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Adevinta — Investor Presentation 2022
Aug 30, 2022
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Q2 2022 Results
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Antoine Jouteau, CEO Uvashni Raman, CFO
30 August 2022
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Introduction
Antoine Jouteau, CEO

Adevinta: a strongly performing business growing at scale
- The largest pure-play classifieds business in the western world
- Market leader with a best-in-class team
- Growing, profitable, highly cash-generative, financially strong
- Demonstrating robust resilience in challenging environments
With a clearly defined strategy that will equip us to grow at pace

Maintaining our ambitious Growing at scale strategy

Focus on the most attractive 5 Core European Markets, through active portfolio management

Capture further growth in our key verticals

Go fully transactional

Leverage technology and expertise at scale, generating significant synergies

Continue to consolidate the industry in Core Markets
Highlights of the quarter
Antoine Jouteau, CEO

Key highlights of the quarter Strong focus on delivering our Growing at Scale Strategy
| On track to optimise scale | Continued execution on strategy for growth businesses |
Strong financial performance in challenging market environment |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio optimisation progressing at pace |
Increased monetisation of our Motors and Real Estate verticals |
10% Core markets revenue growth driven by Mobile.de recovery Reported EBITDA margin of 34.9%, benefiting from strict cost |
| Businesses integration on track, with TSAs exited according to plan, synergy targets confirmed Over 100% of FY2022 run-rate synergy target executed in H1 |
Continued rapid scaling and product launches of our transactional services |
management Strong cash flow generation and financial position FY 2022 and mid-to-long term |
FY 2022 and mid-to-long term targets confirmed
Portfolio optimisation is progressing at pace

| Sale agreement | Exit process underway | Ongoing strategic review | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infojobs Brazil | Closed in March | ||
| Belarus | Closed in May | ||
| Australia | Completion expected by the beginning of Q4 22 |
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| South Africa | Completion expected by the beginning of Q4 22 |
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| Mexico | |||
| Canada | Decision expected by the end of the year |
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| Hungary | Decision expected by the end of the year |
Use of proceeds: priority on deleveraging
Continued solid long-term growth paths for Core platforms despite tough '21 comps and weaker motors market

1 Visits: every user session on a single device, based on internal data.
Consent rates and tracking related adjustment applied for eBay K for Q3'21, Q4'21, Q1'22, Q2'22 and Mobile.de Q1'22, Q2'22. Privacy legislation differently interpreted in France, no adjustments are needed.
Motors PRO listing still down year-on-year but our strong value proposition is reflected in successful commercial activity

Price and client base evolution
| Price | Dealers | |
|---|---|---|
| leboncoin | ARPA: 417€ +20% yoy |
24k -6% yoy |
| Mobile.de | ARPL: 22€ +44% yoy |
40k -3% yoy |
Listings: Average number of dealer live listings - internal data
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| Q2 qoq | |
|---|---|
| leboncoin | -7% |
| Mobile.de | +3% |
ARPA: Average Revenue per Account (formula for a given month: paying professional accounts revenue / # of paying professional accounts) ARPL: Average Revenue per Listing (formula for a given month: revenue generated from dealer subscriptions, features and insertions / average monthly live listings) Dealers: based on internal data
…supported by continued innovation with added-value products

"Pack Serenité" P2P payment and guarantee for dealers
New vehicle insertion flow Enhanced filtering capability
Scaling of C2B proposition
Further monetisation in Real Estate driven by successful price increases and product development with high added-value

Listings: Average number of agents live listings - internal data
ARPA and customer evolution
| ARPA | Customers | |
|---|---|---|
| leboncoin | 534€ +16% yoy |
22k -4% yoy |
| eBay Kleinanzeigen | 110€ flat yoy |
8k +17% yoy |
ARPA: Average Revenue per Account (formula for a given month: paying professional accounts revenue / # of paying professional accounts) Customers: based on internal data
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Successful innovations for further verticalisation
real estate agents

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Continued rapid scaling and product launches of our transactional services

Accelerated roll out of new products in Italy and Spain, leveraging group transactional expertise
- Buy now pay later with Paypal in Italy
- Where Is My Order and Shop to Shop delivery in Spain
Continued scaling and product improvements in all Core markets
- Ongoing deployment of payment wallet in France
- Individual transaction status page update at eBay Kleinanzeigen
- New buyer protection functionality supported by awareness marketing campaigns at Marktplaats
Transactions
Number of payouts (evolution in %)
| Q2 2022 vs Q2 2021 |
June 2022 LTM vs June 2021 LTM |
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|---|---|---|
| leboncoin | +20% | +61% |
| eBay Kleinanzeigen | +139% | +311% Solution launched in H2 2020 |
Payouts: payments made to sellers following a successful transaction
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Transformation of advertising continues

