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Prospectus for the public offering of 8,500,000 newly issued ordinary registered shares with no par value from a capital increase against cash contributions resolved by an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting of the Company on September 17, 2015 and of 36,000,000 existing ordinary registered shares with no par value from the holdings of the Selling Shareholders, of which 21,000,000 shares from the holdings of the Selling Shareholders in a base deal and up to 15,000,000 shares from the holdings of the Main Selling Shareholders and BMEP Ord subject to exercise of an increase option upon decision of the Main Selling Shareholders in consultation with the Joint Global Coordinators on the date of pricing and of up to 6,675,000 ordinary registered shares with no par value from the holdings of the Main Selling Shareholders to cover a potential over-allotment and, at the same time, for the admission to trading on the regulated market segment (regulierter Markt) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with simultaneous admission to the sub-segment of the regulated market with additional post-admission obligations (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange of up to 8,500,000 newly issued ordinary registered shares with no par value from a capital increase against cash contributions resolved by an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting of the Company on September 17, 2015 and of 100,000,000 ordinary registered shares with no par value (existing share capital) each such share with a notional value of EUR 1.00 in the share capital and with full dividend rights as from January 1, 2015 of Scout24 AG Munich, Germany International Securities Identification Number (ISIN): DE000A12DM80 German Securities Code (Wertpapier-Kenn-Nummer) (WKN): A12DM8 Common Code: 129346973 Trading Symbol: G24 Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners Credit Suisse Goldman Sachs International Joint Bookrunners Barclays Jefferies Morgan Stanley The date of this prospectus is September 18, 2015

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  • Prospectus

    for the public offering

    of

    8,500,000 newly issued ordinary registered shares with no par value from a capital increase against cashcontributions resolved by an extraordinary general shareholders meeting of the Company on September 17, 2015

    and of

    36,000,000 existing ordinary registered shares with no par value from the holdings of the Selling Shareholders, ofwhich 21,000,000 shares from the holdings of the Selling Shareholders in a base deal and up to 15,000,000 shares fromthe holdings of the Main Selling Shareholders and BMEP Ord subject to exercise of an increase option upon decision

    of the Main Selling Shareholders in consultation with the Joint Global Coordinators on the date of pricing

    and of

    up to 6,675,000 ordinary registered shares with no par value from the holdings of the Main Selling Shareholders tocover a potential over-allotment

    and, at the same time,

    for the admission to trading on the regulated market segment (regulierter Markt) of theFrankfurt Stock Exchange with simultaneous admission to the sub-segment of the regulated

    market with additional post-admission obligations (Prime Standard)of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

    of

    up to 8,500,000 newly issued ordinary registered shares with no par value from a capital increase against cashcontributions resolved by an extraordinary general shareholders meeting of the Company on September 17, 2015

    and of

    100,000,000 ordinary registered shares with no par value (existing share capital)

    each such share with a notional value of EUR 1.00 in the share capitaland with full dividend rights as from January 1, 2015

    of

    Scout24 AGMunich, Germany

    International Securities Identification Number (ISIN): DE000A12DM80German Securities Code (Wertpapier-Kenn-Nummer) (WKN): A12DM8

    Common Code: 129346973Trading Symbol: G24

    Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners

    Credit Suisse Goldman Sachs International

    Joint Bookrunners

    Barclays Jefferies Morgan Stanley

    The date of this prospectus is September 18, 2015

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS

    SUMMARY OF THE PROSPECTUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    A Introduction and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    B The Issuer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

    C Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

    D Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

    E Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

    ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DES PROSPEKTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

    A Einleitung und Warnhinweise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

    B Emittent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

    C Wertpapiere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

    D Risiken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

    E Angebot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

    1. RISK FACTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

    1.1 Risks Related to our Business and the Markets where we Operate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

    1.2 Risks Relating to our Financing Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

    1.3 Legal, Regulatory and Taxation Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

    1.4 Risks Related to our Shareholders Structure, the Offering and the Listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

    2. GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

    2.1 Responsibility for the Contents of the Prospectus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

    2.2 Subject Matter of the Prospectus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

    2.3 Forward-Looking Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

    2.4 Information from Third Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

    2.5 Documents Available for Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

    2.6 Note on Currency and Financial Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

    2.7 Non-IFRS Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

    2.8 Note Regarding Figures and Technical Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

    3. THE OFFERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

    3.1 Subject Matter of the Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

    3.2 Existing Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

    3.3 Price Range, Offer Period, Offer Price, Number of Secondary Shares, and Allotment . . . . . . . . . 97

    3.4 Expected Timetable for the Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

    3.5 Information on the Offer Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

    3.6 Allotment Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

    3.7 Stock Exchange Admission and Commencement of Trading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

    3.8 Delivery and Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

    3.9 Stabilization Measures, Over-Allotment and Greenshoe Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

    3.10 Lock-Up Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

    3.11 Designated Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

    3.12 Interests of Parties Participating in the Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

    4. REASONS FOR THE OFFERING, USE OF PROCEEDS AND COSTS OF THEOFFERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

    4.1 Proceeds and Costs of the Offering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

    4.2 Reasons for the Offering and Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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  • 5. DIVIDEND POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

    5.1 General Rules on Allocation of Profits and Dividend Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

    5.2 Dividend Policy and Earnings per Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

    6. CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

    6.1 Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

    6.2 Net Financial Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

    6.3 Contingent Liabilities and Other Financial Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

    6.4 Working Capital Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

    6.5 No Significant Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

    7. DILUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

    8. SELECTED FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .