Investor Presentation • Mar 19, 2024
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Q4 2023
Instone Group
Essen, 19 March 2024

▪ Construction costs: stabilized; recent sideways movement of CPI
| Revenues: €616.0m (-0.8% yoy) | |
|---|---|
| Gross profit margin: 25.1% (2022: 25.3%) | |
| EBIT: €86.1m (-2.8% yoy) | |
| FY 2023 | ▪ EAT: €48.2m (-3.6% yoy; guidance: €40-50m) |
| Results' | ▪ DPS (proposal): €0.33 (-5.7% yoy) |
| · Revenues: €500-600m ▪ Gross profit margin: ~22% " EAT: €30-40m |
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|---|---|
| Outlook! | ▪ Sales: > €300m |
Highlights


▪ New build condo prices in top 7 cities decreased only slightly in Q4; moderate peak-to-trough decline
▪ Construction price inflation is levelling off; largely flat CPI in 2024 expected
1 Bulwiengesa data; for house price index, quarterly data condo prices in top 7 cities (new build) 2 Statistisches Bundesamt

New-build rent development-Strong momentum persists2

New price records show how tight the rental market in the big cities continues to be. This is particularly true for new builds
Source: Immoscout24
Q1-20 Q2-20 Q3-20 Q4-20 Q1-21 Q2-21 Q3-21 Q4-21 Q1-22 Q2-22 Q3-22 Q1-23 Q2-23 Q3-23 Q4-23
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1 Historical periods based on sellers' price indications (Bulwiengesa); forward 2023-2024 gross rental income yield based on market data due to current market buy-sell spreads (CBRE, avg. top 7 German cities) 2 Bulwiengesa: newly built apartments, top-7 cities average

| €m | Q4 2023 | Q4 2022 | Change | 2023 | 2022 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 182.7 | 179.1 | 2.0% | 616.0 | 621.0 | (0.8%) |
| Project cost | (138.9) | (135.6) | 2.4% | -461.5 | -463.8 | (0.5%) |
| Gross profit | 43.8 | 43.4 | 0.9% | 154.5 | 157.2 | (1.7%) |
| Gross Margin | 24.0% | 24.2% | ( 25.1% | 25.3% | ||
| Platform cost | (25.6) | (17.4) | 47.1% | -76.5 | -72.5 | 5.5% |
| Share of results of JVs | 2.1 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 3.9 | ||
| EBIT | 20.3 | 27.7 | (26.7) | 86.1 | 88.6 | (2.8%) |
| EBIT Margin | 11.1% | 15.5% | 14.0% | 14.3% | ||
| Financial & other results | (2.3) | (4.3) | -14.9 | -15.9 | ||
| EBT | 18.0 | 23.4 | (23.1%) | 71.2 | 72.5 | (2.1%) |
| EBT Margin | 9.9% | 13.1% | 11.6% | 11.7% | ||
| Taxes | (7.0) | (7.3) | -23.1 | -22.6 | ||
| Tax rate | 38.9% | 31.2% | 32.4% | 31.2% | ||
| EAT | 11.1 | 16.0 | (30.6%) | 48.2 | 50.0 | (3.6%) |
| EAT Margin | 6.1% | 8.9% | 7.8% | 8.1% | ||
| EAT post minorities | 11.9 | 15.8 | (24.9%) | 49.3 | 50.9 | (3.0%) |
| EbSI | 0.28 | 0.35 | (20.5%) | 1.14 | 1.11 | 2.7% |
■ EPS benefits from lower weighted average no. of shares
1 Weighted average number of shares 43,349.6k (2023) /45,890k (2022)


