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Deutsche Wohnen SE Investor Presentation 2021

Nov 12, 2021

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Deutsche Wohnen SE

9M 2021 results Conference Call 12 November 2021

Agenda

01 Review and Highlights
02 Portfolio
03 Financials
and
Outlook
04 Appendix

Review and Highlights

deutsche-wohnen.com 9M 2021 Berlin, Hufeisensiedlung, UNESCO World Heritage

Over the past decade we have developed strongly

Source: Bloomberg as of 26th October 2021, Company Information 1 As reported historically; 2 Based on 366.2m undiluted shares; 3 EPRA NAV 30 Sep 2021 refers to EPRA NTA definition

We have built a valuable portfolio...

German-wide presence

Berlin as key market

Continuous improvement of portfolio quality

  • 33% of residential units are reasonably energy efficient (below 100 kWh/sqm)
  • 1,000 roof-based photovoltaic systems are planed for our portfolio (investment of approx. EUR 50m)
  • Annual investments in maintenance and refurbishment increased from EUR 45.6m to EUR 365.4m

-

2010

EUR 2.7bn fair value

1 Pro forma signed but not yet closed disposals

Active portfolio recycling (Around 50k units sold in the last 10 years1 )

9M 2021

  • to 155,408 owned residential units
  • to 9,343 thousand sqm of area
  • to EUR 26.1bn fair value

TBD

Tbc MA Zahl 2010

...and created added value for all our stakeholders

Putting our tenants first

Approx. 90% of our tenants are very satisfied or satisfied with their flats

Rent development in line with local rent levels

Providing socially integrative solutions

EUR 30m hardship fund

Voluntary hardship scheme for modernization and rent rises

Ensuring Employment

From around 340 employees1) in 2010 to 1,500 in 2020

Employee satisfaction remains very high at 84%

Focusing on sustainability

Clearly defined path to become climate neutral by 2040

EUR 1bn Green Bond issued for investments in sustainable buildings and energy efficiency

Accelerating sustainable construction

Pipeline with ca. 18,000 apartments

EUR 585m annual procurement expenses for quality of portfolio (thereof 62% in Berlin)

Offering an attractive return for shareholders

From EUR 0.20 Dividend per Share (2010) to EUR 1.03 (2020)

deutsche-wohnen.com 9M 2021 Highlights Portfolio ▪ Streamlining of portfolio almost completed ▪ Revaluation of EUR 1.5bn ytd as transaction market continues to develop strongly ▪ Sale of ~11,000 units to State of Berlin to be closed in near future ▪ Nursing properties further focused on metropolitan areas, seven units to be developed in Hamburg New construction ▪ QUARTERBACK bundles all construction activities in a single platform ▪ Extended construction pipeline and quick realisation of projects ▪ Total investment volume of EUR 5.8bn for c. 12,500 units in Deutsche Wohnen pipeline Outlook ▪ FFO I guidance for 2021 confirmed ▪ Lars Urbansky continues to be Member of the Executive Board for five years Transaction ▪ Successful business combination with Vonovia: Closing took place on 2 November ▪ Vonovia is now the majority shareholder of Deutsche Wohnen with 87.7% shares ▪ Combined forces to invest in modern housing solutions and climate-friendly construction Capital structure ▪ LTV at ~35%, pro forma for signed disposals and remaining conversion of bonds into equity below 30% ▪ ICR above 6x

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Portfolio focused on Germany's top 8 cities

Strategic cluster Residential units
(#)
% of total
(measured by
In-place rent
(EUR/sqm/month)
Fair value
(EUR/sqm)
Multiple
in-place
rent
Multiple
re-letting rent
Vacancy
(in
%)
30/09/2021 fair value) (x) (x)
Core+ 144,141 96% 7.24 2,930 33.6 29.1 1.6%
Core 10,399 4% 6.25 1,727 23.1 21.7 1.8%
Non-core 177 0.1% 6.12 1,225 16.9 18.9 3.4%
Total 154,717 100% 7.17 2,843 32.9 28.7 1.6%
Thereof Greater Berlin 113,615 76% 7.13 3,016 34.9 30.1 1.1%

Reversionary potential at 26% for Berlin

Total value uplift of EUR 1.5bn ytd

Transaction volume stable compared to 2020, despite excluded Vonovia acquisition of Deutsche Wohnen

