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Scout24 publishes annual report and non-financial statement 2022 and resolves share buyback programme

EQS-News: Scout24 SE / Key word(s): Annual Results Scout24 publishes annual report and non-financial statement 2022 and resolves share buyback programme 23.03.2023 / 07:30 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Scout24 publishes annual report and non-financial statement 2022 and resolves share buyback programme

• Preliminary 2022 full-year financials confirmed with double-digit revenue and earnings growth
• 18% increase in dividend to EUR 1.00 per share proposed
• Revenue and EBITDA guidance for 2023 affirmed
• Share buyback programme with a volume of up to EUR 100 million resolved
• Carbon-equivalent footprint reduced by around 75% compared with the 2018 baseline

Munich / Berlin, 23 March 2023

In the annual report for the 2022 financial year published today, Scout24 confirms the preliminary financials published on 28 February 2023. Accordingly, the Scout24 Group increased its revenue by 15.0% year on year to EUR 447.5 million. The Group’s ordinary operating EBITDA improved by 12.7% to EUR 251.1 million.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

EUR million	FY 2022	FY 2021	Change
Group revenue	447.5	389.0	+15.0%
Group ordinary operating EBITDA1	251.1	222.8	+12.7%
Group ordinary operating EBITDA margin2 in %	56.1%	57.3%	-1.2 pp
Group EBITDA3	230.6	200.8	+14.8%
Group earnings per share (basic)4	1.59	1.03	+54.3%
Adjusted Group earnings per share (basic)5	1.91	1.52	+25.7%

¹ Ordinary operating EBITDA is EBITDA adjusted for non-operating effects, mainly expenses for share-based payments, M&A activities (realised and unrealised), reorganisation measures and other non-operating effects.

² The ordinary operating EBITDA margin is defined as ordinary operating EBITDA as a percentage of revenue.

³ Group EBITDA (unadjusted) is defined as earnings before the financial result, income taxes, depreciation, amortisation and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses.

⁴ Based on a volume-weighted average number of shares of 77,806,579 for the 2022 financial year and 88,059,505 for the 2021 financial year.

⁵ Adjusted (1) for non-operating effects, which are also used to determine ordinary operating EBITDA, (2) for depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses on assets acquired in business combinations, and (3) for financial result effects primarily resulting from the AS24 transaction and from the measurement of purchase price liabilities. The nominal tax rate is applied to the adjusted earnings.