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New Work SE Investor Presentation 2014

Nov 6, 2014

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XING AG Interim Results Q3 2014

November 6, 2014

REVENUE GROWTH 20% YOY; EBITDA GROWTH 59% YOY FY EBITDA INCL. KUNUNU-EARN-OUT EXPECTED AT €28-29M

STRONGEST QUARTERLY MEMBER GROWTH SINCE IPO

E-RECRUITING BUSINESS GROWING 42%

NEW POSITIONING = NEW PRODUCTS

Q3 TOP-LINE GROWTH 20%; EBITDA GROWTH 59%

STRONGEST QUARTERLY MEMBER GROWTH SINCE IPO: 282,000

E-RECRUITING WITH ACCELERATING GROWTH RATES: Q3/14: 42% VS. Q3/13: 17%

Key drivers

  • Strong XTM growth: 1,900 B2B customers (+850 since Q3/13)
  • Strong EBP growth
  • Solid double digit growth in classical job ad business

E-Recruiting revenue [€m]

NEW POSITIOING = NEW PRODUCTS

LAUNCH OF "XING JOBS MARKETPLACE" HELPING OUR MEMBERS TO FIND THE RIGHT JOB

Key facts

  • Strong focus on user needs
  • Find the job that suits your living conditions & values
  • 300 different job & city pages
  • Non-XING members can discover jobs
  • https://www.xing.com/stellenmarkt

LAUNCH OF XING "PROJOBS" FOR ACTIVE JOBSEEKERS (LAUNCHED OCT 2014)

  • New add-on Premium service
  • Being more visible for >3,000 top recruiters
  • Much more detailed and more relevant job offers due to additional profile information
  • Full control: discover jobs in a discrete way
  • Price: €24.95-€39.95 (incl. Premium-membership) (3, 6, 12 or 24 months)

LAUNCH OF XING EVENTS-MARKETPLACE

  • 400 professional events per day
  • Discover events that…
  • help me improve my skills
  • help meeting interesting people (learn, exchange knowledge etc.)
  • my contacts are going to as well (people2meet)
  • Accessible also for nonmembers
  • Mobile

Q3 FIGURES

Q3 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

ACCELERATING MEMBER GROWTH REINFORCING MARKET LEADER POSITION

CONTINUING ACCELERATION OF REVENUE GROWTH DRIVEN BY PREMIUM CLUB AND E-RECRUITING

EBITDA INCL. KUNUNU-EARN-OUT: €9.1m

FY EBITDA INCL. KUNUNU-EARN-OUT EXPECTED AT €28-29M

OVERALL, FINANCIALS WELL ON TRACK

Q3/14 Q2/14 Q3/14
vs. Q2/14
Q3/13 Q3/14
vs.
Q3/13
Abs. Abs. % Abs. %
Total revenue1 26.0 24.4 7% 21.6 20%
Costs (16.1) (17.4) 5% (15.4) (10%)
EBITDA w/o kununu
earn-out
9.9 7.0 40% 6.2 59%
Margin w/o kununu
earn-out
38% 29% 32% 29% 32%
Non-operating
costs
from
kununu
earn
out
(0.8) (0.5) (53%) 0.0 N.A.
EBITDA incl. kununu
earn-out
9.1 6.5 39% 6.2 47%
Depreciation
(incl. PPA)
(1.9) (2.2) 12% (2.1) 5%
Financial result 0.0 0.0 215% 0.0 (85%)
Taxes (2.5) (1.6) (61%) (1.5) (72%)
Net result
incl. kununu
earn-out
4.7 2.8 68% 2.7 71%
Net result w/o kununu
earn-out
5.4 3.3 66% 2.7 99%

NETWORK / PREMIUM AND E-RECRUITING CONTINUE TO DRIVE XING PROFITABILITY

Segment EBITDA Margin
Network / Premium
10.6m
68%
E-Recruiting1 5.0m1


4.2m2
57%1
48%2
Events (€
0.4m)
N.A.
Tech, Central
Services
& Other
(€
5.3m)
N.A.
Total EBITDA w/o
kununu
earn-out

9.9m
38%

STRONG ACCELERATION OF REVENUE GROWTH RATES IN KEY SEGMENTS NETWORK/ PREMIUM & E-RECRUITING

1) W/o anorganic growth from kununu acquisition

QOQ COST DEVELOPMENT IMPACTED BY BASE EFFECTS AND PHASING

  • organization & sales/marketing
  • Q2/14 and Q3/14 including non-operating costs from kununu earn-out
  • +77 FTEs

  • Search engine marketing (SEM)

  • Offline marketing expenditure (conferences & events, print, sponsoring)
  • Affiliate marketing

