Investor Presentation • Mar 25, 2021
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FY 2020 Results Analyst Call, 25 March 2021


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Delivering on Strategy Tobias Hartmann (CEO)
2020 Financial Results Dirk Schmelzer (CFO) & Outlook Tobias Hartmann & Dirk Schmelzer
Q&A



Focus on strategy Building the ecosystem for real estate

In 2020, we delivered on our ecosystem strategy and made significant progress with key product and market initiatives
Customer needs Acquire new mandates Efficient marketing Build a brand
Key 2020 initiatives Covid-19 action plan Media campaign Enhanced RLE Membership migration FLOWFACT

Customer needs Find a new home or business place Personalised search journey Maximised transparency & guidance
Key 2020 initiatives TenantPlus+ and BuyerPlus+ Online viewings Reworked price atlas
Customer needs Sell fast & for the best price Find the right tenant Safe & efficient transaction
Key 2020 initiatives Free listings LandlordPlus+ Digital rental contract Enhanced online valuation immoverkauf24

Our 2020 results are proof of a resilient business model and underpin our distinct market leadership
| €353.8m +1.2% |
60.0% +0.1pp |
€716 +2.5% |
€1,754 -0.4% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group revenue | Group ordinary operating EBITDA margin |
ARPU with residential real estate partners |
ARPU with business real estate partners |
| 20,013 +4.7% |
416,973 -3.9% |
13.8m +2.1% |
101.4m +7.4% |
| professional customers (residential and business real estate partners) 6 FY 2020 Results Call March 2021 |
IS24 listings (period average) |
IS24 monthly users multiplatform (period average) |
IS24 monthly sessions (period average) |

| Q4 2020 | Q4 2019 | +/- | FY 2020 |
FY 2019 |
+/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential real estate partners Residential agents and property managers, finance partners (# of core customers1 end of period) |
17,213 | 16,344 | +5.3 % | 17,213 | 16,344 | +5.3 % |
| Residential real estate partner ARPU2 (€/month) |
717 | 718 | -0.2 % | 716 | 698 | +2.5 % |
| Business real estate partners Commercial agents, project developers, new home builders (# of core customers1 end of period) |
2,800 | 2,774 | +0.9 % | 2,800 | 2,774 | +0.9 % |
| Business real estate partner ARPU2 (€/month) |
1,801 | 1,828 | -1.5 % | 1,754 | 1,761 | -0.4 % |
1 Customers with an existing contract containing an obligation for payment which entitles the customer to publish more than one object within the runtime of the contract
2 Average revenue per user per month, calculated by dividing the revenue generated with the respective core customer in the reported period by the average number of core customers in this period (calculated from the opening and closing balance) further divided by the number of months in the corresponding period

Realtor Lead Engine (incl. immoverkauf24) Mortgage Leads Relocation Leads RentPlus+ (MieterPlus+) BuyPlus+ (KäuferPlus+) Professional PPA (including OTP) Membership editions
Other
More diversified revenue base in 2020 (vs. 2015):
Breakdown of ImmoScout24 revenue streams


Our residential agents are quickly moving up the membership ladder in an accelerated migration effort, leaving comfortable headroom for ARPU increases

~13,300 Residential Agents (for Oct-19 without finance partners) without property managers
Membership contract ARPU only, excluding revenues from additional value added services
Including all other legacy memberships except those under 4
Including legacy memberships MY5 + Top List All


With the strategic moves we made in 2020 to target homeowners, we moved closer to the transaction than ever before
~42.5m residential units* in Germany *Destatis Press Release No. 281 of 29-Jul 2020; value for 2019
owner-occupied units (with a home ownership rate of 45%*, Germany ranks second to last in the OECD)
*Deutsche Bundesbank, January 2020
German residential real estate transactions* in 2020 (without landplots) *GEWOS – IMA info 2020
~1,000,000 homeowners on IS24 each month (~7% of UMV according to own survey)
~500,000 IS24 registered and addressable homeowners (end of December)
~72,800 realtor leads in 2020, generating €17.5m of RLE revenues
~900
transactions (commission-share RLE)

FLOWFACT is key to our ecosystem strategy driving recurring agent revenues, customer engagement and digital sales
FLOWFACT is a leading real estate CRM software player in Germany



We are making significant progress with consumers in the rent journey - in a supplyconstrained market
~1/3 of MieterPlus+ memberships are generated via the listing search; significant uptake with free-to-list (first 48 hours exclusive for MieterPlus+ members)
Extended customer life cycle, slightly lower ARPU: Terms of the MieterPlus+ membership: 2 / 6 / 12 months (note: according to IS24 data, 52% of seekers search for >2 months)
Product features: application portfolio, check-yourchances, exclusive listings, viewings planner, deposit guarantee, emergency key service, tenancy law consulting ~3.2m
Rent transactions in Germany p.a.
~166,500
IS24 residential rent listings (Feb-2021)
~117,500
MieterPlus+ members (Feb-2021)
18€
MieterPlus+ monthly ARPU (Feb-2021)
FY 2020 total rent consumer subscription revenues (+30% yoy)

Focus on value creation 2020 and beyond

We fully met our annual guidance with Q4 turning out as the strongest revenue quarter ever in the IS24 history