Q2 Trends:
1p direct display: challenged by Macroeconomic factors (continued soft Automotive OEM spend, budgets on hold due to economic uncertainty)
3p advertising: pandemic traffic peaked in H1 21, resulting in tough traffic / ad comps for H1 22
Transforming advertising - 1p Product Listing Ads:
1p retail media proposition for eBay Kleinanzeigen starting to ramp up
Value based pricing launched on Adevinta Benelux properties and auto-bidding functionality (budget per day) for advertisers

Retail Media advertisement Value based pricing
| eBay Kleinanzeigen | Marktplaats | |
|---|---|---|
Q2 2022 financial performance
Uvashni Raman, CFO
Group | Quarter-on-quarter revenue growth acceleration driven by mobile.de recovery
€417m €388m €(3)m €385m €32m +8%
Revenues at €417m, up 8% year-on-year (excl. disposals)
Online classifieds revenues up 11% yoy
- Strong growth in Jobs (+24%)
- Motors growth (+10%) benefitting from price increases, which more than offset supply shortage
- Resilient growth in Real Estate (+8%)
Transactional services up 28% yoy
● Continued acceleration of CG transactions, especially in France (+20%) and eBay Kleinanzeigen (+139%)
Advertising revenue down 5% yoy
- Lower OEM spend and market environment
- Essentially driven by Canada (-22% yoy)
Core markets revenue up 10% yoy
- Classifieds revenues up 13% and transactional services revenues up 29%
- Advertising revenues down 3%
1 Disposals: Adevinta exited Shpock (in Q2 2021), InfoJobs Brazil (in Q1 2022) and Kufar (in Q2 2022) which represented 3 million euros revenues in Q2 2021
2 Excluding Australia and South Africa operations
These figures reflect the results of Adevinta group as if the eBay Classifieds Group (acquired on 25 June 2021) has been part of the group during the full periods presented. These numbers are presented to facilitate comparability.
All numbers with a consolidated view (JVs that are not 100% consolidated are not included)
Group | Improved EBITDA margin benefiting from strict cost management
Reported EBITDA up 8% year-on-year to €146m

These figures reflect the results of Adevinta group as if the eBay Classifieds Group (acquired on 25 June 2021) has been part of the group during the full periods presented. These numbers are presented to facilitate comparability. All numbers with a consolidated view (JVs that are not 100% consolidated are not included)
Reported EBITDA margin of 34.9%, up 30 bps vs Q2 2021 and up 260 bps vs Q1 2022
Underlying EBITDA1 margin of 36.6%
Reduction of marketing investment due to significant marketing campaigns in the second quarter of 2021 and control on level of spend
Anticipated and controlled increase in personnel costs:
- Ramp-up in product and technology resources to fuel product innovation and new business models,
- Build-up of global capacities to prepare for eBay TSA exits
Higher external services fees
- Deliberate use of variable workforce capacity in light of implementation of new operating models
- Growing support to roll-out of new solutions and ramp-up of transactional services
Transaction costs evolution reflecting adoption of the service and revenue growth
France Strong performance despite business mix evolution and ongoing investments
Revenues
Solid revenue growth, up 8% yoy
Classifieds revenues up 10% yoy driven by:
- Real Estate, with positive ARPA evolution (+16% yoy)
- Motors, with positive development in ARPD (+20% yoy)
- Jobs revenues down yoy due to lower listing fees
Continued strong growth of transactional revenues, up 16% yoy
Advertising revenues flat yoy, with reduced activity from media agencies and OEMs offset by local advertising and sponsored links
EBITDA margin
Margin improvement (up 5.4pp), mainly driven by:
- Topline evolution
- Lower marketing costs (-45% year-on-year), due to favourable phasing of marketing campaigns, with 15th anniversary of Leboncoin in Q2 2021
Partly offset by:
- Increased personnel and IT costs due to continued investment in P&T development
- Increasing share of transactional services
Reported EBITDA at €65m, up €11m (+21%) yoy
Combined: These figures reflect the results of Adevinta group as if the eBay Classifieds Group (acquired on 25 June 2021)
has been part of the group during the full periods presented. These numbers are presented to facilitate comparability.

