William Blair Conference Presentation

June 7, 2022

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2022 William Blair Conference

Mike Egeck

Chief Executive Officer

Steve Weddell

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Nasdaq: LESL

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Leslie's at a glance

Largest and most trusted direct-to-consumer

brand in the pool and spa care industry

Physical network larger than the sum of our 20

largest competitors

Digital sales are ~5x as large as that of our largest

digital competitor

Listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker

symbol "LESL" since October 29, 2020

>$1.3B

20.7%

$271M

48.0%

FY21

Sales

FY21

Adj. EBITDA1

Sales

Growth

Adj. EBITDA1

Growth

Record Fiscal Year and 58th consecutive year of growth

1. See Appendix for reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures

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What makes us unique

Advantaged Industry

Integrated Ecosystem

Large

Consumer-centric

• U.S. pool & spa installed base = 14M

• 12M+ direct consumer relationships

• U.S. aftermarket opportunity = $14B

Unmatched Scale and Reach

Annuity-like Demand

970 locations across 39 states

• 80%+ non-discretionary product sales

Digital properties capture 60% of

specialty DTC pool traffic

Clear Path To Continued Growth

  • Six Proven Growth Initiatives
    • Growing Consumer File
    • Deeper Customer Relationships
    • The PRO Market
    • Programmatic M&A
    • Residential Whitespace
    • Disruptive Innovations
  • Predictable Growth
    • Installed base has grown every year for 52 years
    • 7%+ industry CAGR from 2016-2021
  • Total Solutions Provider
    • Proprietary AccuBlue water testing
    • Omni-channelcapabilities
    • Serving consumers whatever their need, whenever, wherever, and however they choose to engage with us

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