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Scout24 AG

Investor Presentation Mar 25, 2021

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FY 2020 Results Analyst Call, 25 March 2021

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Agenda

Delivering on Strategy Tobias Hartmann (CEO)

2020 Financial Results Dirk Schmelzer (CFO) & Outlook Tobias Hartmann & Dirk Schmelzer

Q&A

Focus on strategy Building the ecosystem for real estate

In 2020, we delivered on our ecosystem strategy and made significant progress with key product and market initiatives

Customer needs Acquire new mandates Efficient marketing Build a brand

Key 2020 initiatives Covid-19 action plan Media campaign Enhanced RLE Membership migration FLOWFACT

Customer needs Find a new home or business place Personalised search journey Maximised transparency & guidance

Key 2020 initiatives TenantPlus+ and BuyerPlus+ Online viewings Reworked price atlas

Customer needs Sell fast & for the best price Find the right tenant Safe & efficient transaction

Key 2020 initiatives Free listings LandlordPlus+ Digital rental contract Enhanced online valuation immoverkauf24

Our 2020 results are proof of a resilient business model and underpin our distinct market leadership

€353.8m
+1.2%
60.0%
+0.1pp
€716
+2.5%
€1,754
-0.4%
Group revenue Group ordinary operating
EBITDA margin
ARPU with
residential real estate
partners
ARPU with
business real estate
partners
20,013
+4.7%
416,973
-3.9%
13.8m
+2.1%
101.4m
+7.4%
professional customers
(residential and business real
estate partners)
6
FY 2020 Results Call March 2021
IS24 listings
(period average)
IS24 monthly users
multiplatform
(period average)
IS24 monthly sessions
(period average)

We strengthened the relationship with our professional customers and created strong momentum for future growth

Q4 2020 Q4 2019 +/- FY
2020
FY
2019
+/-
Residential real estate partners
Residential agents and property managers, finance partners
(# of core customers1
end of period)
17,213 16,344 +5.3 % 17,213 16,344 +5.3 %
Residential real estate partner ARPU2
(€/month)
717 718 -0.2 % 716 698 +2.5 %
Business real estate partners
Commercial agents, project developers, new home builders
(# of core customers1
end of period)
2,800 2,774 +0.9 % 2,800 2,774 +0.9 %
Business real estate partner ARPU2
(€/month)
1,801 1,828 -1.5 % 1,754 1,761 -0.4 %

1 Customers with an existing contract containing an obligation for payment which entitles the customer to publish more than one object within the runtime of the contract

2 Average revenue per user per month, calculated by dividing the revenue generated with the respective core customer in the reported period by the average number of core customers in this period (calculated from the opening and closing balance) further divided by the number of months in the corresponding period

Our transition towards full transaction monetisation is working: from Classifieds to Ecosystem!

Product examples

Realtor Lead Engine (incl. immoverkauf24) Mortgage Leads Relocation Leads RentPlus+ (MieterPlus+) BuyPlus+ (KäuferPlus+) Professional PPA (including OTP) Membership editions

Other

More diversified revenue base in 2020 (vs. 2015):

  • 74% (vs. 85%) of revenues linked to core listing product
  • 23% (vs. 9%) complementary high growth product revenues
  • 3% (vs. 6%) contribution from 3rd party advertising & other
  • Leads revenues pushed by RLE (+67% yoy)
  • Consumer subscriptions pushed by RentPlus+ (+30% yoy)
  • Recurring revenue base up to 81% (vs. 69% in 2015)

Breakdown of ImmoScout24 revenue streams

Our residential agents are quickly moving up the membership ladder in an accelerated migration effort, leaving comfortable headroom for ARPU increases

  1. ~13,300 Residential Agents (for Oct-19 without finance partners) without property managers

  2. Membership contract ARPU only, excluding revenues from additional value added services

  3. Including all other legacy memberships except those under 4

  4. Including legacy memberships MY5 + Top List All

With the strategic moves we made in 2020 to target homeowners, we moved closer to the transaction than ever before

~42.5m residential units* in Germany *Destatis Press Release No. 281 of 29-Jul 2020; value for 2019

~19m

owner-occupied units (with a home ownership rate of 45%*, Germany ranks second to last in the OECD)

*Deutsche Bundesbank, January 2020

626,000

German residential real estate transactions* in 2020 (without landplots) *GEWOS – IMA info 2020

