WeWork Investor Presentation Deck
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Forward-Looking Statements
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 Inc. ("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 indebtedness; its ability to raise capital through equity issuances, asset
sales or the incurrence of new debt; retail and credit market conditions;
impairments; its current and projected liquidity needs; changes in general
economic conditions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; delays
in customers and prospective customers returning to the office and taking
occupancy as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of
variants leading to a parallel delay in receiving the corresponding revenue;
WeWork's expectations regarding its exits of underperforming locations,
including the timing of such exits and the ability to retain its members; the
impact of foreign exchange rates on our 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 may update that discussion
in its periodic reports, but otherwise takes 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.
Certain
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.
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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 estimate 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 WeWork's investments
and operations in China and India, which are not consolidated. Therefore, the
results of WeWork's operations in China and India 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.
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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 GAAP. All projected
financial information and metrics in this presentation 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. Additionally, the
timing of the planned exits and the member retention rate set forth in this
presentation are estimates. It is possible that all of these exits do not occur
during the fourth quarter of 2022, or at all.
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