Newark Works Castle Road Port Glasgow Renfrewshire, PA14 5NG www.fergusonmarine.com Dean Lockhart MSP Convenor Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee Scottish Parliament EH99 1SP June, 2022 30 Dear Mr Lockhart, Update on Hulls 801 & 802 have now been in office for nearly 5 months and in the 3 months since my report to you in March, my focus Ihas been on working closely with CMAL to understand the reasons behind the extensive delays and cost increases for the build programmes for the two vessels and to plan ahead, to both avoid any repeats of mistakes made in the past and to respond to observations raised in the Audit Scotland report in March 2022. meet regularly with the CEO of CMAL, and our two boards of directors have met and plan to continue to Imeet regularly.