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Scout24 AG

Investor Presentation Nov 9, 2016

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Scout24 AG

Q3 2016 Results Conference Call

November 9, 2016

www.scout24.com

Disclaimer

This document has been issued by Scout24 AG (the "Company" and, together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, the "Group") and does not constitute or form part of and should not be construed as any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, any securities of the Company, nor shall any part of it nor the fact of its distribution form part of or be relied on in connection with any contract or investment decision, nor does it constitute a recommendation regarding the securities of the Company or any present or future member of the Group.

All information contained herein has been carefully prepared. However, no reliance may be placed for any purposes whatsoever on the information contained in this document or on its completeness. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is given by or on behalf of the Company or any of its directors, officers or employees or any other person as to the accuracy or completeness of the information or opinions contained in this document and no liability whatsoever is accepted by the Company or any of its directors, officers or employees nor any other person for any loss howsoever arising, directly or indirectly, from any use of such information or opinions or otherwise arising in connection therewith.

The information contained in this presentation is subject to amendment, revision and updating. Certain statements, beliefs and opinions in this document are forward-looking, which reflect the Company's or, as appropriate, senior management's current expectations and projections about future events. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions could adversely affect the outcome and financial effects of the plans and events described herein. Statements contained in this document regarding past trends or activities should not be taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any information contained in this presentation (including forward-looking statements), whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document.

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Key Financial Highlights

Note: All figures in € millions.

  1. Ordinary operating (oo)EBITDA represents EBITDA adjusted for non-operating and special effects, ordinary operating EBITDA margin of a segment is defined as ordinary operating EBITDA as a percentage of external segment revenues.

  2. Cash contribution is defined as ooEBITDA less Capital expenditures, cash conversion as ooEBITDA / (ooEBITDA less Capital expenditures)

IS24: Platform for Continued Growth

Key highlights

Core Agent revenues

Revenue growth driven by solid ARPU increase offsetting slightly decreasing core agent numbers

Other Agent revenues

Slight increase in Professional PPA revenues as well as healthy growth in Austrian marketplace

Other revenues

Increase reflecting healthy revenue growth in adjacent businesses combined with mostly flat private listing revenues

ooEBITDA

Operational leverage, IT and marketing cost efficiencies driving margin increase

IS24: Core agent evolution Q3 2016 trends

Key highlights

  • Deceleration of core agent losses
  • Excluding out of business agents, core agent number stable in Q3 2016
  • 30% increase in customer regain rate (based on monthly run rate) in Q3 2016 compared to H1 2016
  • Solid new customer acquisition rate
  • Some agents switching back from PPA to membership model

AS24: Delivering on Growth Potential

xx% ooEBITDA margin

Key highlights

Core Dealer revenues

  • Ongoing expansion of dealer base and ARPU in Germany due to success of new sales approach and visibility product roll-out
  • Strong ARPU growth fueled by the visibility products roll-out in Italy / Benelux
  • AutoTrader.nl (acquired in February 2016) adding €1.3 million Core dealer revenues and €0,2 million of other revenues

Other Dealer revenues

Ongoing success of smaller European countries

Other revenues

Display revenues with solid growth throughout all key geographies

ooEBITDA

Operational gearing driving margin increase

Below EBITDA Items

(in €m) Q3 2015 Q3 2016
Ordinary
operating
EBITDA
49.1 58.2
Non-operating
items
(8.2) (4.3)
Reported
EBITDA
40.9 53.9
D&A (3.7) (3.9)
D&A on PPA items (12.5) (12.5)
PPA Effect EBIT 24.7 37.5
Results
Equity Method
0.0 0.0
Interest Finance
Income
(0.7) 0.1
Finance
Cost
(11.5) (8.7)
Earnings
before
Tax
12.5 28.9
Taxes
on Income
(4.2) (9.4)
Taxes Earnings
after Tax
8.3 19.5
Earnings
per Share (in €)
0.08 0.18
Earnings1
Adjusted
23.1 31.3
Earnings
per Share adjusted
(in €)
1
0.22 0.29

Comments

  • include €1.1m non-cash accounting effect from share-based compensation (Management Equity Programmes), €0.6m performance based compensation stemming from a purchase price agreement, €0.2m of cost relating to acquisition of AutoTrader.nl, €2.4m personnel cost relating to the reorganisation
  • Q3 2015 including €0.8 million expense from derivative instruments (9M 2016: €2.7 million gain), Q3 2016 with €0.1 million gain (0% floor on EURIBOR, noncash relevant)
  • Amortization of capitalized financing fees of €0.9 million included in Q3 2015 (including write-offs due to refinancing and prepayment), € 1.5million in Q3 2016
  • Low-to-mid 30% effective tax rate expected for the Full Year 2016 (slightly higher than normalized rate of 31.5%)
  • Cash tax rate for Q3 2016 reduced by repayment received for 2014 income taxes

  • Unaudited. Excluding Non-recurring items and D&A on PPA items, calculated with normalized tax rate. Detailed reconciliation in appendix.

