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Westwing Group SE Earnings Release 2020

Mar 30, 2021

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FY 2020 Results

Munich, March 30, 2021

Certain statements in this communication may constitute forward looking statements. These statements are based on assumptions that are believed to be reasonable at the time they are made and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. You should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements. Our actual results may differ materially and adversely from any forward-looking statements discussed on this call due to a number of factors, including without limitation, risks from macroeconomic developments, external fraud, inefficient processes at fulfillment centers, inaccurate personnel and capacity forecasts for fulfillment centers, hazardous material / conditions in production with regard to private labels, lack of innovation capabilities, inadequate data security, lack of market knowledge, risk of strike and changes in competition levels.

OUR MISSION

To inspire and make

every home a

beautiful home

AGENDA

  • Business Update
  • Financial Update
  • Summary and Q&A
  • Appendix

Summary

GROWTH EUR 433m Revenue at very strong growth of 62% yoy; Q4 Revenue growth accelerated to 76% yoy
FY 2020
RESULTS
PROFITABILITY EUR 50m Adj EBITDA at 11.5% Adj EBITDA margin with strong unit economics and scale effects
FREE CASH FLOW EUR 40m Free Cash Flow at 9% Free Cash Flow margin; strong cash conversion of profits
CUSTOMERS Growth continues to be driven by existing customers as well as strong new customer acquisition,
based on an accelerated, ongoing trend towards eCommerce
eCOMMERCE MARKET The Home & Living market opportunity is massive as our EUR +100bn market moves online;
eCommerce adoption will remain strong and dynamic
Q1 2021 UPDATE Strong Q1 2021 at c. 92% expected GMV growth and an expected Adj EBITDA margin
of around 14-15%

Westwing Highlights 2020

Strong growth of 62% yoy

EUR 433m

Revenue

at strong profitability

EUR 50m Adj EBITDA

High customer satisfaction during demand peak, with

95%

of customer service tickets answered within 24 hours(1)

4,074,495 Orders placed by our customers Ongoing high customer loyalty, with

79%

of orders placed by repeat customers alongside a high number of new customers

Strongly growing organic marketing reach,

>6,200,000

Instagram followers per end of 2020 (+93% vs. previous year)

1,528,936

Active Customers per end of 2020 (+61% vs. previous year)

COVID-19 update: Serious situation in Europe; health & safety is our number one priority; pro-actively managing risks

Due to the serious COVID-19 situation in Europe, health & safety remain our number one priority...

Customer safety is of utmost importance to us. To live up to this priority, we operate with wideranging hygiene measures in our warehouses and, together with our freight carriers, in delivery.

Warehouses and photo studios continue to operate with highest hygiene standards and effective distancing measures in a safe work environment.

Majority of office teams are mostly working from home at excellent productivity levels. Increasing focus on team cohesion.

…and we continue to pro-actively manage risks

We take comprehensive safety measures to minimize the risk of a temporary warehouse closure due to a COVID-19 outbreak, yet a risk remains.

Our supply chains are generally intact, and we are in close contact with our suppliers to identify potential disruptions and act accordingly. Significantly increased freight rates for containers.

Due to the general online shift, freight carriers might face capacity constraints. We are working with existing and newly onboarded carrier partners to mitigate effects.

Strong growth in customers and GMV due to accelerated eCommerce adoption...

Note: All figures unaudited.

...across our whole country portfolio

Customer update 2020 Strong new customer acquisition and very loyal existing customer base

Significantly increased new customer acquisition

Number of new customers acquired

Strong new customer acquisition continues to indicate a structural, accelerated online shift.

New customers indicate strong repeat purchasing behavior

Repeat purchase behaviour of recently gained new customers indicates they are likely to remain loyal customers.

Existing customers have shown higher loyalty and engagement

As a result of the higher engagement, existing customers have grown their GMV considerably across the board.

Home & Living eCommerce market provides a massive growth opportunity

The Home & Living eCommerce market will not reverse to pre-COVID levels…

…and yet the market opportunity from higher online penetration remains massive.

