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New Work SE Investor Presentation 2012

Nov 8, 2012

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XING Q3'2012 results presentation

November 8, 2012

Solid financial performance

Successful launch of new products & features

  • XING Talentmanager (XTM)
  • Promerit Co-operation (XING to be integrated in SAP HR systems)
  • AdCreator (Self booking advertising tool) for Events
  • File attachments (up to 100 MB) to messages (New Premium feature)

Burda intends to keep XING as a separately listed entity

'Verticals' performance

Commercial launch of "Talentmanager" (XTM) Co-operation with Promerit (SAP HR integration) Job section available on iPhone Display ads: Soft market environment Launch of "AdCreator" First use case: promote events Lower display ad performance given ongoing change of ad sales house e-Recruiting Advertising Events 3.05 3.69 1.17 1.36 0.72 0.95 Q3 2011 Q3 2012 30% 33% Revenues from "verticals" in €m & in % of total revenues 4.96 6.00 €13.2m ticket sales Founders left amiando New Management in place +21% +32% +21% +16% Yoy growth

Continuing good member growth in D-A-CH

215 197 208 185 233 203 196 2010 Q1'11 Q2'11 Q3'11 Q4'11 Q1'12 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q3'2012 Net member adds (D-A-CH): in thousands 4.47 5.91 +16% yoy Traffic KPIs: Visits D-A-CH Sep 2012 vs. Sep 2011: +36%* Visits mobile Sep 2012: ~30% / total traffic

Development of subscriber base

Recent improvements to Premium Membership:

  • Up to 100MB attachments to messages for premium members (incl.1GB storage)
  • Recruiter & Sales Membership no longer available (Since launch of XTM)

Launch of XING Talentmanager (XTM)

Ongoing shift towards "active sourcing"

German companies pursuing active sourcing

Source: Figures for Germany: ICR Recruiting Report 2012, 500+ Participants stating "Trifft immer zu" bei "Wir suchen zusätzlich zur Anzeigenschaltung (Print oder Online) proaktiv (z.B. in Xing, LinkedIn, Facebook oder mit Hilfe von Google) nach potentiellen Kandidaten";

TALENTMANAGER

"The long-term corporate recruiting solution"

Facts >100 B2B clients in beta test

  • Launch Sep 27th
  • Target group: Current RM-clients
  • Avg. seats per client: 2

Which social media sites are best for finding top talent purposes

Source: Forsa survey among 201 HR decision makers ,September 2012

Launch of Co-operation with Promerit

Publishing job ads through SAP into XING & receive applications with XING-profile

Burda launching takeover bid on October 26th

Facts

  • Burda acquired additional stake of 9.5% at price of 40.44€ per share on Oct 25th, 2012
  • Due to legal obligations, Burda has to submit mandatory offer ("Pflichtangebot") to remaining shareholders. According to announcement, offer price will be 44€ per share.

Status Quo & next steps

  • Offer document has to be published by Burda (within four weeks after initial announcement)
  • XING to publish official statement ("Begründete Stellungnahme") in accordance with legal requirements after offer document has been published and carefully reviewed by XING
  • We continue our proactive capital market communication!

Official Press Statement by Burda:

Financial summary

Continued phase of investments in future growth

Revenues of €18.3m; up 11% yoy

EBITDA of €5.5m w/ 30% margin

Q4 will be impacted by €1.5-2.0m xo, non-operating charges due to Burda takeover bid

Q3'12 P&L: €18.3m revenues, €5.5m EBITDA, 30% margin

Q3'12 Q2'12 Q3'12
vs.
Q2'12
Q3'11 Q3'12
vs. Q3'11
Abs. Abs. Abs.
Total revenue1 18.3 18.2 1% 16.6 11%
Costs (12.8) (13.1) (2%) (11.2) (14%)
EBITDA 5.5 5.1 8% 5.4 3%
Margin2 30% 28% 2 %pts 32% (2%pts)
Depreciation (2.1) (2.1) (2%) (1.8) (21%)
Financial result 0.1 0.1 (43%) 0.2 (70%)
Taxes (1.3) (1.1) (19%) (1.2) (2%)
Net result 2.2 2.1 7% 2.6 (15%)
EPS in €
(undiluted)
0.40 0.38 5% 0.48 (17%)

(1) Including other operating income

(2) Of revenue

Continued growth of vertical revenues

Expenses overview

Personnel in €m in % of total revenue Q3'11 Q2'12 Q3'12 36% 41% 30% 42% 5.9 7.5 7.7

  • Fewer investments vs. previous quarters
  • 8 new FTEs in Q3
  • 100 new FTE's yoy
  • Some severance payments

Marketing in €m

in % of total revenue

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

Other expenses

in €m in % of total revenue

  • External services, legal, audit & consulting
  • Payment processing, server hosting
  • Rent & other costs
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Quarterly free cashflow €3.3m

Q3'12 Q2'12 Q3'12
vs. Q2'12
Q3'11 Q3'12
vs. Q3'11
Abs. Abs. Abs. Abs. Abs.
EBITDA 5.5 5.1 8% 5.4 3%
Interest/tax/ESOP (0.9) (0.8) 6% 0.1 -
Net working
capital
0.1 (0.4) - (0.8) -
Operating cashflow
excl.
organizer
cash
4.7 3.9 22% 4.7 1%
Investment –
operating
(1.6) (2.3) 32% (1.8) 25%
Investment –
acquisitions
0.0 0.0 - (0.3) -
Financing
incl.
transaction
of
own
shares
0.1 1.7 (94%) 0.7 (79%)
Dividend / Special distribution 0.0 (3.0) - 3.4 -
Free cashflow
excl.
organizer
cash
3.3 0.3 944% 3.4 (1%)
Effects
organizer
cash
1.8 (0.3) - 2.4 (25%)
Free cashflow
incl.
organizer
cash
5.2 (0.0) - 5.8 (10%)

Thank you for your kind attention!

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XING AG IR stats Market cap: ~€240m / ~€51m cash / no debt

Analyst coverage Berenberg Bank, Commerzbank, Close Brothers, Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, Hauck & Aufhäuser, HSBC, JP Morgan Cazenove, MM Warburg, Montega

TecDax
ranking end of October 2012
Market Cap. 31
Turnover 22
Burda Digital GmbH 2.130.779 38,89%
Ennismore 293.622 5,36%
Cyrte Investments 266.721 4,87%
Treasury Shares 87.732 1,60%
Oliver Jung 216.215 3,95%
Whalerock Capital 179.423 3,27%
Schroders 293.622 5,36%
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb 169.259 3,09%
Sonstige 1.841.518 33,61%

Numbers based on last filing – actual shareholdings can differ

Investor Relations

Contact details & social media channels

Patrick Moeller

Director Investor Relations

XING AG Gaensemarkt 43 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: http://corporate.xing.com/english/investor-relations/