Doma's Q2 2022 Results Show Resilience Amidst Continued Housing Market Headwinds; Reaffirms 2022 Adjusted EBITDA Guidance and Commitment to Deliver Positive Adjusted EBITDA by the End of 2023

Second Quarter 2022 Business Highlights(1):

• Total revenue of $124 million, up 10% versus Q1 2022
• Retained premiums and fees of $49 million, down (5)% versus Q1 2022
• Gross profit of $7 million, flat versus Q1 2022
• Adjusted gross profit of $11 million, up 5% versus Q1 2022
• Purchase closed orders up 16% versus Q1 2022, Refinance closed orders down (47)% versus Q1 2022, and Total closed orders down (31)% versus Q1 2022

Doma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DOMA) ("Doma" or the "Company"), a leading force for disruptive change in the real estate industry, today reported quarterly financial results and key operating data for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022(2). Doma’s results demonstrate the Company's ability to effectively manage the business through a set of macroeconomic and housing industry headwinds that continued to worsen significantly in the first half of 2022. Despite these headwinds, the Company's Q2 results, including strategic investment prioritization, cost restructuring, and a focus on purchase transactions, show that Doma remains on its path to positive Adjusted EBITDA profitability by the end of 2023.

"In the face of heightened cyclical challenges within the mortgage and housing market, I am confident Doma will be recognized as one of the most agile companies to adapt to evolving market conditions, while still remaining focused on our vision of making the home closing experience better, faster, and more affordable," said Max Simkoff, CEO of Doma." The re-prioritization of our investments and our focus on purchase orders, which now make up 66% of our direct Retained Premiums and Fees, give us confidence we'll achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA by the end of 2023, if not sooner."

Doma's financial performance in the second quarter was delivered against the backdrop of a mortgage market that saw overall mortgage demand fall to the lowest level in 22 years, with purchase mortgage applications declining 14% from Q1 2022 to Q2 2022, and where purchase transaction cancellations reached 15% in June, the highest level since April of 2020. Doma's unique value proposition is highlighted by its strong performance in purchase transactions which were up 16% quarter over quarter. In anticipation of further market challenges throughout the remainder of the year, Doma took additional steps in Q2 2022 to protect its path to achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA by the end of 2023. These actions included further cost reductions amidst a narrower focus on a set of strategic home purchase initiatives. Chief among these priorities include the acceleration of additional purchase transactions onto the Doma Intelligence platform (also referred to as Doma for Purchase) and the development of additional product features within Doma for Purchase for select Enterprise referral partners.

"Because of the high degree of volatility in the mortgage market, most of which is being driven by macroeconomic factors outside of Doma's control, we are being strategically selective with our investments and are prudently managing our expenses, including prioritizing profitability and preserving cash over growth," said Mike Smith, Chief Financial Officer at Doma. "We believe that we have taken meaningful actions to guard against the uncertainty in the mortgage market in the back half of this year and to protect our bottom-line results. We are reaffirming our full year 2022 Adjusted EBITDA guidance at the low end of the range and will continue to manage our cost structure and investment prioritization, specifically focused on the purchase market, to ensure that we remain on our near-term path to profitability by the end of 2023."

Second Quarter 2022 Growth Drivers and Recent Business Highlights

• Steady progress in the purchase market, demonstrated by purchase orders as of Q2 2022 making up 38% of Doma's direct residential order volume and 66% of its direct Retained Premiums & Fees.
  • Added new features and functionality to the Doma Intelligence platform in support of purchase transactions, while ensuring increased quality and efficiency across escrow and fulfillment ahead of an accelerated rollout. Doma expects to have the majority of its purchase transactions on the Doma Intelligence platform by the end of 2023.
  • Partnered with several Enterprise referral partners to explore a version of Doma for Purchase that can be offered directly to borrowers as part of the lender's purchase workflow. Doma intends to roll out an initial version of this product with a small group of these Enterprise partners later this year and believes this initiative may unlock an additional distribution channel for Doma for Purchase.
• Continued share gain in the Enterprise channel - which comprises the majority of refinance volumes - evidenced by a net gain in wallet share across Enterprise accounts and the onboarding of several new partners in the quarter.
• Management reaffirmation of 2022 full year Adjusted EBITDA guidance at the low end of the range, due to continued developing headwinds across the mortgage market that put the Company's previous Retained Premiums & Fees guidance at risk. Management has further affirmed that the Company remains on its previously communicated timeline to achieve positive Adjusted EBITDA by the end of 2023, if not sooner.
  • Took further actions to align cost structure with the commitment to get to positive Adjusted EBITDA by the end of 2023 or earlier, and to reach positive cash flow generation by the end of 2023, including a significant downsizing of corporate support functions and a more streamlined management structure which is expected to result in a third quarter charge of $3 million and annualized cost savings of $40 million.

