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New Work SE

Investor Presentation Feb 24, 2022

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RESULTS PRESENTATION & STRATEGY UPDATE FY 2021 (UNAUDITED)

HAMBURG, 24 FEBRUARY 2022

DISCLAIMER

This presentation was produced in February 2022 by NEW WORK SE (the "Company") solely for use as an information source for potential business partners and is strictly confidential. It has been made available to you solely for your own information and may not be copied, distributed or otherwise made available to any other person by any recipient. This presentation is not an offer for sale of securities in the United States. The distribution of this presentation to you does not constitute an offer or invitation to subscribe for, or purchase, any shares of the XING SE and neither this presentation nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever.

The facts and information contained herein are as up-to-date as is reasonably possible and are subject to revision in the future. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, any directors, officers, employees, advisors nor any other person makes any representation or warranty, express or implied as to, and no reliance should be placed on, the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this presentation. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, any directors, officers, employees, advisors or any other person shall have any liability whatsoever for any loss arising, directly or indirectly, from any use of this presentation. The same applies to information contained in other material made available at the presentation.

While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure the facts stated herein are accurate and that the opinions contained herein are fair and reasonable, this document is selective in nature and is intended to provide an introduction to, and overview of, the business of the Company. Where any information and statistics are quoted from any external source, such information or statistics should not be interpreted as having been adopted or endorsed by the Company as being accurate.

This presentation contains forward-looking statements relating to the business, financial performance and results of the Company and/or the industry in which the Company operates. These statements are generally identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "predicts," "intends," "projects," "plans," "estimates," "aims," "foresees," "anticipates," "targets," and similar expressions. The forward-looking statements, including but not limited to assumptions, opinions and views of the Company or information from third party sources, contained in this presentation are based on current plans, estimates, assumptions and projections and involve uncertainties and risks. Various factors could cause actual future results, performance or events to differ materially from those described in these statements. The Company does not represent or 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. No obligation is assumed to update any forward-looking statements.

This presentation speaks as of December 2021. Neither the delivery of this presentation nor any further discussions of the Company with any of the recipients shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since such date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Pro-forma results

Results contained in this presentation are partly based on unaudited pro-forma financial results that the Company derived from its preliminary and past financial statements for the indicated periods in order to make these periods comparable and show non-recurring costs.

Cautionary note regarding preliminary results and pro-forma financial results

This presentation contains preliminary results and pro-forma results. The preliminary results may change during their final review. While the Company believes that its pro-forma financial results are reflective of its recurrent trends and the on-going status of its business, there can be no assurance that its pro-forma results will accurately reflect these trends and status and therefore, its investors are urged not to rely solely upon the pro-forma results when making their investing decision and the pro-forma results should always be reviewed together with its actual financial results.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FY 2021 - TARGETS FOR 2021 ACHIEVED

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Pro-forma
service revenues
$+5\%$
Pro-forma
FBITDA
$+7\%$
Pro-forma
net income
$+10%$

SEGMENT HIGHLIGHTS

B2C:

  • +1.4m new members (XING)
    • 1.6m new workplace insights (kununu)
  • Introduction of new XING-app (V1)

B2B:

  • Re-acceleration of customer growth
  • Re-acceleration of revenue-growth $\blacksquare$
  • Invest towards delivering best ٠ recruiting experience in the market

C- DESTINATIONS XING AND KUNUNU CONTINUE TO GROW STRONGLY

+7% X XING

+1.4 M new members on XING totalling 20.3m #1 platform in D-A-CH | Launch of new XING app | ~30% of group sales

$+35\%$ kununu $\degree$

+1.6m new overall workplace insights @ kununu totalling 6.2m insights

1 Employer insights destination in D-A-CH | 100% yoy growth in salary datapoints | 100% yoy growth in cultural insights

LABOUR MARKET TRENDS SUPPORT RECOVERY OF OUR E-RECRUITING SOLUTIONS

  • Job ads (XJM) recovering strongly $\blacksquare$
  • Prescreen (ATS) winning 3 HR software awards (www.hrsoftware-vergleich.de)

(Pro-forma) segment revenues in m $\epsilon$ and yoy growth rate in %

  • E-Recruiting contributing ~60 % of NW SE group sales in Q4 ٠
  • Employer branding (EBP) contributing 1/3 of segment revenues or ~20% of total group revenues

OUTLOOK

the Hotell Come Ville-

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SUMETER AND Y

WORK

a regular dividend of €2.80 ٠ $(2020: €2.59)...$

$RC = TR$

... and a special dividend of €3.56 ٠

OUTLOOK IS POSITIVE AS LABOUR SHORTAGE IS INTENSIFYING AND EMPLOYERS NEED TO INVEST EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE TO ATTRACT, FIND AND HIRE TALENT

BOARD!