Mobile.de Back to positive revenue evolution driven by successful price increases Profitability impacted by higher marketing and personnel expenses
Revenues
Revenue up 11% yoy
Classified revenues up 15%:
- Increase in ARPL, up 44% yoy, driven by 2 successful price increases (+19% in April and +14% in August) across dealers
- Higher revenues from private sellers
- Mitigating the impact from lower dealer listings, down 19% yoy due to global motor supply shortage
Advertising revenues down 15% yoy due to market headwind and lower OEM spend
EBITDA margin
Margin softening (down 7pp). Topline evolution offset by:
- Higher external services fees and personnel expenses to support new business initiatives (eg: online buying & selling and leasing)
- Higher marketing costs (up 43% year-on-year as a result of very low comps and marketing effort in the context of pricing initiatives and new products roll out)
Reported EBITDA at €43m, broadly stable yoy
Combined: These figures reflect the results of Adevinta group as if the eBay Classifieds Group (acquired on 25 June 2021) has been part of the group during the full periods presented. These numbers are presented to facilitate comparability.



Revenues
Solid revenue growth, +9%* yoy
Strong performance of Classifieds, +13%* yoy, driven by growth in all verticals
Continued strong traction from transactions, with revenues x2 yoy
Advertising revenues down 3%* yoy, mostly due to lower traffic compared to strong Q2 2021
Strong performance at eBay Kleinanzeigen (+12% yoy), Spain (+12% yoy) and Italy (+14% yoy)
EBITDA margin
Resilient margin (down 0.7pp), with positive topline evolution offset by:
- Higher external services fees and personnel expenses due to continued investment in P&T development and marketing and sales support
- Increase in transactional costs, in line with the adoption of the service
Marketing costs reduced by 3% in the period, driven by lower spending in Italy and different phasing in Spain
Reported EBITDA at €73m, up €4m (+7%) yoy

Combined: These figures reflect the results of Adevinta group as if the eBay Classifieds Group (acquired on 25 June 2021) has been part of the group during the full periods presented. These numbers are presented to facilitate comparability.
* Excluding Kufar (Belarus)

Solid revenue performance with double-digit growth European Markets in eBay Kleinanzeigen, Spain and Italy
Revenue split by market (Q2 2022)



Double-digit revenue growth (+12% yoy) - significant momentum in all verticals, especially in Jobs and Consumer Goods, with strong performance from SMBs, partially offset by a decline in advertising, behind softer market and high comps. Transactional revenues x2
Double-digit revenue growth (+12% yoy) - continued strong recovery in Jobs (+34% yoy) and good performance in Real Estate (+6%yoy) fueled by new product & packaging. Advertising revenues up, benefiting from key account activity
Flat revenues - Online classifieds flat. Decline in advertising revenues, behind traffic softness, offset by higher transactional revenues
Double digit revenue growth (+14% yoy) - strong performance in Jobs and Motors and strong momentum of transactional services

International Markets Performance mostly impacted by contraction in advertising revenue
Revenues
Revenues down 8%* yoy
Classified revenues down 1%* yoy
Advertising revenue down 22%* yoy, driven by continued vibrancy pressure and soft direct display revenues in Canada
EBITDA margin
Magin softening (down 3.2pp)
- Top line evolution
- Partly mitigated by a 34% reduction in marketing spending
Reported EBITDA at €12m, down €3m (-18%) yoy
*Excluding InjoJobs Brazil

International markets financial performance includes Canada, Mexico and Infojobs Brazil (sold on 30 March 2022)
Combined: These figures reflect the results of Adevinta group as if the eBay Classifieds Group (acquired on 25 June 2021) has been part of the group during the full periods presented. These numbers are presented to facilitate comparability.

OLX Brazil Double-digit revenue growth and continued investment in P&T and marketing
Revenues
OLX Brasil up 16% in local currency
Strong double-digit revenue growth in Real Estate, Motors and Consumer Goods
Transactional revenues 3x yoy
Advertising revenues impacted by lower traffic
Reported EBITDA
Down €3m yoy to €(7)m mainly due to:
- Continued investment in product & technology team and high salary inflation level
- Increase in marketing efforts mainly driven by ZAP+ branding, positioning & performance
- Increase in transactional costs


EBITDA decreased by €5m yoy
Increase in Headquarter costs, in the context of the eCG integration and higher impact from share-based compensation
Slight increase in Central product and technology costs slightly up year-on-year, due to higher IT and license costs
Ahead of the implementation of new operating models for support functions and Product and Technology teams to drive operational efficiencies and accelerate value creation
Other & HQ costs flat yoy as % of revenues at 11%

More than 100% of targeted FY2022 run-rate synergies already executed1 at the end of H1
More procurement synergies executed
Rationalisation of our local footprint in overlapping geographies mostly executed (Italy, Mexico)
Functional operating models being implemented with major system rollouts (mainly Finance and HR systems) Successful exit of most TSAs (except 1 small TSA extended for the Australian entity only, and 2 new TSAs created), faster than expected
Global P&T services downsized due to divested entities
Upcoming major milestones, that will start delivering synergies from 2023:
P&T operating model design and implementation
Cloud migration
Data & Marketing transformation
Split June 30 executed synergies