| €m | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate debt | 176.8 | ||
| Project debt' | 277.7 | ||
| Financial debt' | 454.5 | 520.6 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents and term deposits' | -267.7 | ▪ Further improved balance sheet ratios in Q4 |
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| Net financial debt' | 186.8 | 265.1 | |
| Inventories and contract asset / liabilities | 1,240.8 | ▪ Very moderate LTC | |
| LTC1,2 | (15.1% ) | 20.8% | |
| Adjusted EBIT (LTM)3 | 86.1 | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA (LTM)3 | 91.1 | ▪ Solid net debt/adjusted EBITDA of 2.1x | |
| Net financial debt' / adjusted EBITDA | 2.1x | 2.8x | Balance sheet offers ample headroom for growth |
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| Cash Flow (€m) | Q4 2023 | Q4 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBITDA adj. | 21.6 | 28.8 | 91.1 | 93.4 |
| Other non-cash items | (5.7) | (7.4) | (9.5) | (20.2) |
| Taxes paid | (17.3) | (1.6) | (44.3) | (4.5) |
| Change in working capital | 90.5 | 77.2 | 70.4 | 1.6 |
| Operating cash flow | 89.0 | 96.9 | 107.7 | 70.2 |
| Land plot acquisition payments (incl. RETT) |
0.2 | 42.9 | 10.4 | 117.0 |
| Operating cash flow excl. investments |
89.2 | 139.8 | 118.1 | 187.2 |
| Liquidity (€m) | Total | t/o drawn |
t/o available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate debt | |||
| Promissory notes | 175.0 | 175.0 | |
| Revolving Credit Facilities | 160.0 | 160.0 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents and term deposits 4 | 267.7 | ||
| Total corporate funds available | 427.7 | ||
| Project debt2 | |||
| Project finance2,3 | 423.4 | 278.8 | 144.6 |
1 RETT: Real Estate Transfer Tax
2 Q4/23: Excl. €11.9 million restricted cash and €78.1 million financial debt in connection with Project Westiglied KFW Uan 3 Net available project financing


1 Raise of new promissory note in Oct 23 of which 10.5m used to partially repay promissory note due in 2024
| €m | Forecast 2024 |
|---|---|
| Revenues (adjusted) | 500-600 |
| Gross profit margin (adjusted) | ~22% |
| EAT (adjusted) | 30-40 |
| Volume of concluded sales contracts | >300 |

| €m | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q2 2023 | Q1 2023 | Q4 2022 | Q3 2022 | Q2 2022 | Q1 2022 | Q4 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of sales contracts | 120.1 | 20.2 | 18.4 | 52.7 | 42.0 | 104.6 | 58.0 | 87.6 | 761.7 |
| Project Portfolio | 6,972.0 | 7,015.5 | 7,182.6 | 7,600.4 | 7,668.8 | 7,827.4 | 7,727.4 | 7,567.7 | 7,500.0 |
| thereof already sold | 2,693.4 | 2,822.7 | 2,868.8 | 2,958.7 | 2,987.3 | 2,945.4 | 2,891.4 | 3,070.1 | 3,038.9 |
| thereof already realized revenues | 2,022.5 | 2,089.4 | 2,002.2 | 1,944.7 | 1,902.7 | 1,721.0 | 1,597.1 | 1,684.0 | 1,621.0 |
| Units | Q42023 Q3 2023 Q2 2023 Q2 2023 Q1 2023 Q4 2022 Q3 2022 Q1 2022 | Q4 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume of sales contracts | 195 | 37 | 28 | 110 | 44 | 199 | 96 | 191 | 1,906 |
| Project Portfolio | 14,252.0 | 14,269.0 | 15,148.0 | 16,644.0 | 16,607.0 | ||||
| thereof already sold | 6,217.0 | 6,588.0 | 17,017.0 | 7,215.0 |
(Unless otherwise stated, the figures are quarterly values)