Online market penetration in (%) of total market

Consumer habits don't reverse, when new ones provide a clear advantage on convenience and shopping experience

Cocooning trend remains, with people spending more time at home compared to pre-COVID times

Demographic trend supportive of further online adoption, as online-savvy Millennials enter the market

Technological trends such as Augmented Reality (AR) will further enhance use cases for Home & Living eCommerce

Note: (1) Based on Euromonitor data from Jan 19, 2021 for Westwing's European market footprint. (2) Based on Westwing preliminary estimation.

Investing significantly in 2021 to lay the foundation for sustainable growth

Priorities 2021: Run the business well in a volatile environment and build the Westwing Customer Experience 2.0

COVID will continue to impact our business significantly in 2021

Health & Safety remain the basis of everything we do We run the business with high flexibility in all areas

Run our day-to-day business at highest quality standards and execute business critical initiatives

  • Ensure team cohesion during work-from-home environment
  • Expand warehouse capacity
  • Invest into HR to attract and retain talent

• Invest into product availability

Westwing Customer Experience 2.0

The next level of our Inspirational & Creative Core

State of the art Order & Post-Order Experience Ensure a scalable and reliable Business Model & Platform

Anchor Sustainability at the core of our company

Strong start into 2021 at c. 92% expected GMV growth in Q1

Q1 2021 Highlights

  • Overall very strong start into 2021
  • Daily Themes business model with a very attractive offering in line with Zeitgeist, well received from our customers
  • Very healthy unit economics, expected Adj EBITDA margin of around 14-15% in Q1 2021
  • Private Label share expected to increase to c. 31% (c. +6%pts vs. Q1 2020) clearly showing the path towards the strategic target of 50%.
  • Warehouse capacity investments to be accelerated for future growth

Q1 2021 Challenges

  • Product availability behind internal targets due to very strong demand
  • Container availability is currently low and freight rates

Quarterly GMV growth (year-over-year)

AGENDA

  • Business Update
  • Financial Update
  • Summary and Q&A
  • Appendix

Revenue growth accelerated to 76% in Q4 2020 bringing FY 2020 revenues to EUR 433m

International Segment Revenue (in EUR m)

(in % of revenue) FY 2019 FY 2020 Delta Q4 2019 Q4 2020 Delta Gross margin on all-time
high, mainly due to margin
discipline and pricing
Gross Margin 44.6% 49.4% +4.8%pts 47.1% 51.3% +4.2%pts power, but includes also
some
special effects, e.g.
low inventory write-offs
Fulfilment Costs -23.2% -19.9% +3.3%pts -21.1% -18.8% +2.3%pts due to high inventory-turn
Efficiency improvements,
Contribution margin 21.4% 29.5% +8.1%pts 26.0% 32.5% +6.5%pts scale effects in logistics,
lower return rate
Marketing ratio -8.6% -7.1% +1.5%pts -8.2% -7.0% +1.2%pts Scale effects in our
organic
marketing
G&A ratio -19.6% -13.1% +6.5%pts -16.9% -10.8% +6.1%pts Operating leverage
D&A 3.4% 2.5% -1.0%pts 2.9% 1.9% -1.0%pts
Adj EBITDA -3.8% 11.5% +15.4%pts 3.1% 16.5% +13.4%pts

Group highly profitable; DACH and International segment both performing well

Note: Adj EBITDA is excluding (i) share-based compensation expenses, (ii) expenses for the restructuring of the Italian and French business.

Net Working Capital negative at EUR -4m; CAPEX ratio very low at 1.9% due to scale effects

Free Cash Flow improved by EUR +62m yoy to EUR 40m for FY 2020

Strong Net Cash position of EUR 105m per end of 2020

Guidance FY 2021

Guidance FY 2021 Comments

EUR 510-550m Revenue (18-27% growth)

EUR 42-55m Adj EBITDA (8-10% margin)

  • High level of uncertainty around macro economic environment and consumer sentiment for Q2-Q4 2021
  • Profitability is very much driven by top line development given strong operating leverage
  • situation • As a growth company we continue to invest into attractive long-term profitable growth irrespective of short-term 2021 growth scenarios
  • Based on best-in-class cash conversion with negative Net Working Capital and low CAPEX, we will continue to translate profitability into strong cash flows