Other P&L items (reported view)
| Second quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| € million | 2022 | 2021 reported |
| Gross operating profit (loss) = EBITDA | 146 | 53 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | (71) | (14) |
| Share of profit (loss) of joint ventures and associates | (12) | (7) |
| Impairment loss | - | 5 |
| Other income and expenses | (16) | (74) |
| Operating profit (loss) | 47 | (35) |
| Net financial items | (22) | 11 |
| Profit (loss) before taxes | 25 | (24) |
| Taxes | (13) | (16) |
| Profit (loss) | (12) | (40) |
| Profit (loss) from continuing operations | 12 | (40) |
| Profit (loss) from discontinued operations | (24) | - |
Depreciation and amortisation costs up €(57)m yoy mainly due to the amortisation of eCG intangible assets (PPA)
Other expenses mainly include integration costs (also included loss on sale of Shpock and acquisition costs in Q2 2021)
Net financial items down €(33)m mainly due to increase in interest expenses and amortisation of loan issuance costs related to eCG acquisition. NB: Q2 2021 included a foreign exchange gain on the loan in BRL issued by Adevinta to OLX Brazil
Tax expense benefited from the reversal of deferred tax liability related to the amortisation of identifiable intangible assets recognised upon the acquisition of eCG
Strong cash flow generation profile
Q2 2022 Operating cash-flow build-up

* Net cash flow from operating activities adjusted for CAPEX and IFRS 16 lease payments
Positive change in working capital mainly due to:
● Cost of cloud provider services, prepaid in previous quarter
Capex
- Essentially capitalised development costs
- c. 5% of sales
Deleveraging priority
Q2 2022 Net interest-bearing debt build-up

* Net cash flow from operating activities adjusted for CAPEX and IFRS 16 lease payments Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio of 3.8x as of Q2 20221
Medium-term target leverage ratio: 2x to 3x
Share buy-back programme ongoing:
- First tranche of 4 million shares completed on 22 March 2022
- Second tranche of 6 million shares launched on 6 April 2022 (paused for the 2022 AGM, resumed on August 30th)
€75m debt repayment performed in Q2
Operational cash optimisation measures underway to reduce interest expense
Strong liquidity and long-term debt maturity


Measures in place to mitigate FX & Interest Rate exposures
Interest Rate Exposures
- Floating/Total Debt Ratio of 38% in Q2
- USD TLB: hedged at refinancing and until June 2024
- EUR TLB: exposed to floating rates
- Deleveraging: priority given to floating debt
FX Exposures
- Material transactional exposures (e.g. AWS) are hedged
- €170m €232m €231m ● Balance sheet exposures are assessed on a regular basis
- €124m ● FX cash kept at operational minimum
- Substantial M&A proceeds are hedged where possible

Conclusion & outlook
Antoine Jouteau, CEO

Long-term value creation opportunity Ahead of us
Sustainable profitable growth underpinned by
- Resilience of strategic business models and strong market positions
- Strict cost management programme in place
- Efficient operating model to leverage scale and drive efficiencies
FY 2022 targets confirmed
- Expected low double-digit revenue growth in core markets
- Underlying EBITDA1 in the range of €575m to €600m
Core Markets mid-to-long term targets confirmed
- c. 15% average annual revenue growth
- 40-45% EBITDA margin

My immediate focus for successful execution
Operational excellence
- Strong customer centricity
- Sustainability as the thread that runs through our business and
- operational initiatives
- Delivery, execution and simplification
- The right organisation to efficiently capture key opportunities
Rigorous financial discipline
- With measurable metrics
- Underpinned by strong balance sheet and excellent cash flow
Reinforcing our Growing at Scale strategy

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Basic information

| Ticker | |
|---|---|
| Oslo Stock Exchange Reuters Bloomberg |
ADE ADE.OL ADE:NO |
| Number of shares | 1,224,942,981 |
| Of which: | |
| Class A shares | 1,165,686,913 |
| Class B shares (non-voting, not listed shares) | 59,256,068 |
| Treasury shares (August 29, 2022) | 8,184,846 |
| Number of shares outstanding | 1,216,758,135 |
| Free float* | 21.9% |
| Share price (August 29, 2022) | NOK 69 |
| Average daily trading volume (shares)** | 624,021 |
| Market Cap total (August 29, 2022) | NOK 83.9bn (USD 8.6bn) |
Investor informations
Marie de Scorbiac, Head of Investor Relations | +33 6 1465 7740 Anne-Sophie Jugean, Investor Relations Manager | +33 6 7419 2281
[email protected]
Adevinta ASA, Akersgata 55, P.O. Box 490 Sentrum