1 including one project which during the course of 2023 changed to "at-equity" consolidation 2 excluding GDV of at-equity JVs
| (As of 30 September 2023; in EUR million) | |
|---|---|
| De-risked free cash flow from projects under construction >400m | |
| Unsold land bank at cost2 | >400m |
| Notional gross asset value2 | >800m |
| Net debt | -186.8 |
| Notional value to shareholders3 | >600m |
1 Free cash flow post platform cost and taxes
| Project | Location | Sales volume (expected) |
Lettable space (sqm) |
Land plot acquired |
Building right obtained |
Sales start | Construction started |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg | |||||||
| SE - Kösliner Weg | Norderstedt-Garstedt | 95m € | 24,589 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | |
| H - Sportplatz Bult | Hannover | 120m € | 24,006 | 2029 | |||
| HH - RBO | Hamburg | 217m € | 29,876 | O | 0 | ||
| H - Büntekamp | Hannover | 169m € | 25,044 | 0 | 2025 | ||
| Berlin | |||||||
| HVL - Nauen | Nauen | 171m € | 29,051 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | |
| P - Fontane Garten | Potsdam | 66m € | 9,563 | O | 0 | ||
| NRW | |||||||
| D - Unterbach | Düsseldorf | 200m € | 38,537 | O | 0 | O | |
| E - Literaturquartier | Essen | N/A | 17,981 | O | |||
| MG - REME | Mönchengladbach | 131m € | 28,312 | O | 2025 | ||
| BN - west.side | Bonn | 203m € | 63,603 | 0 | O | 0 | |
| DO - Gartenstadtquartier | Dortmund | 95m € | 25,514 | 0 | 2025 | ||
| K - Bickendoff | Köin | 631m € | 145,492 | 2027 | |||
| DU - 6-Seen Weday | Duisburg | 75m € | 16,603 | O | 2024 | ||
| KK - Kempen | Kempen | 52m € | 11,103 | 0 | 2025 |
Note: Semi-filled circle means that the milesed for sections of the project (land plot acquisition, start of sales or construction). Concerning the building rights the sense that the zoning process has been intiated. No circle for "land plot acquired" means that the land has not yet been purchased but secured by contract
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| Project | Location | Sales volume (expected) |
Lettable space (sqm) |
Land plot acquired |
Building right obtained |
Sales start | Construction started |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhine-Main | |||||||
| WI - Delkenheim | Wiesbaden | 114m € | 51,304 | 0 | O | O | O |
| F - Schönhof-Viertel | Frankfurt | 618m € | 90,449 | 0 | O | 0 | 0 |
| F - Friedberger Landstr. | Frankfurt am Main | 306m € | 38,241 | 0 | 2027 | ||
| F - Elisbethenareal | Frankfurt am Main | 86m € | 9,988 | O | 0 | 2025 | |
| F - Steinbacher Hohl | Frankfurt am Main | N/A | 13,746 | O | 0 | ||
| F - Gallus | Frankfurt am Main | 47m € | 5,791 | 0 | 2027 | ||
| F - Westville | Frankfurt am Main | N/A | 101,224 | 0 | O | 0 | |
| OF - Heusenstamm | Heusenstamm | 195m € | 33,430 | 2025 | |||
| MKK - Kesselstädter | Maintal | 235m € | 38,314 | 2025 | |||
| MTK - Polaris | Hofheim | 65m € | 10,250 | 0 | 2024 | ||
| WI - Rheinblick | Wiesbaden | 310m € | 51,750 | 2025 | |||
| MKK - Eichenheege | Maintal | 118m € | 18,055 | 2025 | |||
| Leipzig | |||||||
| L - Parkresidenz | Leipzig | 274m € | 64,964 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L - Rosa-Luxemburg | Leipzig | 165m € | 25,965 | 2025 | |||
| HAL - Heide Süd | Halle | 57m € | 10,388 | 2024 |
Note: Semi-filled circle means that the milesed for sections of the project (land plot acquisition, start of sales or construction). Concerning the building rights the sens that the zoning process has been initiated. No circle for "land plot acquired" means that the land has not yet been purchased but secured by contract
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| Project | Location | Sales volume (expected) |
Lettable space (sqm) |
Land plot acquired |
Building right obtained |
Sales start | Construction started |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Wurttemberg | |||||||
| TU - Rottenburg | Rottenburg | 170m € | 33,845 | 0 | O | O | D |
| B - Hemenberg III, Schäferlinde | Hemenberg | 80m € | 14,238 | O | O | 2026 | |
| B - Hemenberg II, Zeppelinstraße | Hemenberg | 82m € | 13,586 | 0 | O | 2025 | |
| Bavaria South | |||||||
| M - Ottobrunner | München | 110m € | 10,869 | O | O | 2025 | |
| A - Beethovenpark | Augsburg | N/A | 19,109 | O | |||
| Bavaria North | |||||||
| N - Eslamer Straße | Nürnberg | 62m € | 12,570 | O | O | 2024 | |
| BA - Lagarde | Bamberg | 87m € | 17,778 | 0 | O | 0 | 0 |
| N - Schopenhauer | Nürnberg | 65m € | 11,206 | O | O | ||
| N - Seetor | Nürnberg | 113m € | 16,134 | O | 0 | ||
| N - Boxdorf | Nürnberg | 65m € | 10,099 | C | O | O | O |
| N - Thumenberger | Nürnberg | 124m € | 16,291 | O | O | 2025 | |
| N - Worzeldorf | Nürnberg | 72m € | 11,660 | O | 1 | 2026 | |
| N - Lichtenreuth | Nürnberg | 86m € | 11,653 | O | 2026 |
Note: Semi-filled circle means that the milesed for sections of the project (land plot acquisition, start of sales or construction). Concerning the building rights the sense that the zoning process has been initiated. No circle for "land plot acquired" means that the land has not yet been purchased but secured by contract
Private Customer's Payment Profile for German residential development projects

SIV 74 2 5% upfront 10% upfront 10% upfront 35% upfront 10% over 65% over construction period construction period 95% at completion 90% at completion 80% at completion
▪ De risked: B2C development process per se low-risk via regulatory framework ("MaBV")1
Significant amount of construction costs covered by customers' regular payments
1 MaBV - Real estate agent and commercial construction industry ordinance ("Makler- und Bauträgerverordnung")
European markets

The German government plans to increase depreciation and invest > Ibn p.a. to support owner-occupiers (help-to-buy) and new build of rental apartments
| Programme details |
Name: Social housing subsidies Budget: 3.15bn in 2014 (18.5bn total volume) 40% of investment born by the federal states |
Name: Degressive Depreciation (Growth Opportunities Act) Volume: 5% depreciation p.a. |
Name: "Wohneigentum für Familien" = homes for families Volume: EUR 350 million Start: Oct. 16, 2023 |
Name: "Klimafreundlicher Neubau" = climate friendly new-build Volume: EUR 0.76 billion (KFN)2 Start: 2023 Renewal, February 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recipient | Beneficiary: Housing companies, institutional and private investors Eligibility New construction, extension or conversion of new living space; Modernisation of existing space Social rental apartments or owner-occupied residential properties |
Buy-to-let investors For newly built residential properties |
Families with at least 1 child <18 years living in their household Household income of max. €90,000 (up from €60,000 previously) plus €10,000 per child Required to own at least 50% of the building (as only home in Germany) |
Resilandlords, other institutional or private ınvestors |
| Objective | Support the construction and modernisation of social housing |
Expected to have a substantial positive impact on the return expectations Increased willingness to pay from private buy-to-let investors (due to full tax deductibility from personal income) Boost construction of affordable housing and rectify overstated depreciation |
Help-to-buy: Build or buy new home/condominium: ▪ ▪ New build of energy efficient buildings for own use for the first time (for at least 10 years) : ▪ Energy efficiency: at least energy standard KfW40 (plus additional requirements regarding GHG emissions defined in regulation "Qualitätssiegel Nachhaltiges Gebäude") Higher subsidies possible with the additional certificate for sustainable buildings "QNG" |
Energy efficiency at least energy standard KfW40 plus additional requirements regarding GHG emissions defined in regulation "Qualitätssiegel Nachhaltiges Gebäude" Higher subsidies possible with additional certificate for sustainable buildings "QNG" Use of fossil fuels not allowed |
| Subsidies | Loan per apartment = 200k Amortisation discount = 30-35% Interest rate : 0-0.5% Required minimum energy standard of 55 |
Increase of depreciation on newly built residential properties from (currently) 3% linear to 5% degressive p.a. Law has been passed in the German parliament (Bundestag) but it has yet to be approved by the Federal council |
No direct grant; max. one housing unit Subsidized mortgages, reduced interest costs (0.01%-0.65%) by federal KfW Bank – 90,000 EUR-270,000 EUR credit volume (with QNG certificate) Will be accepted as equity substitute |
No direct grant Subsidized mortgages (1.63%-2.42%) by federal KfW Bank (volumes per unit) - Max. 100,000 EUR credit volume - Up to 150,000 EUR with QNG certificate |
1 Relates to annuity mortgages. Bullet repayments at end of term priced at 0.78% p.a. 2 Includes Klimafreundlicher Neubau (KFN)
Major ESG-KPIs achievements

