Disclaimer

This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to our financial guidance for the first quarter of 2023 and key factors impacting our guidance; the impact of our “Right to Win” and other growth strategies, including our strategies for integrating our “House of Brands” marketplaces, marketing and product initiatives, and investments and other levers of growth on our business and operating results, including future gross merchandise sales (“GMS”) and revenue growth; our ability to attract, engage, and retain buyers and sellers; the global macroeconomic uncertainty and volatility, including inflation and rising interest rates; the status and impact of the macroeconomic headwinds and tailwinds, including additional or unforeseen impacts that COVID-19 and general market, political, economic, and business conditions may have on our business, strategy, operating results, key metrics, financial condition, profitability, and cash flows; our opportunity to reach new buyers; and uncertainty regarding and changes in overall levels of consumer spending and e-commerce generally. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “enable,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “may,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “target,” “will,” or similar expressions and derivative forms and/or the negatives of those words.

Forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those that we expect. These risks and uncertainties include: (1) the level of demand for our services or products sold in our marketplaces and our ability to support our recent growth; (2) the importance to our success of the trustworthiness of our marketplaces and our ability to attract and retain active and engaged communities of buyers and sellers; (3) risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic; (4) the fluctuation of our quarterly operating results; (5) our failure to meet our publicly announced guidance or other expectations; (6) if we or our third-party providers are unable to protect against technology vulnerabilities, service interruptions, security breaches, or other cyber incidents; (7) our dependence on continued and unimpeded access to third-party services, platforms, and infrastructure; (8) macroeconomic events that are outside of our control; (9) operational and compliance risks related to our payments systems; (10) our ability to recruit and retain employees; (11) our ability to compete effectively; (12) our ability to enhance our current offerings and develop new offerings to respond to the changing needs of sellers and buyers; (13) our ability to demonstrate progress against our environmental, social, and governance Impact strategy; (14) our efforts to expand internationally; (15) our ability to successfully integrate and receive the expected benefits from the Depop and Elo7 acquisitions; (16) acquisitions that may prove unsuccessful or divert management attention; (17) regulation in the area of privacy and protection of user data; and (18) litigation and regulatory matters, including intellectual property claims. These and other risks and uncertainties are more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, and subsequent reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, achievements, or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur.

Forward-looking statements represent our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date hereof. We disclaim any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

Governance

Through our governance approach, we cultivate a culture of ethics and accountability.

At Etsy, we believe that how we govern ourselves is a reflection of who we are and the way in which we create value for stakeholders stems from the values we hold as a company.

Good governance gives us a framework for responsibility, accountability and trustworthiness. It helps us align our day-to-day decisions with the world we want to see. And most importantly, it guides our journey towards building a future-fit company in line with our mission to Keep Commerce Human.

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Responsible Marketplace Practices

The trustworthiness of our marketplaces and the connections among our buyer and seller communities are the cornerstones of Etsy’s business.

To read more about our marketplace practices and policies please visit Our House of Rules section of Etsy.com

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Thoughtful Corporate Governance

Our corporate governance practices include an independent Board Chair, a fully independent Board (except for our CEO), independent Committee members, sophisticated and fully engaged directors with different areas of relative expertise and additional dimensions of diversity, and a balanced distribution of Board tenure, including two new directors appointed in 2021.

Integrated ESG Reporting

We strive to continue to innovate and evolve our ESG disclosures to hold ourselves accountable and transparently engage with all of our stakeholders. Since 2018, we’ve shared our ESG metrics alongside our financial results in our Integrated Annual Report. This practice is intended to ensure that we’re transparent about and accountable for progress against our environmental and social goals.

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Risk Oversight & Management

One of the key functions of our Board is to provide informed oversight of our risk management processes. While management is responsible for day-to-day management of material risks we face, our Board maintains ultimate responsibility for risk oversight.

Since 2019, Etsy has had a Risk Steering Committee, which consists of a cross-functional management team that meets regularly to review and discuss the significant risks facing Etsy. Periodic reports on material risk are provided to the full Board. The Risk Steering Committee also periodically considers areas of new or evolving risks and works to understand risk analyses and establish appropriate mitigation plans.

In addition, after first reporting our Task Force on Climate Related Finance Disclosure response in 2020, we continued to assess how to enhance our processes around climate risk in 2021. Our climate scenario analysis includes climate risk and informs our TCFD disclosure, and we cascade relevant climate risk updates to the Risk Steering Committee.

Corporate Governance Documents

Etsy's governance documents, including our code of conduct, governance guidelines, committee charters, certificate of incorporation and bylaws, are below.