~1,000,000 homeowners on IS24 each month (~7% of UMV according to own survey)

~500,000 IS24 registered and addressable homeowners (end of December)

~72,800 realtor leads in 2020, generating €17.5m of RLE revenues

~900

transactions (commission-share RLE)

FLOWFACT is key to our ecosystem strategy driving recurring agent revenues, customer engagement and digital sales

FLOWFACT is a leading real estate CRM software player in Germany

  • The most modern SaaS CRM solution in the market
  • Migration of customers from the legacy on-premise solution ongoing
  • ScoutManager transition will help achieve critical mass

Owning FLOWFACT has various advantages for IS24

  • Superior IS24 product experience vs. other portals
  • Digital sales of IS24 products
  • Churn prevention at IS24
  • Tap into real estate transactions outside of IS24

of all FLOWFACT seats are already using the cloud solution

We are making significant progress with consumers in the rent journey - in a supplyconstrained market

~1/3 of MieterPlus+ memberships are generated via the listing search; significant uptake with free-to-list (first 48 hours exclusive for MieterPlus+ members)

Extended customer life cycle, slightly lower ARPU: Terms of the MieterPlus+ membership: 2 / 6 / 12 months (note: according to IS24 data, 52% of seekers search for >2 months)

Product features: application portfolio, check-yourchances, exclusive listings, viewings planner, deposit guarantee, emergency key service, tenancy law consulting ~3.2m

Rent transactions in Germany p.a.

~166,500

IS24 residential rent listings (Feb-2021)

~117,500

MieterPlus+ members (Feb-2021)

18

MieterPlus+ monthly ARPU (Feb-2021)

39m

FY 2020 total rent consumer subscription revenues (+30% yoy)

Focus on value creation 2020 and beyond

We fully met our annual guidance with Q4 turning out as the strongest revenue quarter ever in the IS24 history

Q4 2020 IS24 revenue: €91.1m (+1.3%)

62.2% 62.6%

Q4 2020 IS24 oo EBITDA margin: 61.7% (-0.9pp)

15 FY 2020 Results Call | March 2021

We intensified our future investments reflecting a more diversified IS24-focused revenue base Strong increase in own work

(€m) FY 2020 FY 2019 +/-
Revenues 353.8 349.7 +1.2%
Own work capitalised 21.9 14.0 +57.1%
Personnel -71.4 -72.8 -1.9%
Marketing -31.1 -30.4 +2.2%
IT -17.1 -14.1 +20.9%
Other operating costs -43.9 -37.0 +18.6%
Total operating effects1 -163.5 -154.4 +5.9%
ooEBITDA 212.3 209.3 +1.4%
ooEBITDA-margin 60.0% 59.9% +0.1pp

capitalised due to focus on IS24 and accelerated product roll-out

Operating effects development mainly driven by increased IT and other operating costs

  • Growth in IT costs due to transfer to the cloud
  • Other operating costs mainly affected by external labour and selling costs and by Covid-19 bad debt provisions
  • Marketing costs increased due to Q3 marketing campaign and performance marketing activities

2020 operating effects include dissynergies of €3.4m

Short-term Covid-19 cost savings were realised and structural cost 1 Other operating income to small extent included in other operating costs items efficiencies leveraged

Our net income benefitted significantly from lower non-operating items

(€m) FY 2020 FY 2019 +/-
Ordinary operating EBITDA 212.3 209.3 +1.4%
Non-operating items -14.0 -45.7 -69.2%
Reported EBITDA 198.3 163.7 +21.1%
D&A -51.5 -54.2 -5.0%
EBIT 146.8 109.4 +34.1%
Financial result -4.9 -15.2 -68.0%
Earnings before Tax 141.9 94.2 +50.6%
Taxes on Income -39.5 -30.7 +28.5%
Net income (cont'd operations) 102.4 63.5 +61.3%
Basic
EPS
(cont'd
operations)
1
00
0
59
+69
5%
Weighted
shares
(million)
#
av
102
1
107
1
6%
-4

Significant decrease in nonoperating items mainly due to lower share-based compensation and M&A-related costs in 2020

D&A below previous year driven by lower amortisation of intangibles and depreciation of PPE

Investment of AS24 proceeds in special securities fund reflected in improved financial result

