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Scout24 AG

Investor Presentation Aug 13, 2024

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Scout24

Growing impact

Results for H1/Q2 2024
8 August 2024
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Accelerated revenue growth of $14.4 \%$ in Q2 resulting in 13.0\% growth for H1 2024, driven by continued strong performance in core
Agent memberships maintaining strong momentum; customer base grew $2.4 \%$ to 22,359 and revenues $9.1 \%$ in Q2 2024

Private subscription growth accelerated meaningfully with exceptional customer and revenue growth of $26.7 \%$ in Q2 2024, reaching 436 k subscribers during the quarter

Operating leverage continues in H1 2024 with 13.7\% ooEBITDA growth and margin expansion, despite absorbing impact of Sprengnetter consolidation

Adjusted EPS grew 11.4\% to EUR 1.37 in H1 2024
Confirming FY2024 guidance of 9 - 11\% revenue growth and about $61 \%$ ooEBITDA margin

Announcing updated segment reporting

Q2 2024 with continued momentum in memberships and private subscriptions

Group EUR 139.5m EUR 87.0m
$+14.4 \%$ +11.2\%
Group revenue Group ordinary operating EBITDA (62.3\% margin)
Professional
EUR 80.3m $+14.5 \%$ EUR 1,132
Subscription revenue Professional customers ARPU with professional customers
Private EUR 21.3m 436k EUR 16.7
$+26.7 \%$ +27.1\% $-0.3 \%$
Subscription revenue Private customers ARPU with private customers

Strong H1 2024 with double-digit revenue growth and increasing profitability

Group EUR 275.6m EUR 166.5m
$+13.0 \%$ +13.7\%
Group revenue Group ordinary operating EBITDA (60.4\% margin)
Professional
EUR 159.5m 22.225 EUR 1,132
$+13.1 \%$ $+2.1 \%$ $+4.8 \%$
Subscription revenue Professional customers ARPU with professional customers
Private
EUR 42.2m 424k EUR 16.6
$+23.3 \%$ $+24.0 \%$ $-0.6 \%$
Subscription revenue Private customers ARPU with private customers

All segments with double-digit revenue growth in H1 2024
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Professional segment growth driven by continued strong membership performance

(EUR m) $\begin{gathered} \text { Q2 } \ 2024 \end{gathered}$ $\begin{gathered} \text { Q2 } \ 2023 \end{gathered}$ $+/-$ $\begin{gathered} \text { H1 } \ 2024 \end{gathered}$ $\begin{gathered} \text { H1 } \ 2023 \end{gathered}$ $+/-$
Professional revenue 89.9 77.4 $+16.1 \%$ 177.8 155.4 $+14.4 \%$
of which subscriptions 80.3 70.2 $+14.5 \%$ 159.5 141.0 $+13.1 \%$
thereof membership 68.5 62.7 $+9.1 \%$ 135.9 124.1 $+9.4 \%$
thereof seller leads 11.9 7.4 $+59.7 \%$ 23.6 16.9 $+39.9 \%$
# Customers (period average) 22,359 21,835 $+2.4 \%$ 22,225 21,769 $+2.1 \%$
Resulting ARPU (in EUR) 1,132 1,071 $+5.7 \%$ 1,132 1,080 $+4.8 \%$
of which PPA 3.3 3.9 $-15.3 \%$ 6.2 7.5 $-17.6 \%$
of which Other 6.2 3.4 $+85.0 \%$ 12.2 6.9 $+75.7 \%$
Professional ooEBITDA 59.8 54.6 $+9.5 \%$ 115.4 103.0 $+12.1 \%$
Professional ooEBITDA margin $66.5 \%$ $70.5 \%$ $-4.0 p p$ $64.9 \%$ $66.2 \%$ $-1.4 p p$

Membership growth driven by a combination of customer growth and product upgrades

Demand for seller and mortgage back continues to be muted; Consolidation of Sprengnetter driving reported growth in both lines

PPA revenues continue to be impacted by customer migration into memberships

DOEBI DA margin impacted by Sprengnetter consolidation

Private segment with accelerating growth and margin expansion in Q2

(EUR m) Q2
2024
Q2
2023
$+/-$ H1
2024
H1
2023
$+/-$
Private revenue 39.8 35.5 $+12.2 \%$ 77.9 70.4 $+10.7 \%$
of which subscriptions 21.8 17.2 $+26.7 \%$ 42.2 34.3 $+23.3 \%$
# Customers (period average) 435,657 342,661 $+27.1 \%$ 424,423 342,349 $+24.0 \%$
Resulting ARPU (in EUR) 16.7 16.8 $-0.3 \%$ 16.6 16.7 $-0.6 \%$
of which PPA 13.2 12.9 $+2.3 \%$ 25.6 24.7 $+3.9 \%$
of which Other 4.8 5.4 $-10.8 \%$ 10.1 11.4 $-12.0 \%$
Private ooEBITDA 23.1 19.4 $+18.8 \%$ 42.4 35.7 $+18.7 \%$
Private ooEBITDA margin 57.9 \% 54.6 \% $+3.3 p p$ 54.4 \% 50.8 \% $+3.6 p p$

