Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP) today announced
that its Board of Directors declared its first quarterly cash
dividend in its new structure as a Real Estate Investment Trust
(REIT) and announced financial guidance for 2013.
“Our company today has the appropriate capital deployment
strategy in place for our shareholders and our business, a lean
cost structure, an enviable balance sheet and the ability to
generate strong free cash flow,” stated Colin V. Reed, chairman,
chief executive officer and president of Ryman Hospitality
Properties. “All of these factors give us confidence that we are
well positioned relative to our peers.”
First Quarter Dividend
The Company declared its first quarterly cash dividend of $0.50
per share of common stock payable on April 12, 2013 to stockholders
of record on March 28, 2013. It is the Company’s current plan to
distribute total annual dividends of approximately $2.00 per share
in cash in equal quarterly payments in April, July, October, and
January, subject to the board’s future determinations as to the
amount of quarterly distributions and the timing thereof.
On December 17, 2012, the Company announced that its Board of
Directors had approved its current dividend policy pursuant to
which the Company plans to pay a quarterly cash dividend to
stockholders in an amount equal to at least 50% of Adjusted Funds
from Operations (Adjusted FFO), as defined below under
“Supplemental Information,” on an annualized basis or 100% of REIT
taxable income on an annualized basis, whichever is greater. The
declaration, timing and amount of dividends will be determined by
future action of the Company’s Board of Directors, and the dividend
policy may be altered at any time by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
2013 Guidance
In addition, the Company announced its earnings guidance for
2013, including its calculation method for Adjusted EBITDA and
Adjusted FFO. The Company expects total Company Adjusted EBITDA for
2013 of $281.0 million to $297.0 million and Adjusted FFO (before
REIT conversion costs) for 2013 of $212.0 million to $225.0 million
and Adjusted FFO (after REIT conversion costs) for 2013 of $199.0
million to $213.0 million. Estimated amounts are as follows:
US$ in millions except per share amounts 2013
Guidance Low High Hospitality RevPAR(1) 3.0 %
6.0 % Hospitality Total RevPAR(1) 2.0 % 5.0 % Adjusted
EBITDA Hospitality $ 278.0 $ 288.0 Opry and Attractions 15.0 17.0
Corporate and Other (24.0 ) (20.0 ) Gaylord National Bonds 12.0
12.0 Total Adjusted EBITDA $281.0 $297.0
Adjusted FFO(2) $ 212.0 $ 225.0 REIT conversion costs
(tax effected) (13.0 ) (12.0 )
Adjusted FFO after REIT conversion costs(2)
$199.0 $213.0 Adjusted FFO per Share(2) $ 4.03
$ 4.27
Adjusted FFO per Share after REIT conversion costs(2)
$ 3.78 $ 4.04 Estimated Basic Shares Outstanding 52.7 52.7
(1) Hospitality RevPAR estimated annual increases are based on
2012 Adjusted Hospitality RevPAR of $123.36 (as adjusted to reflect
a change in room counting methods that does not exclude renovation
rooms from the calculation of rooms available, per Marriott room
counting methods), and Hospitality Total RevPAR estimated annual
increases are based on 2012 Adjusted Hospitality Total RevPAR of
$305.30 (as adjusted to reflect the elimination from the first
three quarters of 2012 of revenues from retail operation that were
outsourced to a third-party retailer beginning in the fourth
quarter of 2012, as well as Marriott room counting methods).
(2) Adjusted FFO guidance includes a deduction for maintenance
capital expenditures of $35.0 to $38.0 million.
An explanation of the calculation of RevPAR, Total RevPAR,
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted FFO as well as a reconciliation of
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted FFO amounts to estimated net income
(loss) or estimated segment operating income (loss) is included
below as part of the Supplemental Information contained in this
press release.
Capital Allocation
Strategy
The Company also articulated its current capital allocation
strategy, which is focused on the proposed dividends to
stockholders and its previously announced stock repurchase program.
In December, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share
repurchase program for up to $100 million of the Company's common
stock using cash on hand and borrowings under the revolving credit
line of its $925 million credit facility. The repurchases are
intended to be implemented through open market transactions on U.S.
exchanges or in privately negotiated transactions, in accordance
with applicable securities laws, and any market purchases will be
made during open trading window periods or pursuant to any
applicable Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The timing, prices, and sizes
of repurchases will depend upon prevailing market prices, general
economic and market conditions and other considerations. The
repurchase program does not obligate the Company to acquire any
particular amount of stock.
