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Investor Presentation May 6, 2015

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XING AG Q1/2015 Results

May 6, 2015

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

STRONG START INTO 2015: +24%* REVENUES AND +83% EBITDA

STRONGEST QUARTERLY MEMBER GROWTH SINCE INCEPTION: +440k TO 8.4M MEMBERS (8.8M USERS)

NETWORK / PREMIUM WITH ACCELERATING GROWTH RATES: REVENUES +19 %

PRODUCT EXECUTION: CONTENT, JOBS ON MOBILE AND NEW PREMIUM PERKS

STRONG START INTO 2015 REVENUES EXCL. FX EFFECTS UP 24% AND EBITDA UP 83%

* Incl. 5%pts arising from eo fx differences (mainly Swiss francs)

** W/o kununu earn-out

Q1/2015 WITH STRONGEST MEMBER GROWTH SINCE INCEPTION: +440K

XING MEMBER AND USER GROWTH D-A-CH

In 000s and in m

NETWORK / PREMIUM SEGMENT SIGNIFICANTLY ACCELERATING TOP-LINE GROWTH RATES: +19%

Paying member base D-A-CH [thousands]

Network / Premium revenues [€m]

XING NEWS PAGES: CREATING CONTENT DESTINATION FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS

Key facts

  • Further continuation of successful newsletter with specific and local relevance >3m readers
  • Launch of XING News pages: >50k followers
  • Members stay up to date by following content distributers across numerous industries
  • Kick off with Horizont, Werben & Verkaufen, onlinemarketingrockstars.de, Springer Fachmedien & t3n.

PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PERFECT JOB ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE: XING STELLENMARKT

Key facts

  • Native App for members and non-members
  • Find the job that fits your life
  • 80k downloads in only 3 weeks with ****Rating

  • Smooth integration of jobbörse.com inventory ongoing

NEW PREMIUM PARTNERS WITH STRONGER BUSINESS FOCUS

Key facts

  • Benefits w/ stronger business related focus
  • New: free access to Efficient Elements (Power Point add on) Save €125 p.a.
  • New: free statista access for CH members only Save CHF600 p.a.
  • New: XING Events Blockbuster w/ front row tickets, VIP seats etc.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

FURTHER ACCELERATING GROWTH IN MEMBER BASE

STRONG REVENUE GROWTH THROUGH ACCELERATION IN PREMIUM AND STABLE HIGH GROWTH IN E-RECRUITING

EBITDA GROWING TO €8.2M

OPERATING CASH-FLOW GROWING TO €14M

FREE CASH-FLOW IMPACTED BY JOBBÖRSE ACQUISITION

Q1/15: STRONG TOP-LINE GROWTH CONTINUES

Q1/15 Q1/14 Q1/15
vs. Q1/14
Q4/14 Q1/15
vs.
Q4/14
Abs. Abs. % Abs. %
Total revenue1 29.3 22.8 29% 28.3 4%
Costs (21.0) (18.7) (12%) (18.0) (17%)
EBITDA w/o kununu
earn-out
8.2 4.5 83% 10.2 (20%)
Margin w/o kununu
earn-out
28% 20% 8%pts 36% (8%pts)
Non-operating
costs
from
kununu
earn
out
0.0 (0.5) N/A (0.7) N/A
EBITDA incl. kununu
earn-out
8.2 4.0 105% 9.6 (14%)
Depreciation
(incl. PPA)
(2.1) (2.2) (3%) (2.2)2 (4%)
Financial result 0.0 0.0 N/A (0.0) N/A
Taxes (2.0) (0.8) (158%) (2.5)2 22%
Adjusted
net
result
incl. kununu
earn-out2
4.1 1.0 295% 4.8 (14%)
Adjusted
net
result w/o kununu
earn-out2
4.1 1.6 164% 5.5 (25%)

Revenue and EBITDA impacted by one-time fx gains of €1.1m EBITDA impacted by TV-campaign €1.7m (Q1/14: €2.7m)

Q1 2015: EBITDA BY SEGMENT

1) Q1/2014: 67%

2) Q1/2014: 49% (w/o kununu earn-out)