2021 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Continued growth of talent access through XING and kununu

Top-line growth picking up w/ revenues at $\epsilon$ 290m

EBITDA at $\epsilon$ 97m in line w/ upward adjusted guidance

Operating cash flow increased to $\epsilon$ 85.6m

We propose to increase our regular dividend to $\epsilon$ 2.80

and a special dividend of $\epsilon$ 3.56

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Pro-forma 2021 2020 2021 vs.
2020
2021 vs.
2020
Abs. Abs. Rel. Abs.
Service revenues 290.9 276.6
276.5
5% 14.3
Other operating income 1.6 2.0 (18%) (0.4)
Capitalised own work 23.6 23.6 0% 0.0
Costs before capitalisation (218.8) (214.5)
(211.7)
(2%) (4.3)
EBITDA 97.3 90.5
87.6
11% 9.7
Margin 33% 33%
32%
2%pts 0.0
D&A (44.8) (38.3)
(56.1)
20% 11.3
Financial result (0.8)
(0.4)
(0.7)
9.3
(105%) (9.7)
Taxes (12.4)
(12.3)
(14.7)
(15.7)
(15%) 2.28
Net income 39.3
39.6
26.1
35.8
52% 13.5
EPS 7.00
7.05
4.65
6.37
52% 2.40
Segment
EBITDA 2021
2021
Margin
Segment
EBITDA 2020*
2020
Margin *
B 2 C 34.9 36% 33.7 33%
B2B E-Recruiting 114.4 67% 105.8 69%
B2B Marketing Solutions & Events 11.0 47% 5.3 26%
Tech, Central Services & Other (63.1) (57.2)
Total EBITDA 97.3 33% 32%
2021 2020 2021
vs. 2020
2021
vs. 2020
Abs. Abs. Rel. Abs.
EBITDA 97.3 87.6 11% 9.7
Interest / tax / other (19.0) (12.5) (52%) (6.5)
Change in net working capital 7.4 6.1 20% 1,2
▲ Discontinued operations 0.0 (0.3) 100% 0.3
Operating cash flow excl. organiser cash 85.6 81.0 6% 4.7
Investment $-$ operating (43.3) (32.9) (31%) (10.4)
Investment $-$ acquisitions & joint venture (2.1) (0.7) (212%) (1.4)
Interests paid, lease liabilities, FX rate diff. & rest (0.5) (6.4) 92% 5.8
▲ Discontinued operations (0.1) (0.1) (10%) 0.0
Cash flow excl. dividends & organiser cash 39.5 40.8 (3%) (1.3)
Regular dividend (14.6) (14.6) 0% 0.0
Cash flow excl. organiser cash 25.0 26.3 (5%) (1.3)
Effects organiser cash 0.1 (1.2) 104% 1.2
Cash flow incl. organiser cash 25.0 25.1 0% (0.1)

Q4 RESULTS 2021 (UNAUDITED)

Pro-forma Q4 2021 Q4 2020 Q4 2021 vs.
Q4 2020
Q3 2021 Q4 2021 vs.
Q3 2021
Abs. Abs. Rel. Abs. Rel.
Service revenues 78.2 71.6 9% 73.6 6%
Other operating income 0.4 0.5 (24%) 0.5 (26%)
Capitalised own work 4.7 4.9 (4% ) 6.0 (22%)
Costs before capitalisation (64.6) $(51.6)$ (52.2) (24%) (53.8) (20%)
EBITDA 18.7 25.4
24.8
(26%) 26.3 (29%)
Margin 24% 35% $(11\% \text{ pts})$ 36% $(12\% \text{ pts})$
D&A (14.9) $(27.9)$ $(16.3)$ 46% (14.8) (1%)
Financial result (0.2)
0.0
0.7
(0.1)
(106%) (0.3) (1%)
Taxes 3.7
3.7
(3.5)
(3.3)
204% (4.7) 179%
Net income 7.4
7.3
(5.4)
5.1
238% 6.5 13%
EPS 1.29
1.32
(0.95)
0.92
238% 1.16 13%

STRATEGY UPDATE SHARPENING FOCUS

WEW

TALENT SHORTAGE IS PUTTING OUR ECONOMY UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE

NEW WORK | RESULTS PRESENTATION & STRATEGY UPDATE - FY2021 (UNAUDITED) 23

WE WILL... POSITION XING WITH CLEAR FOCUS ON JOBS & CAREER

STRENGTHS TODAY

Largest network/talent pool in D-A-CH: >20.3m; strong growth: ~1.4m annually

Key role in last job change for ~30% of our B2C XING members*

XXING

Higher success in filling vacancies via 'TalentManager' over competition*

1.3m jobs & >20k active recruiters; >250k employers on XING

* Source: NW SE Benchmarking study 2022

OUR AMBITION

DESTINATION IN D-A-CH TO FIND A JOB, GET HIRED AND RECEIVE CAREER GUIDANCE

WE WILL... FURTHER EXPAND KUNUNU'S LEADING POSITION

STRENGTHS TODAY

First choice for talents looking for workplace insights, with every 2nd jobseeker visiting kununu

Highest number of user-generated, trustworthy company reviews: >5m

Kununu

2m unique insights beyond reviews,
with company salary & culture insights

Platform with singular positioning for employers' employer branding efforts

OUR AMBITION

DESTINATION IN D-A-CH TO FIND WORKPLACE INSIGHTS NEEDED TO TAKE DECISIONS

WE WILL... BECOME #1 RECRUITING PARTNER FOR HR IN D-A-CH

STRENGTHS TODAY

OUR AMBITION

T N

RECRUITING PARTNER IN D-A-CH. BEST PERFORMANCE & SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT DETAILS & SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS

Patrick Moeller

VP Investor Relations NEW WORK SE Am Strandkai 1 20457 Hamburg Germany Tel.: +49 (0)40 419 131-793 Fax.: +49 (0)40 419 131-44

E-mail: [email protected]

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