5.6% capital growth on a l-f-l basis, including capitalized investments 5.9%

Total like-for-like development 1.2%

Like-for-like
30/09/2021
Residential
units
(#)
In-place rent
30/09/2021
(EUR/sqm/month)
In-place rent
30/09/2020
(EUR/sqm/month)
Change
(y-o-y)
Vacancy
30/09/2021
(in%)
Vacancy
30/09/2020
(in%)
Change
(y-o-y)
Core+ 143,332 7.23 7.15 1.2% 1.6% 1.5% 0.1 pp
Core 10,360 6.25 6.18 1.2% 1.8% 2.1% (0.3) pp
Total 153,869 7.16 7.08 1.2% 1.6% 1.6% 0.0 pp
Thereof Greater Berlin 113,228 7.13 7.05 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% (0.0)
pp
  • Like-for-like rental growth at 1.2% for total portfolio
  • Rental growth only from re-lettings
  • Tenant churn stable at c. 7% in total portfolio and c. 6.5% in Berlin

Ongoing investments into the portfolio and new construction

9M 2021 9M 2020
EUR m EUR/
sqm1
EUR m EUR/
sqm1
Maintenance
(expensed
through p&l)
67.1 9.20 72.6 9.47
Refurbishment
(capitalized on
balance
sheet)
151.0 20.71 178.2 23.26
Subtotal 218.1 29.91 250.8 32.73
New
construction
259.12 50.93
Total 480.1 301.7

1 Annualized figure, based on quarterly average area; 2 Including proportionate purchase prices for landplots (excluding share deals) 3 Excluding ISARIA acquisition

Financials and Outlook

Stable letting business

in EUR
m
9M 2021 9M 2020
Income from
rents
(rental
income)
634.2 634.5
Income relating
to
utility/ancillary
costs
268.7 295.0
Income from
rental
business
902.9 929.5
Expenses
relating
to
utility/ancillary
costs
(263.2) (288.0)
Rental loss (7.9) (8.5)
Maintenance (67.1) (72.6)
Others (3.9) (6.5)
Earnings
from
Residential Property Management
560.8 553.9
Personnel, general
and administrative expenses
(41.4) (40.2)
Net Operating Income (NOI) 519.4 513.7
NOI
margin
in%
81.9 81.0
NOI
in EUR/sqm/month
5.93 5.59

Including rental claims of EUR 29.5m due to the invalidity of the Berlin rent freeze. Rental loss increase mainly due to rise in impairment losses relating to payment claims in conjunction with the invalidity of the Berlin rent freeze

NOI margin remains stable despite c. 5% lower asset base as a result of disposals in 2020

Updated: AF

Checked

Disposal business continues to perform well

Disposals Privatization Institutional
sales
Total
with closing in 9M 2021 9M 2020 9M 2021 9M 2020 9M 2021 9M 2020
No. of units 174 182 1,086 1,403 1,260 1,585
Proceeds (EUR m) 44.5 38.1 152.8 348.2 197.3 386.3
Book value (EUR m)1 33.6 29.2 129.3 303.3 162.9 332.5
Price
in EUR per sqm (residential)
3,683 2,893 2,047 1,818 n/a n/a
m)1
Earnings (EUR
8.5 5.0 22.0 40.3 30.5 45.3
Gross margin 32% 31% 18% 15% 21% 16%
Cash flow impact (EUR
m)
41.1 33.2 134.4 326.0 175.5 359.2

Average privatization price in Berlin continues to increase, in 9M average reached c. EUR 4,200 per sqm

Disposals of 10,700 units to municipal housing companies and 3,145 units disposal in Rhineland-Palatinate not included, yet

Note: Table only considers disposals that had already transfer of titles; 1 Earnings from Disposals are reported before disposal induced valuation gains

Major portfolio disposals signed in 2021

Residential Nursing
Region Rhineland-Palatinate Berlin Across
Germany (5 locations)
No. of
units
3,142 10,900 5 nursing facilities / 730 units1
Signing Q2/Q3 2021 Q3 2021 Q3 2021
Disposal
price
EUR 437m EUR 1.65 bn EUR 70m
Disposal
price
per unit
c. EUR 2,109 per sqm c. EUR 2,185 per sqm c. EUR 100k per unit
Gross margin 48% At book
values
At book
values
Rental impact
p.a.
c. EUR (16)m c. EUR (60)m c. EUR (4)m
Transfer of
titles
Q4 2021 Q4 2021 / Q1 2022 Q4 2021

Opportunistic portfolio streamlining continued in 2021

1 Units are referring to beds as well as assited living units

Updated: SJ 27.10.

