Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA

Investor Presentation • Jun 30, 2025

SPRINGER NATURE COMPANY OVERVIEW

March 2025

SPRINGER NATURE – A LEADING GLOBAL RESEARCH PUBLISHER ¹

Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of research in the world. Through our leading brands, we provide technologyenabled products, platforms and services that help researchers to uncover new ideas and share their discoveries, health professionals to stay at the forefront of medical science, and educators to advance learning.

WHO WE ARE OUR SEGMENTS & HIGHLIGHTS

• >9,000 employees in over 40 countries
• € 1.85 Bn revenues in 2024
• Founded on a 180-year heritage of trusted and respected brands advancing progress and discovery in science and education
• Established in 2015, following the merger of Macmillan Science & Education and Springer Science+Business Media
• Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, operating globally
• Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard)

WE HELP RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONALS ACCESS AND MAKE SENSE OF THE LATEST INSIGHTS

• What we do matters sharing trusted knowledge for over 180 years to help accelerate solutions to the world's urgent challenges
• We curate quality information helping researchers and professionals find what is relevant and increase productivity
• Tech is part of our DNA powerful technology combined with our domain expertise allows us to deliver intelligent solutions for the communities we serve
• Our trusted brands have convening power helping build communities within research and beyond, bringing together experts to solve urgent problems

SPRINGER NATURE ENJOYS A HIGH-QUALITY REVENUE BASE WITH RESEARCH CONTRIBUTING 77%

Note: Revenue splits FY 2024

1. Revenues disclosed as contracted were generated under journal and eBook contracts, 3rd party distribution deals, TAs, certain contracts in the full OA business and database business

2. Transactional OA (individual Article Processing Charges) c. 24%; contracted OA (e.g. Article Processing Charges from Consortia & Institutional OA agreements or Journal sponsorships) c. 3%

WE ARE AN ESSENTIAL LINK IN RESEARCH: CURATING, VALIDATING AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE

Note: Figures as of FY 2024 and subject to rounding 1. Number of unique authors supported by Snapp since launch 2023

1. Company estimates

2. InCites - Web of Science and Company estimates

RESEARCH PUBLISHING IS A STEADILY GROWING AND RESILIENT INDUSTRY, SUPPORTED BY SOLID GROWTH DRIVERS

1. World Bank and company estimates

2. UNESCO, IMF, expert interviews, market forecasts, and company estimates

3. OECD and company estimates

4. InCites - Web of Science and company estimates

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WE HAVE MARKET LEADING POSITIONS SUPPORTED BY UNDERLYING GROWTH DRIVERS

SEGMENT	KEY BRANDS				MARKET POSITION	GROWTH DRIVERS
RESEARCH	JOURNALS			1	# of top 50 impact journals	• Launch new journals • Increase customer penetration
				2	# of articles in FOA journals	• Benefit from faster OA market growth • Expand market share
				2	# of journal articles	• Expand Transformative Agreements • Grow article volumes
	BOOKS			1	# of English-language academic books	• Accelerate print-to-e transition • Increase customer penetration
	SERVICES				by share of total research job advertisements	• Increase share of corporate customers • Leverage Nature brand for new products
HEALTH				1 1	in Germany with doctors in the Netherlands with healthcare practitioners	• Increase share of digital revenues • Focus on medical affairs budgets
EDUCATION				1 2	in Brazil in private schools (ELT) in Mexico (K12 Curriculum)	• Benefit from curriculum changes • Drive blended learning solutions

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OUR STRATEGY IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE WE CONSISTENTLY OUTPERFORM THE MARKET WHILE GROWING RESPONSIBLY AND SUSTAINABLY

Increase performance & efficiency while growing responsibly & sustainably

WE DRIVE THE TRANSITION TO OPEN ACCESS, PUBLISHING HALF OF OUR PRIMARY RESEARCH CONTENT OPEN ACCESS IN 2024 1

OA provides greater value to the research community

Higher visibility of OA articles compared to non-OA articles(1):

• 6x more downloads
• 1.6x more citations
• 4.9x more attention(2)

OA aligns publisher business model with value provided

✓ Publication output aligns with revenue performance

• ✓ Transition at scale with Transformative Agreements
• ✓ Access to new funding sources

We are a pioneer and leader in OA for more than two decades

Pioneer OA publishing brand

Largest OA journal(3)

Most cited OA journal(4)

^1. Springer Nature white paper "Going For Gold: Exploring The Reach And Impact Of Gold Open Access Articles In Hybrid Journals"

^2. Defined as Altmetric attention; Altmetric attention is a system that tracks the attention that research outputs such as schol arly articles and datasets receive online

^3. By number of articles published from 2021-2023

^4. Based on the sum of total citations in 2022

TECHNOLOGY – ESPECIALLY AI – HELPS US TRANSFORM THE PUBLISHING PROCESS 2

Examples of c. 90 AI initiatives(4)

1. Springer Nature's Article Processing Platform

2. Since launch, as of 31-Dec-2024

3. CSAT scores according to company customer survey 2024 overall

4. Data points as of 2024

BY COMBINING TECHNOLOGY WITH DOMAIN EXPERTISE, WE PROVIDE VALUE-ADDING SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES 2

Examples

Macmillan Education Everywhere offers a blended learning solution to schools

Medbee app supports doctors with latest guidelines at the point of care

OUR EXCEPTIONAL TEAMS DRIVE OUR SUCCESS BY BRINGING TOGETHER DEEP RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND TECH EXPERTISE 3

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OUR STRATEGY ALLOWS US TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE WHILE GROWING RESPONSIBLY AND PROVIDING VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITIES 4

We focus on our financial ambitions …

• We aim to outperform the Research market by around +1% p.a. in the mid-term, assuming a market growth of +3.0% to +3.5% p.a.
• We expect to increase our adjusted operating profit margin by c.100bps mid-term(5)
• … while growing responsibly & sustainably(1) …
• + + • Science-based targets to reach Net Zero emissions across the value chain(2) by 2040
  • Offset emissions related to buildings, fleet, and flights
  • Awarded Gold Rating from Ecovadis
• … and maintaining our leading reputation & high satisfaction
• Springer Nature remains the research publisher with the highest overall reputation in 2024(3)

• Regular customer surveys confirm high satisfaction scores of 86% for journal authors, 88% for reviewers and 72% for editors(4)

• 1. Scope 1, 2, 3
• 1. 2024 Yonder reputation survey
• 1. CSAT scores according to company customer survey 2024 overall
• 1. Accumulated improvement over 3 years of the margin development in the years 25-27 at the respective YoY Constant Currency view

^1. Full PAI table available on our website.

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