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Braemar Hotels & Resorts — Ashford Hospitality Prime — Investor Presentation (November 2016)

22 slides from Braemar Hotels & Resorts's investor presentation, Nov 15, 2016

  1. Slide 1: Company Presentation – November 2016

    Company Presentation – November 2016

  2. Slide 2: Forward-looking statements

    Certain statements and assumptions in this presentation contain or are based upon “forward-looking” information and are being made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.

  3. Slide 3: Ashford Hospitality Prime: Focused strategy of investing in luxury hotels

    Ashford Hospitality Prime  Focused strategy of investing in luxury hotels in resort and gateway markets 3 Bardessono Hotel & Spa Yountville, CA Pier House Resort Key West, FL The Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas St. Thomas, USVI  Grow platform through accretive acquisitions of high quality assets  Highly-

  4. Slide 4: Excellent Progress on Strategic Alternatives

    Excellent Progress on Strategic Alternatives 4  Appointed Richard J. Stockton as new CEO effective November 14, 2016  Added Ken Fearn as an independent director  Since April 8, 2016 we have bought back approximately 2.9 million shares for $39 million  Investment has been redeemed  Increased div

  5. Slide 5: Recent Updates

    Recent Updates 5 Q3 2016 RevPAR increased 4.3%  Excellent progress on strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value  Since conclusion of strategic alternatives review in April 2016 Prime's Total Shareholder Return (TSR) outperformance versus its peers is 20.4%* Announced corporate governan

  6. Slide 6: AHP Leadership Has Delivered Results in Prudent, Accretive Growth

    $140.20 $148.64 $171.35 $199.43 $206.17 $0.00 $50.00 $100.00 $150.00 $200.00 $250.00 2012 2013 2014 2015 TTM 2016 6 AHP Leadership Has Delivered Results in Prudent, Accretive Growth ACCRETIVE GROWTH OF HOTEL PORTFOLIO  Acquired the Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas, Bardessono Hotel & Spa, Sofitel Chicago Ma

  7. Slide 7: AHP Leadership Has Delivered Results in Returning Capital to Shareholders

    7 $0.05 $0.10 $0.12 $0.00 $0.02 $0.04 $0.06 $0.08 $0.10 $0.12 $0.14 2013 Q2 15 2016 AHP Leadership Has Delivered Results in Returning Capital to Shareholders Increased quarterly common dividend by 140% since spin-off Attractive EBITDA flow-through performance Disciplined Capital Strategies 5.3% 5.0%

  8. Slide 8: Highly Aligned Management Team

    8 HIGHLY ALIGNED MANAGEMENT TEAM  Insider ownership of 16%, 6x more than hotel REIT industry average  Insider ownership among the highest of its peers  Management has significant personal wealth invested in the Company  Incentive fee based on AHP total return outperformance vs. its peers Insider

  9. Slide 9: Benefits of the Ashford Structure

    Benefits of the Ashford Structure 9 Structural Attractiveness • Publicly traded external advisor increases transparency and provides strong alignment • 8 member Board with 6 independent directors • Base Fee – based on AHP’s total enterprise value rather than book value • Incentive Fee paid only if t

  10. Slide 10: High Quality Portfolio

    High Quality Portfolio 10 Ashford Prime Hotels Marriott Seattle Seattle, WA Hilton Torrey Pines La Jolla, CA Bardessono Hotel & Spa Yountville, CA Pier House Resort Key West, FL Renaissance Tampa Tampa, FL Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile Chicago, IL Courtyard Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Capital H

  11. Slide 11: Portfolio Overview

    Portfolio Overview 11 (1) As of September 30, 2016 (2) Wells Fargo Securities Research; Lodging: TripAdvisor Rankings (September 14, 2016) Note: Hotel EBITDA in thousands  High quality portfolio with total ADR and RevPAR of $250 and $206, respectively for the TTM period  Geographically diversified

  12. Slide 12: Asset Management Initiatives

    Asset Management Initiatives 12 Pier House: Complexed GM and sales team resulting in significant labor savings Renaissance Tampa: Recently completed significant guestrooms and lobby renovation Bardessono: City approved construction of presidential villa consisting of 3 large-luxurious suites The Rit

  13. Slide 13: Capital Structure and Net Working Capital

    Capital Structure and Net Working Capital  Conservative leverage in line with platform strategy  Targeted Net Debt / EBITDA of 5.0x  All debt is non-recourse, property level mortgage debt  Targeted cash balance of 25% to 30% of market capitalization  Maintain excess cash balance to capitalize o

  14. Slide 14: Debt Maturities and Leverage

    $335.4 $8.1 $80.0 $152.0 $193.4 $0.0 $50.0 $100.0 $150.0 $200.0 $250.0 $300.0 $350.0 $400.0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Thereafter Fixed-Rate Floating-Rate Debt Maturities and Leverage  Target leverage: Net Debt / EBITDA < 5.0x  Maintain mix of fixed and floating rate debt  Ladder maturities  Exclu

  15. Slide 15: Asset Management Expertise – Bardessono

    Asset Management Expertise – Bardessono 15  Acquired in July 2015  2015 RevPAR of $564  62 keys, 1,350 sq. ft. of meeting space  Located in Yountville, CA the “Culinary Capital of Napa Valley”  High barrier to entry market  One of only three LEED Platinum certified hotels in the U.S., only hot

  16. Slide 16: Asset Management Expertise – Pier House

    Asset Management Expertise – Pier House 16  Asset management performance significantly exceeded underwriting  Eliminated $1.5mm in expenses through cost cutting initiatives:  Right-sized staffing level  Implemented improved housekeeping practices  Identified additional F&B efficiencies  Realiz

  17. Slide 17: Asset Management Expertise – Ritz St. Thomas

    Asset Management Expertise – Ritz St. Thomas 17 The Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas  Acquired in December 2015  180 keys, 10,000 sq. ft. of meeting space  Acquisition completed at favorable metrics of 7.2x TTM EBITDA and 10% TTM NOI cap rate  Located in St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands with high ba

  18. Slide 18: Corporate Governance Enhancements

    Corporate Governance Enhancements 18  Adoption of a majority voting standard for uncontested director elections and a plurality voting standard in contested director elections  Separate the roles of Chairman and CEO  Prohibit share recycling with respect to share forfeitures, stock options and st

  19. Slide 19: Board of Directors Diversity Matrix

    Board of Directors Diversity Matrix Professional Experience Geography Independence Real Estate / Hospitality C-Suite Executive Entrepreneurship Legal Public Office Southwest West Coast Southeast Independent Monty J. Bennett     Curtis B. McWilliams     Douglas A. Kessler    Matthew D. Rin

  20. Slide 20: Board of Directors Diversity Matrix (cont.)

    Board of Directors Diversity Matrix (cont.) Gender Age Ethnicity Male Female 25-40 41-55 56-75 White / Caucasian African American Monty J. Bennett    Curtis B. McWilliams    Douglas A. Kessler    Matthew D. Rinaldi    Stefani D. Carter    W. Michael Murphy    Andrew L. Strong   

  21. Slide 21: Key Takeaways

    Key Takeaways 21 Completed sale of the Courtyard Seattle Downtown for $84.5 million Successfully executed on strategic alternatives initiatives and created value for shareholders Highly-aligned management team Announced corporate governance enhancements, appointment of new independent director, and

  22. Slide 22: Company Presentation – November 2016

    Company Presentation – November 2016

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