  • Net income from continuing operations increased significantly by 61.3%
  • Basic EPS for cont'd operations at €1.00 (€23.17 incl. discont'd)

We propose a dividend of €0.70 per share at the upper end of the communicated payout-ratio

2020 2019
Adjusted net income €137.1m €189.6m
share1
Adjusted earnings per
€1.34 €1.77
share2
Dividend per
€0.70 €0.91
Dividend €68.5m €93.7m
Pay-out
ratio
50.0% 49.4%
Price per share end of
December
€67.05 €58.95
Dividend yield 1.0 % 1.5 %

1 Calculation based on IFRS earnings per share logic (as used in annual report). Weighted average number of shares (basic) in 2020: 102.144.808 shares. 2 Calculation based on AktG dividend calculation logic. Number of shares as of 31. Dec 20 after deduction of own shares from share buy back: 97.836.291 shares. Scout24 AG's dividend policy is to distribute between 30% and 50% of the adjusted net income.

The 2019 adjusted net income includes 12 months of AutoScout24, 2020 includes 3 months

Adjustments are made for regular effects, non-operating effects and special effects relating to the AutoScout24 transaction.

The precise amount of the dividend per share depends on the planned capital reduction and share buybacks effected before the AGM.

We reconfirm our previously announced capital return roadmap – with the up to €1.0bn capital decrease transaction as the key pillar

*) Timing: after announcement of FY 2020 results and before AGM 2021

The current trading gives us confidence on our 2021 outlook for the Group

  • We see reduced listing activity due to a mix of:
    • − Covid-19 / lockdown effect
    • − Bestellerprinzip effect
    • − General market trend of reduced transactions
  • Traffic implies significant demand increase
  • Revenue and earnings development in line with expectations
  • Continued customer growth
  • Outlook reconfirmed: mid single-digit % revenue growth and a near-stable ooEBITDA margin (proviso: pandemic situation increasingly improves with a return to normality from H2 onwards)

German real estate market:

  • Continued positive price trend and increasing demand for residential real estate
  • Uncertain development in the commercial real estate market
  • Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the advantages of digitisation
389,198
IS24 listings end of
Feb-21
+0.7% vs. Dec-20
-5.4% vs. Feb-20
14.0m
IS24 monthly users
desktop+mobile
(Feb-21)*
+33.3% vs. Dec-20
-2.4% vs. Feb-20
20,093
professional
customers
end of Feb-21
+0.4% vs. Dec-20
+4.3% vs. Feb-20
102.8m
IS24 monthly sessions
(Feb-21)
+32.0% vs. Dec-20
-2.6% vs. Feb-20

*Due to change of provider, usage of Google Analytics data; not deduplicated

We reconfirm our 2021 revenue outlook by segment

Tailwinds Areas of caution
Areas of caution
2021E
Revenue outlook
Residential
Real
Estate

Continued customer growth

Agent listing initiatives underway

Agent migration and upgrades

Enhanced realtor leads product

Growing consumer Plus+ subscriptions

Limited (price increase) spill-over benefits

Continued Covid-19 impacts (at least in H1)

Foregone private listing revenues
Mid to
high single
digit
% growth
Business
Real Estate

New and enhanced products

Moving into larger TAMs

Pandemic-induced uncertainty

Softness in construction volumes

Reduced developers' marketing spend
Slight
growth
Media &
Other

FLOWFACT integration (positive strategic impact)

Growth of IS24 Austria

Shift towards inhouse-agency revenues

FLOWFACT cloud migration
De-prioritising 3rd

party ad sales business
Declining
to
flat

What we achieved in 2020 will translate into attractive growth in 2021 and beyond

Focus on what matters

Increased customer base Created more value for agents than ever Enabled transactions for agents Had consumers pro-actively participate Launched key product and market initiatives … … and prepared ground for 2021 Enhanced RLE through immoverkauf24 Enhanced customer relationships through FLOWFACT Reinvest(ed) into the business Return(ed) capital to shareholders Pursue(d) opportunistic M&A strategy Partnership Innovation Integration Digitisation Capital allocation

Q&A

12 May 2021: Publication of Q1 2021 results 8 July 2021: AGM

24 FY 2020 Results Call | March 2021 Ursula Querette Head of Investor Relations | Tel +49 89 262 02 4939 | [email protected]

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