Q1/15: ONGOING RE-ACCELERATION OF GROWTH IN CORE NETWORK / PREMIUM SEGMENT

Rounding differences are possible

Q1/15 COST DEVELOPMENT

Personnel in €m in % of total revenue

Q1/14 Q4/14 Q1/15

  • Investment in product/technology organization & sales/marketing Including non-operating costs
  • from kununu earn-out
  • +73FTEs

Q1/14 Q4/14 Q1/15

TV

  • Online display & social media adv.
  • Search engine marketing (SEM)
  • Offline marketing expenditure (conferences & events, print, sponsoring)
  • Affiliate marketing

  • audit & consulting

  • Payment processing, server hosting
  • Rent & other costs

1) Impact from kununu earn-out

2) Chg based on growth of personell expenses excl. Kununu earn-out

Rounding differences are possible

Q1/15: OPERATING CASH-FLOW OF €14M

Q1/15 Q1/14 Q1/15
vs. Q1/14
Q4/14 Q1/15
vs. Q4/14
Abs. Abs. Abs. Abs. Abs.
EBITDA 8.2 4.0 4.2 9.6 (1.4)
Interest/tax
& kununu
earn out
(1.2) (0.2) (1.0) (0.4) (0.8)
Change
net
working
capital
7.0 3.8 3.2 0.6 6.4
Operating cash flow
excl.
organizer
cash
14.0 7.6 6.4 9.8 4.2
Investment –
operating
(2.7) (2.3) (0.4) (3.6) 0.9
Investment –
acquisitions
(5.0) 0.0 (5.0) 0.0 (5.0)
Financing
incl.
transaction
of
own
shares
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Free cash flow
excl. organizer
cash
& dividends
6.3 5.3 1.0 6.1 0.2
Regular Dividends 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Special Dividends 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Free cash flow
excl. event
organizer
cash & incl. Dividends
6.3 5.3 1.0 6.1 0.2
Effects
organizer
cash
2.1 3.6 (1.5) (2.7) 4.8
Free cash flow
incl. event
organizer
cash & dividends
8.4 9.0 (0.5) 3.5 4.9

Rounding differences are possible

INVESTOR INFORMATION & CONTACT

The professional network www.xing.com

XING AG IR STATS MARKET CAP: ~€900m / >€70m CASH / NO DEBT

5) Consensus from 10 brokers
as collected by XING
2015e 2016e 2017e
s Total revenues 118.3 138.5 163.4
u
s
EBITDA 37.1 46.7 57.4
mates as of 03/ 201
n
Margin 31% 34% 35%
e
s
Depreciation -10.6 -11.4 -11.3
n
o
EBIT 26.4 35.3 46.1
Analyst esti
C
Margin 22% 25% 28%
( Net income 17.8 23.7 32.9
EPS in € 3.06 4.18 5.77
DPS in € 1.23 1.55 2.14
Analyst coverage Berenberg Bank, Commerzbank,
Close Brothers, Deutsche Bank,
Goldman Sachs, Hauck & Aufhäuser,
Jefferies, JP Morgan Cazenove,
MM Warburg, Montega
Shares 5,592,137
Analyst coverage Berenberg
Bank, Commerzbank,
Close Brothers, Deutsche Bank,
Goldman Sachs, Hauck & Aufhäuser,
Jefferies, JP Morgan Cazenove,
MM Warburg, Montega
TecDax
ranking end of March 2015
Market Cap. 23
Turnover 24
Burda Digital GmbH (DE) 50.51%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth
Mngt
(DE)
4.97%
Oppenheimer (US) 5.07%
Schroders (UK) 7.94%
Union Investment (DE) 5.00%
Treasury Shares 0.22%
Rest 25.29%

Numbers based on last filing – actual shareholdings can differ

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT DETAILS & SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS

PATRICK MOELLER

Director Investor Relations

XING AG Dammtorstrasse 30 20354 Hamburg Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)40 419 131-793 Fax.: +49 (0)40 419 131-44 (Please use this number to submit "WpHG notifications")

Email.: [email protected]

IR website: https://corporate.xing.com/english/investor-relations/

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