2022 Full Year Outlook (1):

• Non-GAAP Financial Measures
  • Doma expects Adjusted EBITDA between negative $120 million and negative $100 million (3)
  • Doma intends to reach Adjusted EBITDA positive in 2023

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Some of the financial information and data contained in this press release, such as retained premiums and fees, adjusted gross profit and adjusted EBITDA, have not been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). Retained premiums and fees is defined as revenue less premiums retained by third-party agents. Adjusted gross profit is defined as gross profit, plus depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, severance costs and change in fair value of warrant and sponsor covered shares liabilities. Doma believes that the use of retained premiums and fees, adjusted gross profit and adjusted EBITDA provides additional tools to assess operational performance and trends in, and in comparing Doma's financial measures with, other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. Doma’s non-GAAP financial measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Because of the limitations of non-GAAP financial measures, you should consider the non-GAAP financial measures presented herein in conjunction with Doma’s financial statements and the related notes thereto. Please refer to the non-GAAP reconciliations in this press release for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Conference Call Information

Doma will host a conference call at 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 9, to present its second quarter 2022 financial results.

Dial-in Details: To access the call by phone, please go to this link (registration link), and you will be provided with dial-in details. To avoid delays, we encourage participants to dial into the conference call fifteen minutes ahead of the scheduled start time.

The live webcast of the call will be accessible on the Company’s website at investor.doma.com. Approximately two hours after conclusion of the live event, an archived webcast of the conference call will be accessible from the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website for twelve months.

About Doma Holdings, Inc.

Doma is a real estate technology company that is disrupting a century-old industry by building an instant and frictionless home closing experience for buyers and sellers. Doma uses proprietary machine intelligence technology and deep human expertise to create a vastly more simple and affordable experience for everyone involved in a residential real estate transaction, including current and prospective homeowners, mortgage lenders, title agents, and real estate professionals. With Doma, what used to take days can now be done in minutes, replacing an arcane and cumbersome process with a digital experience designed for today’s world. To learn more visit doma.com.

Forward-Looking Statements Legend

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These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including changes in business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Doma; future global, regional or local economic, political, market and social conditions, including due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the development, effects and enforcement of laws and regulations, including with respect to the title insurance industry; Doma’s ability to manage its future growth or to develop or acquire enhancements to its platform; the effects of competition on Doma’s future business; the outcome of any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries; and those other factors described in Part I, Item 1A - “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and any subsequent reports filed by Doma from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

If any of these risks materialize or Doma’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Doma does not presently know or that Doma currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Doma’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. Doma anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause Doma’s assessments to change. However, while Doma may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Doma specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Doma’s assessment as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Retained premiums and fees

The following table reconciles our retained premiums and fees to our gross profit, the most closely comparable GAAP financial measure, for the periods indicated:

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Adjusted gross profit

The following table reconciles our adjusted gross profit to our gross profit, the most closely comparable GAAP financial measure, for the periods indicated:

Adjusted EBITDA

The following table reconciles our adjusted EBITDA to our net loss, the most closely comparable GAAP financial measure, for the periods indicated:

The following table reconciles our adjusted gross profit to our adjusted EBITDA, for the periods indicated:

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Quarterly Results of Operations and Other Data

The following tables set forth our selected unaudited quarterly consolidated statements of operations data for each of the quarters indicated. The information for each quarter has been prepared on a basis consistent with our audited consolidated financial statements, and reflect, in the opinion of management, all adjustments, which consist only of a normal, recurring nature that are necessary for a fair statement of the financial information contained in those financial statements. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future. The following quarterly financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

The following tables present our reconciliation of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures for the historical periods indicated.

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Adjusted EBITDA

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