  • audit & consulting

  • Payment processing, server hosting
  • Rent & other costs

CONTINUOUS STRONG CASH CONVERSION

Q3/14 Q2/14 Q3/14
vs. Q2/14
Q3/13 Q2/14
vs. Q2/13
Abs. Abs. Abs. Abs. Abs.
EBITDA 9.1 6.5 2.6 6.2 2.9
Interest/tax
& kununu
earn out
(0.3) (0.6) 0.3 (0.9) 0.6
Change
net
working
capital
1.6 0.4 1.2 (0.9) 2.5
Operating cash flow
excl.
organizer
cash
10.5 6.4 4.1 4.4 6.1
Investment –
operating
(3.2) (2.9) (0.3) (2.9) (0.3)
Investment –
acquisitions
(0.3) (0.6) 0.3 0.0 (0.3)
Financing
incl.
transaction
of
own
shares
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 (0.4)
Free cash flow
excl. organizer
cash
& dividends
6.9 2.9 4.1 1.9 5.0
Regular & special
dividends
0.0 (23.4) 23.4 0.0 0.0
Free cash flow
excl. event
organizer
cash & incl. Dividends
6.9 (20.6) 27.5 1.9 5.0
Effects
organizer
cash
0.5 (1.0) 1.5 1.6 (1.1)
Free cash flow
incl. event
organizer
cash & dividends
7.4 (21.6) 28.9 3.5 3.9

ACCELERATING MEMBER GROWTH REINFORCING MARKET LEADER POSITION

CONTINUING ACCELERATION OF REVENUE GROWTH DRIVEN BY PREMIUM CLUB AND E-RECRUITING

EBITDA INCL. KUNUNU-EARN-OUT: €9.1m

FY EBITDA INCL. KUNUNU-EARN-OUT EXPECTED AT €28-29M

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BACKUP

XING BEST POSITIONED TO BENEFIT FROM MEGATREND "NEW WORK"…

Digitalisation Shortage of skilled
workforce
Change in values &
Generation Y

WORK ANYWHERE &
ANY TIME

TRANSPARENCY

NETWORKS
DEMOCRATISE
GOOD CONTACTS

CHANGING
POWER BALANCES

WAR FOR TALENT

NEED FOR PROACTIVE
RECRUITING & EMPLOYER
BRANDING

FLEXIBILITY, INDEPENDENCE
& SELF-DETERMINATION

ABOLITION OF ARTIFICIAL
HIERARCHIES

MEANINGFUL & FULFILLING
JOB MORE IMPORTANT THAN
A CAREER
XING offers product
solutions
for modern working life
XING offers the biggest
talent pool in D-A-CH
XING offers transparency,
choice and opportunities
"For a better working life" "Enable professionals to grow"

NETWORK / PREMIUM SEGMENT SHOWING ACCELERATING REVENUE GROWTH RATES: Q3/14: +14% VS. Q3/13: +7%

Paying member base D-A-CH [thousands]

Network / Premium revenues [€m]

1) ARPU Q3/14: €5.61 (Q3/13: €5.19)

INVESTOR INFORMATION & CONTACT

XING AG IR STATS MARKET CAP: ~€470m / >€57m CASH / NO DEBT

Consensus from 10 brokers
as collected by XING
2014e 2015e 2016e
Total revenues 96.8 109.0 122.8
EBITDA 27.5 35.8 43.2
Margin 28% 33% 35%
Depreciation (8.7) (9.3) (9.7)
EBIT 18.8 26.6 33.5
Margin 19% 24% 27%
Net income 12.8 18.0 22.5
EPS in € 2.25 3.29 4.09
DPS in € 1.18 1.07 1.74

Consensus

Analyst coverage Berenberg
Bank, Commerzbank,
Close Brothers, Deutsche Bank,
Goldman Sachs, Hauck & Aufhäuser,
Jefferies, JP Morgan Cazenove,
MM Warburg, Montega
Shares 5,592,137
TecDax
ranking end of October 2014
Market Cap. 28
Turnover 31

Average trading volume per day (XETRA) & Market Cap

Burda Digital GmbH (DE) 50.51%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth
Mngt
(DE)
5.97%
Oppenheimer (US) 5.07%
Schroders (UK) 5.05%
Union Investment (DE) 5.00%
Treasury Shares 0.22%
Rest 28.18%

Numbers based on last filing – actual shareholdings can differ

XING SHARE PRICE DEVELOPMENT SINCE IPO as of Nov 4, 2014

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT DETAILS & SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS

Patrick Moeller

Director Investor Relations

XING AG Dammtorstraße 30 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]

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