Expected implications of guidance and announced investments in 2021

(in % of revenue) FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021
expected
Gross Margin 44.6% 49.4% 48-50% Continued high gross margins, potentially slightly higher inventory
related cost
Fulfilment Costs -23.2% -19.9% -20-22% Investments into customer experience and capacity expansion
Contribution margin 21.4% 29.5% 28-30% Ongoing strong unit economics based on strong gross margin and
efficient/scalable fulfilment platform
Marketing ratio -8.6% -7.1% -8-9% Marketing investments into long-term and sustainable growth, in line
with our guided range of 8-10%
G&A ratio -19.6% -13.1% -13-14% Increase in G&A costs mainly driven by growth investments into
Technology and Private Label
D&A 3.4% 2.5% 2-3%
Adj EBITDA -3.8% 11.5% 8-10%
NWC EUR -3m EUR -4m Negative
CAPEX EUR -9m EUR -8m EUR -10-15m Higher CAPEX driven by more technology invests and warehouse
capacity increases

AGENDA

  • Business Update
  • Financial Update
  • Summary and Q&A
  • Appendix

Westwing: The European eCommerce leader for home enthusiasts

FY 2020 Summary Investment Highlights

  • EUR 433m revenue
  • 62% yoy revenue growth
  • 79% repeat customer orders
  • EUR 50m Adj EBITDA
  • 12% Adj EBITDA margin
  • EUR 40m Free Cash Flow
  • 9% Free Cash Flow margin
  • EUR 105m net cash

FY 2021 Guidance

  • EUR 510-550m revenue
  • EUR 42-55m Adj EBITDA
Opportunity is massive Home & Living market of EUR 117bn very early in eCommerce
and exiting growth momentum as online adoption accelerates
Growth driven by loyalty 1.5 million active customers(1)
and 79% of orders placed by
repeat customers
Private Label Growth driver with bestsellers tailored to our customers and
providing superior profitability
Strong cash profile Net Cash of EUR 105m(1), negative NWC, very low CAPEX
ratio (2-3%)
Attractive Target P&L 10+% Adj EBITDA and strong cash conversion
(2020 Free Cash Flow margin already at 9%)

Westwing Virtual Capital Markets Day, May 12, 2021

AGENDA

  • Business Update
  • Financial Update
  • Summary and Q&A
  • Appendix

Growing Active Customer base while expanding share of wallet

Loyalty driven business model results in exceptional repeat order rates

Note: All figures unaudited. Repeat orders defined as total number of valid orders (excluding failed and cancelled orders) from customers, which have placed a valid order before at Westwing.

Group KPIs Unit Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020
Private Label share in % of GMV 7% 9% 11% 12% 13% 15% 18% 18% 21% 22% 27% 25% 25% 22% 26% 28%
Active customers in k 794 788 802 838 881 907 921 934 927 909 926 949 986 1,178 1,284 1,529
Number of orders in k 510 492 496 723 611 555 507 726 591 492 539 805 675 1,051 874 1,474
Average basket size in EUR 115 114 114 113 119 120 124 122 129 132 132 121 127 122 129 119
Average orders LTM per active customer in # 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7
Average GMV LTM per active customer in EUR 289 293 297 301 302 305 307 312 318 322 326 327 324 325 330 328
GMV in EUR m 58
56
56 81 72 67 63 89 76 65 71 98 85 128 113 175
Mobile visit share in % 67% 69% 71% 71% 72% 73% 74% 74% 75% 76% 77% 76% 76% 79% 80% 79%

KPI definitions

Private Label share GMV share of Own and Private Label: GMV of Own and Private Label business as % of GMV Group in the same reporting period
Active customers A customer who has made a valid order within the last 12 months
Number of orders Total number of valid orders (excluding failed and cancelled orders) of a reporting period
Average basket size Weighted average value of an order: GMV divided by total number of orders of the same reporting period
Average orders LTM per active customer Total number of orders of the last 12 months divided by active customers of a reporting period
Average GMV LTM per active customer GMV of the last 12 month divided by active customers
GMV Gross Merchandise Volume: Value of all valid customer orders placed of a reporting period (i.e. excluding cancelation and VAT, but including returns).
Mobile visit share Share of daily unique visits per platform via mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) as % of all daily unique visits per platform of a reporting period