Company Investor and Analyst
Day
The Company is holding its Investor and Analyst Day today,
Friday, February 15th. The event will take place at Gaylord
National Resort and Convention Center, just outside of Washington,
DC in National Harbor, MD. The presentation portion of the event
will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Investors can
view and listen to the presentation over the Internet at
www.rymanhp.com. To listen to the live event, please go to the
Investor Relations section of the website (Investor
Relations/Presentations, Earnings, and Webcasts) at least 15
minutes prior to the call to register, download and install any
necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live
broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call and
will run for at least 30 days. The investor presentation slides
will also be available on the Internet at www.rymanhp.com.
About Ryman Hospitality Properties,
Inc.:
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP), is a REIT for
federal income tax purposes, specializing in group-oriented,
destination hotel assets in urban and resort markets. The Company’s
owned assets include a network of four upscale, meetings-focused
resorts totaling 7,797 rooms that are managed by world-class
lodging operator Marriott International, Inc. under the Gaylord
Hotels brand. Other owned assets managed by Marriott International,
Inc. include Gaylord Springs Golf Links, the Wildhorse Saloon, the
General Jackson Showboat and The Inn at Opryland, a 303-room
overflow hotel adjacent to Gaylord Opryland. The Company also owns
and operates a number of media and entertainment assets, including
the Grand Ole Opry (opry.com), the legendary weekly showcase of
country music’s finest performers for nearly 90 years; the Ryman
Auditorium, the storied former home of the Grand Ole Opry located
in downtown Nashville; and WSM-AM, the Opry’s radio home. For
additional information about Ryman Hospitality Properties, visit
www.rymanhp.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements as to the Company’s
beliefs and expectations of the outcome of future events that are
forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by
the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current
facts. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited
to, statements regarding the future performance of our business,
the effect of the Company’s election of REIT status, the amount of
conversion or other costs relating to the restructuring
transactions, the expected approach to making dividend payments,
the board’s ability to alter the dividend policy at any time, plans
to engage in common stock repurchase transactions and the timing
and form of such transactions, and other business or operational
issues. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from the statements made. These include the risks and uncertainties
associated with economic conditions affecting the hospitality
business generally, the geographic concentration of the Company’s
hotel properties, business levels at the Company’s hotels, the
effect of the Company’s election to be taxed as a REIT for federal
income tax purposes effective for the year ending December 31,
2013, the Company’s ability to remain qualified as a REIT, the
Company’s ability to execute its strategic goals as a REIT, the
effects of business disruption related to the Marriott management
transition and the REIT conversion, the Company’s ability to
realize cost savings and revenue enhancements from the REIT
conversion and the Marriott transaction, the Company’s ability to
generate cash flows to support dividends, future board
determinations regarding the timing and amount of dividends and
changes to the dividend policy, which could be made at any time,
the determination of Adjusted Funds from Operations and REIT
taxable income, and the Company’s ability to borrow funds pursuant
to its credit agreements and to refinance indebtedness. Other
factors that could cause operating and financial results to differ
are described in the filings made from time to time by the Company
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and include
the risk factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and our Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2012,
June 30, 2012, and September 30, 2012. The Company does not
undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to
forward-looking statements made by it to reflect events or
circumstances occurring after the date hereof or the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
Supplemental Information
This release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and notes thereto included in our most recent
reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Copies of these reports are
available on our website at no expense at www.rymanhp.com and
through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval
System (“EDGAR”) at www.sec.gov.
Calculation of RevPAR and Total
RevPAR
We calculate revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) for our
hotels by dividing room revenue by room nights available to guests
for the period. We calculate total revenue per available room
(“Total RevPAR”) for our hotels by dividing the sum of room
revenue, food & beverage, and other ancillary services revenue
by room nights available to guests for the period.
Hospitality RevPAR estimated annual increases are based on 2012
Adjusted Hospitality RevPAR of $123.36 (as adjusted to reflect a
change in room counting methods that does not exclude renovation
rooms from the calculation of rooms available, per Marriott room
counting methods), and Hospitality Total RevPAR estimated annual
increases are based on 2012 Adjusted Hospitality Total RevPAR of
$305.30 (as adjusted to reflect the elimination from the first
three quarters of 2012 of revenues from retail operation that were
outsourced to a third-party retailer beginning in the fourth
quarter of 2012, as well as Marriott room counting methods).