Continued (strong growth in Subscriber base)

PPA revenues continue to normalise

Other revenues continue to decline as we de-emphasize selling standalone credit checks

Gestrious margin increased due to scaling effects

Continued favourable revenue mix and operating leverage drove 14 \% ooEBITDA growth in H1 2024

(EUR m) Q2 Q2 $+/-$ H1 H1 $+/-$
2024 2023 2024 2023
Revenues 139.5 122.0 $+14.4 \%$ 275.6 243.8 $+13.0 \%$
Own work capitalised 5.5 5.9 $-7.9 \%$ 10.8 12.2 $-11.4 \%$
Personnel costs $-25.9$ $-22.1$ $-17.1 \%$ $-52.3$ $-46.5$ $-12.3 \%$
Marketing costs $-10.0$ $-9.3$ $-7.7 \%$ $-23.3$ $-22.1$ $-5.3 \%$
IT costs $-4.7$ $-5.2$ $+8.5 \%$ $-9.5$ $-10.4$ $+8.9 \%$
Selling costs $-8.4$ $-7.1$ $-18.9 \%$ $-17.9$ $-16.7$ $-6.9 \%$
Other operating costs $-8.9$ $-6.0$ $-49.4 \%$ $-17.0$ $-13.8$ $-23.5 \%$
Total operating effects $-58.0$ $-49.6$ $-16.8 \%$ $-119.9$ $-109.5$ $-9.5 \%$
ooEBITDA 87.0 78.2 $+11.2 \%$ 166.5 146.5 $+13.7 \%$
ooEBITDA margin $62.3 \%$ $64.2 \%$ $-1.8 p p$ $60.4 \%$ $60.1 \%$ $+0.3 p p$

Wwwwnk capitalised continued to decrease due to reduced level of investments

Despite consolidation of Sprengnetter, overall cost base grew only $9.5 \%$

H1 2024 personnel costs increase of $12.3 \%$ due to consolidation of Sprengnetter - like-for-like comparison down $y$-o-y

H1 2024 ooEBITDA margin at $60.4 \%$ - up 0.3 pp

Adjusted EPS with continued double-digit growth; reported EPS impacted by one-offs

(EUR m) Q2 Q2 +/- H1 2024 H1 +/-
Ordinary operating EBITDA 87.0 78.2 $+11.2 \%$ 166.5 146.5
Non-operating effects $-15.5$ $-8.2$ $-89.3 \%$ $-27.6$ $-18.2$
Reported EBITDA 71.4 70.0 $+2.0 \%$ 138.9 128.2
D\&A $-13.9$ $-8.2$ $-70.4 \%$ $-23.5$ $-16.2$
EBIT 57.5 61.9 $-7.0 \%$ 115.4 112.1
Financial result $-8.6$ $-3.6$ $<(100 \%)$ $-9.6$ $-6.3$
Earnings before tax 49.0 58.3 $-15.9 \%$ 105.8 105.8
Taxes on income $-14.6$ $-14.9$ $+2.2 \%$ $-32.0$ $-25.3$
Net income 34.4 43.4 $-20.6 \%$ 73.9 80.5
Basic EPS in € 0.47 0.59 $-20.5 \%$ 1.01 1.09
Adjusted Net income 51.4 48.8 $+5.3 \%$ 100.5 90.3
Adjusted EPS in € 0.70 0.66 $+5.5 \%$ 1.37 1.23
Weighted av. # shares 73.3 73.4 $-0.2 \%$ 73.4 73.5

Non-operating effects increased driven by higher accruals for SBC due to favourable share price performance

D\&A increased due to completion of projects and consolidation of Sprengnetter

Financial result impacted by increased provisions for Sprengnetter e/o due to positive business development

Basic e/o impacted by higher tax due to comp effect
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All one-offs in Q2 2024 on non cash basis and result of successful business performance

Unchanged guidance for FY2024

Scout24 Group 2024

$9-11 \%$

Revenue growth

about $61 \%$

00EBITDA margin

Q8A

Scout24

9M/Q3 results - 31 October 2024

Filip Lindvall - Vice President Group Strategy \& Investor Relations [email protected]

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