Predominantly EU taxonomy-compliant

100% of project/object portfolio with energy requirements of NEZB-10% by 2030

GHG emissions scope 1 and 2 reduction target of 42% reached. Review of new targets.

Net Zero climate neutrality by 2045

Sustainable energy, >50% of revenues from affordable housing by 2030
1 Value is determined based on the number of properties
Scope 3 emissions target curve based on SBTi4
1 Baseline 2020 has changed vs. prev. report, further explanation can be found in the Annual Report
2 BAU scenario: based on the assumption that decarbonizing the energy sector is only progressing moderately
3 Climate protection scenario: based on the assumption the energy sector achieves climate neutrality in 2045 4 Upstream emissions cover erection of the building of materials) / downstream enissions: largely consist of the use phase (95%) and of the demolition/disposal (5%)
Real Estate Development Germany ETR:INS
| ESG Risk Rating | 12.0 | -1.2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updated May 10, 2023 | Momentum |

| ESG Risk Rating Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSE | RANK PERCENTILE (1st = lowest risk) (1st = Top Score) |
||
| Global Universe | 592/15343 | 5th | |
| Real Estate INDUSTRY |
147/1057 | 15th | |
| Real Estate Development SUBINDUSTRY |
6/288 | 3rd |

| Major KPIs | 2023 | 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxonomy-compliant revenues (in %) | 90.0 | 86.7 | ||
| GHG emissions / scope 1 and 2 abs. | 1,437 t CO2e | 2,390 t CO2e | ||
| GHG emissions in relation to net project space | 1,447 kg CO2e/sqm | 1,537 kg CO2e/sqm | ||
| Water consumption in relation to reveneues2 | 0.000056 ccm/€ | 0.000056 ccm/€ | ||
| Charging stations for EVs | 1,855 | 1,433 | ||
| Brownfield developments (land plot size) | 423,793sqm | ~532,000sqm | ||
| S | Shares of affordable housing: social / subsidized / nyoo/ privately financed | 16% / 1%/ 6% / 78% | 18% / 1% /7% /7% % / 78% | |
| Share of female employees in management positions (below C-level) | 20% (1st) / 28% (2nd)/ | 20% (1st)/ 28% (2nd)/) | ||
| Number of daycare places / playgrounds | 1,759/ 118 | 1,713/ 109 | ||
| Code of Conduct for employees and contractors (UN Charter) | 100% | 100% | ||
| G | Employee compliance and data protection training | 100% | 100% | |
| Compliance cases (suspected) | O | O | ||
| Diversity Supervisory Board (female share) | 33% | 20% | ||
| Client Satisfaction (range 1-5; 1 best) | 1.3 | 1.7 |
DE000A2NBX80 ▪ ISIN: ▪ Ticker symbol: INS ▪ No of shares: 46,988,336 ▪ Market cap: €381.1m ▪ Average daily trading volume: €0.2m Prime Standard, Frankfurt ▪ Market segment:

| March | 19 | Annual Report 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| March | 20 | BofA EMEA Real Estate CEO Conference 2024, London |
| March | 25 | Frankfurt Roadshow, Deutsche Bank |
| May | 08 | Quarterly Statement for the first three months of 2024 |
| June | 05 | Annual General Meeting, Essen |
| August | 08 | Group Interim Report for the first half of 2024 |
CEO


28 years of experience in corporate finance and capital markets, including as Director with Lazard and Senior Partner of Lilja & Co.


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