Non-GAAP Financial
Measures
We present the following non-GAAP financial measures that we
believe are useful to investors as key measures of our operating
performance: Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted FFO.
To calculate Adjusted EBITDA, we determine EBITDA, which
represents net income (loss) determined in accordance with GAAP,
plus loss (income) from discontinued operations, net; provision
(benefit) for income taxes; other (gains) and losses, net; (income)
loss from unconsolidated entities; interest expense; and
depreciation and amortization, less interest income. Adjusted
EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus preopening costs; non-cash
ground lease expense; equity-based compensation expense; impairment
charges; any closing costs of completed acquisitions; interest
income on Gaylord National bonds; other gains (and losses) and any
other adjustments we have identified in this release. We believe
Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors in evaluating our operating
performance because this measure helps investors evaluate and
compare the results of our operations from period to period by
removing the impact of our capital structure (primarily interest
expense) and our asset base (primarily depreciation and
amortization) from our operating results. A reconciliation of net
income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is set forth below
under “Supplemental Information.”
We calculate Adjusted FFO to mean net income (loss) (computed in
accordance with GAAP), excluding non-controlling interests, and
gains and losses from sales of property; plus depreciation and
amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs
and debt discounts) and impairment losses; we also exclude
written-off deferred financing costs, non-cash ground lease
expense, amortization of debt premiums and amortization of deferred
financing costs; and gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt, and
subtract maintenance capital expenditures. We have presented
Adjusted FFO both including and excluding REIT conversion costs. We
believe that the presentation of Adjusted FFO provides useful
information to investors regarding our operating performance
because it is a measure of our operations without regard to
specified non-cash items such as real estate depreciation and
amortization, gain or loss on sale of assets and certain other
items which we believe are not indicative of the performance of our
underlying hotel properties. We believe that these items are more
representative of our asset base than our ongoing operations. We
also use Adjusted FFO as one measure in determining our results
after taking into account the impact of our capital structure. A
reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted FFO is set forth
below under “Supplemental Information.”
We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with
our definitions of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted FFO may not be
comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies,
because not all companies calculate these non-GAAP measures in the
same manner. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted FFO should not be
considered as alternative measures of our net income (loss),
operating performance, cash flow or liquidity. Adjusted EBITDA and
Adjusted FFO may include funds that may not be available for our
discretionary use due to functional requirements to conserve funds
for capital expenditures and property acquisitions and other
commitments and uncertainties. Although we believe that Adjusted
EBITDA and Adjusted FFO can enhance an investor’s understanding of
our results of operations, these non-GAAP financial measures, when
viewed individually, are not necessarily better indicators of any
trend as compared to GAAP measures such as net income (loss) or
cash flow from operations. In addition, you should be aware that
adverse economic and market and other conditions may harm our cash
flow.
RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES,
INC.
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and
Adjusted AFFO
Year Ended December
31, 2013 Low High
Ryman Hospitality
Properties, Inc.
Net Income $ 91,100 $ 98,100
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (8,000 ) (7,000 ) Other
(gains) and losses, net (2,300 ) (2,300 ) Interest expense 46,000
50,900 Interest income (12,000 ) (12,000 )
Operating Income 114,800 127,700 Depreciation
and amortization 120,000 125,000
EBITDA 234,800 252,700 Non-cash lease expense
5,600 5,600 Equity based compensation 6,300 6,400 Other gains and
(losses), net 2,300 2,300 Interest income 1 12,000 12,000 REIT
conversion costs 20,000 18,000
Adjusted EBITDA $ 281,000 $
297,000
Hospitality
Segment
Operating Income $ 159,100 $
167,100 Depreciation and amortization 107,000
110,000
EBITDA 266,100 277,100
Non-cash lease expense 5,600 5,600 Equity based compensation - -
Other gains and (losses), net 2,300 2,300 Interest income 12,000
12,000 REIT conversion costs 4,000 3,000
Adjusted EBITDA $ 290,000
$ 300,000
Opry and
Attractions Segment
Operating Income $ 8,900 $ 9,800
Depreciation and amortization 5,500 6,500
EBITDA 14,400 16,300 Non-cash lease
expense - - Equity based compensation 600 700 Interest income - -
REIT conversion costs - -
Adjusted
EBITDA $ 15,000 $ 17,000
Corporate and
Other Segment
Operating Income $ (53,200 ) $
(49,200 ) Depreciation and amortization 7,500
8,500
EBITDA (45,700 )
(40,700 ) Non-cash lease expense - - Equity based
compensation 5,700 5,700 Interest income - - REIT conversion costs
16,000 15,000
Adjusted EBITDA
$ (24,000 ) $ (20,000 )
Ryman Hospitality
Properties, Inc.