Capital structure

Current Debt (Nominal Value) Comments

(in €m) June 2016 September 2016
Term Loan B 384 324
Term Loan C 357 357
Revolver (€45.6m committed) 0 0
Other loans (FlowFact, Stuffle) 1 0
Total Debt (Nominal Value) 742 681
Cash & Cash Equivalents 56 53
Net Nominal Value 685 628
  • Scout24 was recently upgraded by the rating agencies and is now rated Ba3 by Moody's and BB- by S&P
  • Excess cash flow of total € 100m were used to pay down debt
  • As business de-levers over time, margin ratchet will reduce interest expense further

Margin ratchet thresholds

Leverage
(Net Debt/EBITDA)
Margin
>4.00x 4.25%
>3.50x 3.75%
>2.75x 3.50%
<2.75x 3.25%
  • Leverage test on a quarterly basis with new spread applicable 45 days post quarter end
  • − Lower margin according to margin ratchet of +3.50 % in place since mid of August 2016

Recap: Strong Free Cash Flow Generation

  1. Cash conversion is defined as (oo EBITDA less Capital Expenditure) / oo EBITDA .

Outlook Full Year 2016 [unchanged] Highly confident to reach Full Year 2016 targets

Reconciliation Adjusted Earnings1

(in €m) Q3
2015
Q3 2016
Earnings
before
Tax
12.5 28.9
Add back non-operating
items
8.2 4.3
Add back D&A on PPA items 12.5 12.5
Add back extraordinary finance expense/
income and effects from derivative
instruments
0.8 0.1
Deduct Profit from disposal of investments
accounted for using the equity method
- -
Adjusted
Earnings
before
Tax
34.0 45.7
Adjusted Tax based on normalized Tax rate (10.7) (14.4)
Non-Controlling interest (0.1) (0.0)
Adjusted Earnings attributable to owners
of the parent
23.1 31.3
1
Earnings per Share adjusted (in €)
0.22 0.29
Weighted average of shares (in million) 107.6 107.6

Based on relevant nominal tax rate as stated in Annual Report 2015 and Group interim report 2016. H1 2015: 31.44%; H1 2016: 31.5%.

Income Statement

01/01/15 -
09/30/15
01/01/16 -
09/30/16
(EUR '000)
Revenues 288,4 326,3
Own work capitalised 8,1 8,2
Other operating income 5,7 1,1
Total operating performance 302,2 335,6
Personnel expenses (72,9) (83,2)
Advertising expenses (34,7) (35,7)
IT expenses (8,9) (9,9)
Other operating expenses (60,0) (53,2)
EBITDA (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) 125,7 153,6
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses (47,9) (48,9)
EBIT (Earnings before interest and tax) 77,8 104,8
Net financial result (9,8) (31,5)
Earnings before tax 68,0 73,2
Income taxes (19,8) (24,3)
Earnings after tax 48,2 49,0
Earnings per share (EUR) 0,49 0,46

Balance Sheet

Assets
12/30/2015
(EUR millions) 09/30/2016
Current assets 117,7 101,3
Cash and cash equivalents 70,6 53,4
Trade receivables 37,8 38,7
Financial assets 0,3 0,4
Income tax receivables 0,3 0,4
Other assets 8,6 8,3
assets held for sale 0,1
Non-current assets 2.055,5 2.046,8
Goodwill 787,3 816,2
Trademarks 983,7 983,6
Other intangible assets 259,5 227,9
Property, plant and equipment 13,0 10,4
Investments accounted for using the equity method 1,6 1,7
Financial assets 0,8 0,6
Deferred tax assets 6,7 3,8
Other assets 2,9 2,6
Total assets 2.173,2 2.148,1

Balance Sheet

Equity and
liabilities
(EUR millions) 12/30/2015 09/30/2016
Current liabilities 86,9 111,3
Trade payables 25,6 19,0
Financial liabilities 6,0 5,7
Other provisions 4,7 4,6
Income tax liabilities 15,3 45,3
Other liabilities 35,3 36,2
Liabilities in connection with assets held for sale 0,5
Non-current liabilities 1,165,0 1,062,6
Financial liabilities 767,9 676,2
Pensions and similar obligations 0,5 0,5
Other provisions 0,9 0,6
Income tax liabilities 0,0 0,2
Deferred tax liabilities 393,0 382,3
Other liabilities 2,7 2,9
Equity 921,3 974,2
Subscribed share capital 107,6 107,6
Capital reserve 424,1 428,1
Retained earnings 387,8 437,0
Other reserves 1,1 1,1
Equity attributable to shareholders of parent company 920,6 973,8
Non-controlling interests 0,7 0,4
Total assets 2,173,2 2,148,1

Cash Flow Statement

(in €m) 01/01/15 - 09/30/15 01/01/16 - 09/30/16
Earnings after tax 48,2 49,0
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses 47,9 48,9
Income tax expense/(income) 19,8 24,3
Financial expenses/(income) 31,1 31,6
Result from investments/ (disposals of) accounted for using the equity method 0,8 (0,0)
Result from disposal of investments accounted for using the equity method (22,1) -
Result on disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment (0,0) (0,1)
Other non-cash transactions (9,4) (2,4)
Income taxes paid (2,0) (2,0)
Cash flow from operating activities 114,3 149,2
Payments made to acquire subsidiaries (9,4) (29,5)
Proceeds from disposal of equity accounted investments 59,9 -
other cash flow from investing activities (11,2) (13,7)
Cash flow from investing activities 39,2 (43,2)
Drawing down of financial liabilities 400,0 -
Repayment of financial liabilities (50,3) (100,2)
Borrowing costs (7,7) -
Interest paid (28,2) (23,0)
Dividends paid (421,6)
Proceeds from capital increases 7,6
Cash flow from financing activities (100,2) (123,3)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 0,1 (0,0)
Change in cash and cash equivalents 53,4 (17,2)
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period 21,4 70,6
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 74,8 53,4

IR Contact details and financial calendar

Investor Relations Contact

Financial Calendar (expected)

Britta Schmidt Vice President Investor Relations & Treasury Tel : +49 89 444 56 3278 Fax : +49 89 444 56 193278 Email : [email protected]

Monday Preliminary Results for the Full
13 February 2017 Year 2016
Wednesday Annual Report and audited
29 Full
March 2017 Year 2016

http://www.scout24.com/en/Investor-Relations.aspx

Full year report report.scout24.com/2015

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