Q4 2020 IS24 revenue: €91.1m (+1.3%)
62.2% 62.6%
Q4 2020 IS24 oo EBITDA margin: 61.7% (-0.9pp)
15 FY 2020 Results Call | March 2021
We intensified our future investments reflecting a more diversified IS24-focused revenue base Strong increase in own work
| (€m) | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 353.8 | 349.7 | +1.2% |
| Own work capitalised | 21.9 | 14.0 | +57.1% |
| Personnel | -71.4 | -72.8 | -1.9% |
| Marketing | -31.1 | -30.4 | +2.2% |
| IT | -17.1 | -14.1 | +20.9% |
| Other operating costs | -43.9 | -37.0 | +18.6% |
| Total operating effects1 | -163.5 | -154.4 | +5.9% |
| ooEBITDA | 212.3 | 209.3 | +1.4% |
| ooEBITDA-margin | 60.0% | 59.9% | +0.1pp |
capitalised due to focus on IS24 and accelerated product roll-out
Operating effects development mainly driven by increased IT and other operating costs
2020 operating effects include dissynergies of €3.4m
Short-term Covid-19 cost savings were realised and structural cost 1 Other operating income to small extent included in other operating costs items efficiencies leveraged

| (€m) | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary operating EBITDA | 212.3 | 209.3 | +1.4% |
| Non-operating items | -14.0 | -45.7 | -69.2% |
| Reported EBITDA | 198.3 | 163.7 | +21.1% |
| D&A | -51.5 | -54.2 | -5.0% |
| EBIT | 146.8 | 109.4 | +34.1% |
| Financial result | -4.9 | -15.2 | -68.0% |
| Earnings before Tax | 141.9 | 94.2 | +50.6% |
| Taxes on Income | -39.5 | -30.7 | +28.5% |
| Net income (cont'd operations) | 102.4 | 63.5 | +61.3% |
| Basic EPS (cont'd operations) |
1 00 |
0 59 |
+69 5% |
| Weighted shares (million) # av |
102 1 |
107 1 |
6% -4 |
Significant decrease in nonoperating items mainly due to lower share-based compensation and M&A-related costs in 2020
D&A below previous year driven by lower amortisation of intangibles and depreciation of PPE
Investment of AS24 proceeds in special securities fund reflected in improved financial result

| 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| Adjusted net income | €137.1m | €189.6m |
| share1 Adjusted earnings per |
€1.34 | €1.77 |
| share2 Dividend per |
€0.70 | €0.91 |
| Dividend | €68.5m | €93.7m |
| Pay-out ratio |
50.0% | 49.4% |
| Price per share end of December |
€67.05 | €58.95 |
| Dividend yield | 1.0 % | 1.5 % |
1 Calculation based on IFRS earnings per share logic (as used in annual report). Weighted average number of shares (basic) in 2020: 102.144.808 shares. 2 Calculation based on AktG dividend calculation logic. Number of shares as of 31. Dec 20 after deduction of own shares from share buy back: 97.836.291 shares. Scout24 AG's dividend policy is to distribute between 30% and 50% of the adjusted net income.
The 2019 adjusted net income includes 12 months of AutoScout24, 2020 includes 3 months
Adjustments are made for regular effects, non-operating effects and special effects relating to the AutoScout24 transaction.
The precise amount of the dividend per share depends on the planned capital reduction and share buybacks effected before the AGM.

We reconfirm our previously announced capital return roadmap – with the up to €1.0bn capital decrease transaction as the key pillar

*) Timing: after announcement of FY 2020 results and before AGM 2021

| 389,198 IS24 listings end of Feb-21 +0.7% vs. Dec-20 -5.4% vs. Feb-20 |
14.0m IS24 monthly users desktop+mobile (Feb-21)* +33.3% vs. Dec-20 -2.4% vs. Feb-20 |
|---|---|
| 20,093 professional customers end of Feb-21 +0.4% vs. Dec-20 +4.3% vs. Feb-20 |
102.8m IS24 monthly sessions (Feb-21) +32.0% vs. Dec-20 -2.6% vs. Feb-20 |
*Due to change of provider, usage of Google Analytics data; not deduplicated

| Tailwinds | Areas of caution Areas of caution |
2021E Revenue outlook |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Real Estate |
• Continued customer growth • Agent listing initiatives underway • Agent migration and upgrades • Enhanced realtor leads product • Growing consumer Plus+ subscriptions |
• Limited (price increase) spill-over benefits • Continued Covid-19 impacts (at least in H1) • Foregone private listing revenues |
Mid to high single digit % growth |
| Business Real Estate |
• New and enhanced products • Moving into larger TAMs |
• Pandemic-induced uncertainty • Softness in construction volumes • Reduced developers' marketing spend |
Slight growth |
| Media & Other |
• FLOWFACT integration (positive strategic impact) • Growth of IS24 Austria • Shift towards inhouse-agency revenues |
• FLOWFACT cloud migration De-prioritising 3rd • party ad sales business |
Declining to flat |

What we achieved in 2020 will translate into attractive growth in 2021 and beyond
Focus on what matters
Increased customer base Created more value for agents than ever Enabled transactions for agents Had consumers pro-actively participate Launched key product and market initiatives … … and prepared ground for 2021 Enhanced RLE through immoverkauf24 Enhanced customer relationships through FLOWFACT Reinvest(ed) into the business Return(ed) capital to shareholders Pursue(d) opportunistic M&A strategy Partnership Innovation Integration Digitisation Capital allocation




12 May 2021: Publication of Q1 2021 results 8 July 2021: AGM


24 FY 2020 Results Call | March 2021 Ursula Querette Head of Investor Relations | Tel +49 89 262 02 4939 | [email protected]
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