Net Income $ 91,100 $ 98,100
Depreciation & Amortization 120,000 125,000 Capital
Expenditures (38,000 ) (36,000 ) Non-Cash Lease Expense 5,600 5,600
Amortization of Debt Premiums/Disc. 15,000 15,000 Amortization of
DFC 5,300 5,300
Adjusted FFO
$ 199,000 $ 213,000 REIT
Conversion Costs 2 13,000 12,000
Adjusted FFO Excl. REIT Conversion Costs $
212,000 $ 225,000
1 Represents interest from the
Gaylord National Bonds
2 REIT conversion costs net of tax
impact.
RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES, INC. AND
SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL RESULTS
Unaudited
(in thousands, except operating
metrics)
Twelve Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012 Actual 2012 Adjusted
Hospitality
Segment
Occupancy 72.6 % 70.8 % Average daily rate (ADR) $ 170.48 $ 174.15
RevPAR $ 123.81 $ 123.36 OtherPAR $ 186.39 $ 181.94 Total RevPAR $
310.21 $ 305.30 Revenue $ 916,041 $ 904,649
Gaylord
Opryland
Occupancy 72.9 % 70.5 % Average daily rate (ADR) $ 156.18 $ 161.37
RevPAR $ 113.83 $ 113.83 OtherPAR $ 159.86 $ 153.43 Total RevPAR $
273.69 $ 267.26 Revenue $ 288,692 $ 281,910
Gaylord Palms
(a)
Occupancy 77.6 % 74.9 % Average daily rate (ADR) $ 166.67 $ 168.97
RevPAR $ 129.28 $ 126.53 OtherPAR $ 217.51 $ 212.88 Total RevPAR $
346.78 $ 339.42 Revenue $ 174,662 $ 174,662
Gaylord
Texan
Occupancy 74.8 % 73.7 % Average daily rate (ADR) $ 173.06 $ 175.53
RevPAR $ 129.38 $ 129.38 OtherPAR $ 232.69 $ 227.92 Total RevPAR $
362.07 $ 357.30 Revenue $ 200,235 $ 197,595
Gaylord
National
Occupancy 68.9 % 67.8 % Average daily rate (ADR) $ 202.24 $ 205.59
RevPAR $ 139.33 $ 139.33 OtherPAR $ 192.45 $ 189.76 Total RevPAR $
331.78 $ 329.09 Revenue $ 242,379 $ 240,409
The Inn at
Opryland (b)
Occupancy 61.7 % 60.7 % Average daily rate (ADR) $ 103.70 $ 105.43
RevPAR $ 63.99 $ 63.99 OtherPAR $ 28.80 $ 28.80 Total RevPAR $
92.80 $ 92.80 Revenue $ 10,074 $ 10,074
(a) 2012 Actual excludes 10,934 room
nights that were taken out of service during the twelve months
ended December 31, 2012.
(b) 2012 Actual and Adjusted Includes
other hospitality revenue and expense.
Notes:
2012 adjusted occupancy, RevPAR, OtherPAR and Total RevPAR reflect
Marriott accounting procedures and do not exclude renovation rooms
from the calculation of rooms available which is different from how
the Company has accounted for renovation rooms in the past.
2012 adjusted occupancy and ADR reflect the Marriott accounting
procedure for comp room nights which does not include comp room
nights in the calculation of occupied rooms which is different from
how the Company has accounted for comp rooms in the past.
2012 adjusted revenue, OtherPAR and Total RevPAR reflect the impact
from outsourcing the retail operations at Opryland, Texan and
National.
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