Consolidated income statement

EUR m, in % of revenue FY 2019 FY 2020 Q4 2019 Q4 2020
Revenue 267 433 88 156
Cost of Sales -148 -219 -47 -76
Gross profit 119 214 42 80
Fulfilment expenses -63 -86 -19 -29
Marketing expenses -23 -31 -7 -11
General and administrative expenses -65 -65 -17 -18
Other operating expenses -2 -4 -1 -2
Other operating income 1 3 0 1
Operating result -33 31 -2 21
Financial result -4 -4 -0 -2
Result before income tax -37 28 -3 20
Income tax expense -1 2 -1 5
Result for the period -38 30 -3 25
Reconciliation to Adj EBITDA
Operating result (EBIT) -33 31 -2 21
Share-based compensation expenses 11 8 2 1
Restructuring France and Italy 2 -0 0 -0
D&A 9 11 3 3
Adj. EBITDA -10 50 3 26
Adj EBITDA margin (%) -3.8% 11.5% 3.1% 16.5%

31 Note: Adj EBITDA is excluding (i) share-based compensation expenses, (ii) expenses for the restructuring of the Italian and French business. Previous-year figures for share-based compensation restated according to IAS 8.

Adjusted income statement

EUR m, in % of revenue FY 2019 FY 2020 Q4 2019 Q4 2020
Revenue 267 433 88 156
Revenue Growth YoY 5.3% 62.0% 12.2% 76.1%
Cost of Sales -148 -219 -47 -76
Gross Profit 119 214 42 80
Gross Margin 44.6% 49.4% 47.1% 51.3%
Fulfillment expenses -62 -86 -19 -29
Contribution profit 57 128 23 51
Contribution margin 21.4% 29.5% 26.0% 32.5%
Marketing expenses -23 -31 -7 -11
General and administrative expenses -52 -57 -15 -17
Other operating expenses -2 -4 -1 -2
Other operating income 1 3 0 1
Depreciation and Amortization 9 11 3 3
Adj EBITDA -10 50 3 26
Adj EBITDA Margin -3.8% 11.5% 3.1% 16.5%

Segment reporting

(in EUR m)
DACH FY 2019 FY 2020 Q4 2019 Q4 2020
Revenue 151 243 52 91
YoY Growth (in %) 14% 60% 18% 75%
Adj. EBITDA -0 41 4 20
Adj. EBITDA Margin % -0.3% 16.9% 7.1% 22.1%
International FY 2019 FY 2020 Q4 2019 Q4 2020
Revenue 116 190 36 65
YoY Growth (in %) -4% 64% 5% 77%
Adj. EBITDA -9 9 -1 6
Adj. EBITDA Margin % -8.1% 4.8% -2.4% 8.6%

Net Working Capital Bridge

Net Working Capital (NWC) break down as of December 31, 2020 (EUR m)

Free Cash Flow driven by operating profits with a 79% cash conversion from Adj EBITDA

Issued share capital

Share Information as of December 31, 2020

Type of Shares Ordinary bearer shares with no-par value (Stückaktien)
Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Market Segment Regulated Market (Prime Standard)
Number of Shares issued 20,844,351
Issued Share Capital EUR 20,844,351
Treasury Shares 541,250

Stock Option Programs as of December 31, 2020

Program # of options outstanding Weighted average exercise
price (EUR)
VSOP 2019(1) 830,000 1.00(1)
LTIP 2019(2) 1,948,200 19.30(2)
LTIP 2016 149,700 0.01
Other 951,859 9.36
Total 3,879,759 12.20

Note: (1) VSOP 2019 is a virtual, cash-settled option program which is capped at EUR 19.00, vesting end of 2022. (2) LTIP 2019 vesting end of 2022.

Upcoming Events

Date Event
April 1, 2021 Jefferies Pan-European Mid-Cap Virtual Conference
May 12, 2021 Publication of Q1 2021 results
May 12, 2021 Westwing Capital Markets Day
May 18, 2021 Berenberg: US Conference 2021
August 5, 2021 Annual General Meeting (virtual)
August 12, 2021 Publication of Q2 2021 results
September 20, 2021 Berenberg: German Corporate Conference
September 20-24, 2021 Baader: Investment Conference Small Cap Day
November 11, 2021 Publication of Q3 2021 results