Checked werden

Nursing business proves resilient

Operations (in EUR m) 9M 2021 9M 2020
Total income 188.0 177.0
Total expenses (171.4) (162.6)
EBITDA operations 16.6 14.4
EBITDA margin 8.8% 8.1%
Lease expenses 21.8 19.7
EBITDAR 38.4 34.1
EBITDAR margin 20.4% 19.3%
Assets (in EUR m) 9M 2021 9M 2020
Lease income 47.7 49.8
Total expenses (2.6) (2.2)
EBITDA assets 45.1 47.6
Operations & Assets (in EUR m) 9M 2021 9M 2020
Total EBITDA 61.7 62.0
in EUR m 9M 2021 9M 2020
Nursing & Assisted
Living
157.2 156.9
Other 30.8 20.1
The increase in other income includes compensation of EUR 12.4m from nursing
care funds to cover loss of income and additional expenses as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic
in EUR m 9M 2021 9M 2020
Staff (112.7) (110.1)
Rent/lease (inter-company) (21.8) (19.7)
Other (36.9) (32.8)
Decrease in EBITDA due to clean up disposal of 13 nursing facilities in 2020

Nursing & Assisted living is expected to contribute around EUR 70m to group EBITDA in 2021 translating into RoCE of ~6%

Updated: SJ 27.10.

Checked

Adjusted EBITDA excl. disposals stable yoy

in EUR m 9M 2021 9M 2020
Earnings from Residential Property Management 560.8 553.9
Earnings from Disposals 0.8 (1.6)
Earnings from Nursing and Assisted Living 61.7 62.0
Corporate
expenses
(84.4) (78.4)
Other
operating expenses/income
(53.7) (27.9)
EBITDA 485.2 508.0
One-offs 60.4 34.9
Valuation gains due to disposals 29.7 46.9
Adj. EBITDA (incl. Disposals) 575.3 589.8
Earnings from Disposals (0.8) 1.6
Valuation gains due to Disposals (29.7) (46.9)
Corporate
expenses for Disposals
2.6 2.4
Adj. EBITDA (excl. Disposals) 547.4 546.9

One-offs increased mainly due to expenses related to the Vonovia takeover

1 Cost ratio defined as corporate expenses divided by gross rental income and lease revenues, whereas corporate expenses are excluding corporate expenses for disposals; 2 Defined as EBITDA (adjusted) excluding disposals divided by rental and lease income

Updated: SJ 27.10.

Checked

FFO I at previous year's level despite disposals

in EUR m 9M 2021 9M 2020
EBITDA (adjusted) 575.3 589.8
Earnings
from
Disposals
(incl. valuation
gains)
(0.8) 1.6
Valuation
gains
due to
disposals
(29.7) (46.9)
Corporate Expenses
for
Disposals
2.6 2.4
Long-term remuneration
compensation
(share
based)
(0.2) (0.2)
Finance lease broadband
cable
network
2.3 2.3
At equity
valuation
1.0 2.1
1
Interest expense/income
(recurring)
(98.3) (100.1)1
Income taxes (23.0) (23.1)
Minorities (7.0) (7.2)
FFO
I
422.2 420.7
Earnings
from
Disposals
(incl. valuation
gains)
0.8 (1.6)
Corporate expenses
for
Disposals
(2.6) (2.4)
At equity valuation (12.2) 0.0
Income taxes
related
to
Disposals
(9.6) (14.4)
Valuation
gains
due to
Disposals
29.7 46.9
FFO II 428.3 449.2
FFO I per share
in EUR (diluted)
1.122 1.201,2
FFO II per share
in EUR (diluted)
1.132 1.291,2

1 Change in calcuation, interest income derived from loans granted to QUARTERBACK are no longer included in FFO 2 Weighted avg. Number of shares outstanding, excluding own shares per 9m 2021 at 346.71m undiluted, 377.55m; per 9M 2020 349.22m shares diluted = undiluted; 3 FFO I margin defined as FFO I divided by rental and lease income

