results of operations and financial condition
for the six months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022. We refer you to Instruction 6 of Item 5
of Form 20-F.
Material Tax Consequences
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, page 247
4.We note your response to prior comment 17. To the extent you intend to file a short-
form tax opinion as Exhibit 8.1, revise to state that the disclosure in this section
constitutes the opinion of counsel, and name such counsel. Refer to Section III.B of Staff
Legal Bulletin No. 19.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction, page 284
5.We note your response to prior comment 18 and reissue it in part. Please expand your
disclosure to clarify whether your choice of forum provision in the Deposit Agreement
applies to Exchange Act claims.
Comparison of Rights of Cadeler Shareholders and Eneti Stockholders, page 285
6.We note the revised disclosure on page 306 in response to prior comment 20. A brief
summary is permissible, but it must be entirely correct. Please revise.
You may contact Brian McAllister, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3341 or Raj Rajan,
Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-8094 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial
statements and related matters. Please contact Liz Packebusch, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-
8749 or Karina Dorin, Staff Attorney, at (202) 551-3763 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Energy & Transportation
cc: Connie I. Milonakis