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Disclaimer Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements made in this presentation may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These forward looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "pipeline," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Although WeWork believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statement are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained, and it is possible that actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to, WeWork's ability to refinance, extend, restructure or repay outstanding debt; its outstanding indebtedness; its liquidity needs to operate its business and execute its strategy, and related use of cash; its ability to raise capital through equity issuances, asset sales or the incurrence of debt; WeWork's expectations regarding its ability to continue as a going concern; WeWork's preparation of its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022; retail and credit market conditions; higher cost of capital and borrowing costs; impairments; its current and projected liquidity needs; changes in general economic conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine; WeWork's expectations regarding its exits of underperforming locations, including the timing of any such exits and our ability to retain our members; delays in customers and prospective customers returning to the office and taking occupancy, or changes in the preferences of customers and prospective customers with respect to remote or hybrid working, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a parallel delay, or potentially permanent change, in receiving the corresponding revenue; the impact of foreign exchange rates on WeWork's financial performance; and WeWork's inability to implement its business plan or meet or exceed its financial projections. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. WeWork discusses these and other risks and uncertainties in its annual and quarterly periodic reports and other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. WeWork undertakes no duty or obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise, except as required by law. Use of Data This presentation contains information concerning WeWork's solutions and WeWork's industry, including market size and growth rates of the markets in which WeWork participates, that are based on industry surveys and publications or other publicly available information, other third-party survey data and research reports commissioned by WeWork and its internal sources. This information involves many assumptions and limitations. There can be no guarantee as to the accuracy or reliability of such assumptions and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to this information. Further, no representation is made as to the reasonableness of the assumptions made by third parties or the accuracy or completeness of any projections or modeling or any other information contained herein. Any data on past performance of WeWork or modeling contained herein is not an indication as to future performance. WeWork has not independently verified any such third-party information. Similarly, other third-party survey data and research reports commissioned by WeWork, while believed by WeWork to be reliable, are based on limited sample sizes and have not been independently verified by WeWork. In addition, projections, assumptions, estimates, goals, targets, plans and trends of the future performance of the industry in which WeWork operates, and WeWork's future performance, are necessarily subject to uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described above. These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by independent parties and by WeWork. Except as may be required by law, WeWork assumes no obligation to update the information in this presentation. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures This presentation includes certain financial measures not presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"): Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, Building Margin. and non-GAAP financial measures of foreign exchange (including on a forward looking basis). These financial measures are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing our financial results. Therefore, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net loss or other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under GAAP. You should be aware that our presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, which may be defined and calculated differently. WeWork believes that these non-GAAP measures of financial results (including on a forward-looking basis) provide useful supplemental information to investors about WeWork. WeWork's management uses forward-looking non-GAAP measures to evaluate WeWork's projected financials and operating performance. Reconciliations of historical non-GAAP measures to their most directly comparable historical GAAP counterparts are included in the Appendix to this presentation. To the extent that forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures are provided, they are presented on a non-GAAP basis without reconciliations of such forward-looking non-GAAP measures due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliations. Non-GAAP Financial Measures of Foreign Exchange We supplement our GAAP financial results by evaluating our performance excluding the effect of foreign exchange or by assessing our performance using the foreign exchange rates that we used to calculate certain forward-looking financial information, to facilitate period-over-period comparisons. We believe that the disclosure of our financial results on a budgeted foreign exchange basis is a useful supplemental measure of operating performance because it facilitates comparison of our current performance to our guidance provided by excluding the effects of foreign currency volatility. We calculate our budgeted foreign exchange results by translating the current quarter functional currency results at our budgeted foreign exchange rate, which is an estimated forward rate for each of our functional currencies determined during the fourth quarter of the prior fiscal year as part of our annual budgeting process. The presentation of financial results on a budgeted foreign exchange basis should be considered in addition to, but not a substitute for, measures of financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP. India, China, Israel and Common Desk This presentation includes operating metrics (including number of locations, workstation capacity, and memberships) relating to (A) WeWork's investments and operations in China and India, which are not consolidated, and (B) certain locations in the United States where WeWork's operations are under the "Common Desk" brand and WeWork receives a management fee (and does not recognize other revenue or incur any operating costs) which are also not consolidated (the "Unconsolidated Common Desk Locations"). Therefore, the results of WeWork's operations in China and India as well as the Unconsolidated Common Desk Locations are not reflected in the WeWork financial statements and projections set forth in this presentation on a line-by-line basis, as such operations are not conducted through consolidated subsidiaries or controlling interests of WeWork. In June 2021, WeWork closed a franchise agreement and transferred the building operations and obligations of its Israel locations to the franchisee. Israel results of operations have been included through May 2021, and excluded from subsequent projections. Unless otherwise explicitly specified in this presentation, India, China and Israel related metrics are excluded from all calculations. Trademarks This presentation contains trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights of WeWork and other companies, which are the property of their respective owners. Preliminary Financial Information We report our financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. All projected financial information and metrics in this press release are preliminary. These estimates are not a comprehensive statement of our financial position and results of operations. There is no assurance that we will achieve our forecasted results within the relevant period or otherwise. As part of the Company's financial statement closing process it is performing its going concern analysis, which will be concluded when the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 are finalized. wework ©2023 WeWork
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