EPRA NTA at EUR 53.32 per share

in EUR m 30-Sep-2021
EPRA NTA
31-Dec-2020
EPRA NTA
EPRA NTA per share
(diluted) in EUR
Equity (before
non-controlling interests)
15,025.0 13,400.21
Dilution from Convertible Bonds 1,587.2 0.0
Diluted
NAV
16,612.2 13,400.21) 46.46 +12% 51.93 +3%
Revaluation
of
trading
properties
62.2 43.9
Diluted
NAV at Fair Value
16,674.4 13,444.11
Deferred
taxes
(net)
4,820.7 4,711.8
Fair values
of
derivative financial
instruments
29.0 54.7
Goodwill as
per the
IFRS balance
sheet
(319.6) (319.7) 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2020
Intangibles
as
per the
IFRS balance
sheet
(34.6) (38.0)
NAV 21,169.9 17,852.91
Fully diluted
number
of
shares
397.00 343.77
NAV per share
in EUR (diluted)
53.32 51.931

EPRA NTA per share impacted by dilutive effect from sale of treasury shares and conversion of convertible bonds

1 Prior year figures changed

Diversified and robust capital structure

Rating
S&P: BBB+ (stable
outlook) / SACP a-

Moody's: A3 (negative outlook)
Ø maturity
~ 7.0 years1
% secured bank debt
54%
% unsecured debt
46%
Ø interest cost
~ 1.25% (~ 91% hedged)
LTV target
range

35–40%

1 As of 30 September 2021; based on contractual maturities

▪ LTV at 35.4%

  • Pro-forma LTV post disposals and conversion of the convertible bonds is expected to be well below 30%
  • As of today more than 99% of the convertible bonds 2017/2024 and 2017/2026 are converted into equity; a clean-up call was initiated with an early redemption date in December 2021
  • ICR (adjusted EBITDA excl. disposals/net cash interest) ~6.2x

Appendix

Update on Berlin residential market

2,296 2,647 2,986 3,119 3,267 3,727 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 9M 2021 for multi-family-homes (EUR/sqm) 9% 5% 1% –3% 8% 12% 12% 10% 7% 10% 15% 13% 5% 5% 14%

Development of asking prices

▪ Slight increase due to court decision against ▪ Price growth for multi family continues

▪ Strong price growth for condominiums

Berlin rent freeze

Current level of rents and prices in top German cities

Relative to other German cities Berlin continues to screen attractive

Like-for-like development by regions

Like-for-like
30/09/2021
Residential
units
(#)
In-place rent1
30/09/2021
(EUR/sqm)
In-place rent1
30/09/2020
(EUR/sqm)
Change
(y-o-y)
Vacancy
30/09/2021
(in %)
Vacancy
30/09/2020
(in %)
Change
(y-o-y)
Core+ 143,332 7.23 7.15 1.2% 1.6% 1.5% 0.1pp
Greater Berlin 113,228 7.13 7.05 1.1% 1.1% 1.1% 0.0pp
Dresden/Leipzig 10,477 6.46 6.30 2.5% 3.2% 3.5% (0.3)pp
Frankfurt 9,412 9.03 8.91 1.4% 3.4% 2.6% 0.8pp
Hanover/Brunswick 5,909 6.53 6.44 1.3% 3.0% 2.5% 0.5pp
Cologne/Dusseldorf 2,696 9.29 9.20 1.0% 3.4% 4.2% (0.8)pp
Other Core+ 1,610 9.21 9.14 0.8% 0.6% 1.5% (0.9)pp
Core 10,360 6.25 6.18 1.2% 1.8% 2.1% (0.3)pp
Non-Core 177 6.12 6.03 1.5% 3.4% 2.2% 1.2pp
Total 153,869 7.16 7.08 1.2% 1.6% 1.6% 0.0pp

Updated: KZ 19.10

Checked

Fair Values across regions

Regions Residential units
(#)
FV
30/09/2021
(EUR m)
FV
30/09/2021
(EUR/sqm)
Multiple
in-place rent
30/09/2021
Multiple
re-letting
rent
30/09/2021
Multiple
spread
Core+ 144,141 26,413 2,930 33.6 29.1 4.5
Greater Berlin 113,615 21,049 3,016 34.9 30.1 4.8
Dresden/Leipzig 10,804 1,900 2,429 31.2 28.1 3.0
Frankfurt 9,415 1,883 3,192 30.0 25.9 4.1
Hanover/Brunswick 5,909 716 1,802 22.6 20.2 2.4
Cologne/Dusseldorf 2,787 593 3,584 32.8 27.4 5.3
Other Core+ 1,611 274 2,735 24.8 23.4 1.4
Core 10,399 1,183 1,727 23.1 21.7 1.4
Non-Core 177 14 1,225 16.9 18.9 (2.0)
Total 154,717 27,610 2,843 32.9 28.7 4.2

Deutsche Wohnen's residential portfolio is best-in-class

The Berlin portfolio at a glance

Updated: KZ 19.10

Checked

Portfolio structure – characteristics meeting strong demand

deutsche-wohnen.com 9M 2021

Bridge from adjusted EBITDA to profit

in EUR m 9M 2021 9M 2020
EBITDA (adjusted) 575.3 589.8
Depreciation (29.1) (29.2)
At equity
valuation
(16.5) 32.12
Financial result
(net)
(113.4) 3
(126.0)
EBT (adjusted) 416.3 466.72,3
Valuation properties 1,484.2 171.7
Valuation
gains
due to
Disposals
(29.7) (46.9)
One-offs (52.4) (33.5)
Valuation
SWAP and
convertible
bonds
(347.2) (102.1)
EBT 1,471.2 455.92
Current
taxes
(44.8) (37.5)
Deferred
taxes
(585.8) (80.5)
Profit 840.6 337.92
Profit attributable
to
the
shareholders
of
the
parent
company
802.3 330.22
per share1
Earnings
2.31 0.952
in EUR m 9M 2021 9M 2020
Interest expenses (110.2) (106.9)
In % of
gross
rents
17.4 16.8
Interest expenses capitalized 11.0 6.0
Non-cash interest
expenses
(16.8) (27.9)
Interest income 2.6 2.83
2
Financial
result
(net)
(113.4) (126.0)3

Valuation result stems from disposals (signed and closed) above recent book values

One-offs in 9M 2021 impacted by transaction cost in context of Vonovia takeover offer

deutsche-wohnen.com 9M 2021 1 Based on weighted average shares outstanding excluding own shares (2021: 346.71m ; 2020: 349.22m); 2 Change in QUATERBACK purchase price allocation 3 Change in calculation: interest income derived from loans granted to QUARTERBACK are no longer included in ordinary financial result

Summary balance sheet

Assets Equity and Liabilities
in EUR m 30/09/2021 31/12/2020
Investment properties 27,861.5 28,069.5
Other non-current assets 970,4 988.2
Derivatives 1.6 2.3
Deferred tax
assets
0.0 0.0
Non current assets 28,833.5 29,060.0
Land and buildings held for sale 462.9 472.2
Trade receivables 63.6 35.9
Other current
assets
3,396.5 654.5
Cash
and cash equivalents
748.0 583.3
Current
assets
4,671.0 1,745.9
Total assets 33,504.5 30,805.9
in EUR m 30/09/2021 31/12/2020
Total equity 15,498.0 13,841.3
Financial liabilities 6,308.8 6,525.1
Convertibles 1,619.1 1,768.7
Bonds 4,055.8 3,129.6
Tax
liabilities
62.1 60.5
Deferred
tax
liabilities
4,998.3 4,412.0
Derivatives 30.7 57.3
Other liabilities 931.7 1,011.4
Total liabilities 18,006.5 16,964.6
Total equity and liabilities 33,504.5 30,805.9

Disclaimer

Highlights | Market and Portfolio | Financials and Outlook | Appendix

This presentation contains forward-looking statements including assumptions, opinions and views of Deutsche Wohnen or quoted from third party sources. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could cause actual results, financial positions, the development or the performance of Deutsche Wohnen to differ materially from the estimations expressed or implied herein. Deutsche Wohnen does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements are free from errors nor do they accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this presentation or the actual occurrence of the forecasted developments. No representation or warranty (expressed or implied) is made as to, and no reliance should be placed on, any information, including projections, estimates, targets and opinions, contained herein, and no liability whatsoever is accepted as to any errors, omissions or misstatements contained herein, and accordingly, none of Deutsche Wohnen SE or any of its affiliates (including subsidiary undertakings) or any of such person's officers, directors or employees accepts any liability whatsoever arising directly or indirectly from the use of this document. Deutsche Wohnen does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation.

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