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Ashford Hospitality Trust — Investor Presentation (November 2005)

20 slides from Ashford Hospitality Trust's investor presentation, Nov 28, 2005

  1. Slide 1: Ashford Hospitality Trust: The premier capital provider to the hospitality industry

    JS ASHEORD NY HOSPITALCIE YY 7 aU Se The premier capital provider to the hospitality industry™

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor

    In keeping with the SEC's "Safe Harbor" guidelines, certain statements made during this presentation could be considered forward-looking and subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ materially from those projected. When we use the words "will likely result," "may

  3. Slide 3: Discussion Topics

    Overview Internal Growth Valuation DISCUSSION TOPICS

  4. Slide 4: Overview - Investment Strategy

    Total Investments: $1.44B %Direct Hotel Investments: 92% % Debt Investments: 8% Exclusively invests in the hospitality industry across all segments and at all levels of the capital structure, including: direct hotel investments, first mortgages, mezzanine loans, and sale-leasebacks OVERVIEW - Invest

  5. Slide 5: Overview - Asset Allocation

    OVERVIEW - Asset Allocation HOTEL OWNERSHIP Current yield Capital appreciation Undervalued assets Reposition Timing: Trough/ Mid- Stage Recovery FIRST MORTGAGE Stable returns High volume Counter cyclical Timing: Peak/Early Decline MEZZANINE Wide index spreads Inefficient market Foreclosure options T

  6. Slide 6: Overview - Track Record

    OVERVIEW - Track Record Demonstrated expertise in creating value throughout cycles Source: HVS International, Ashford Hospitality Trust, AHT 2005 hotel value per room estimate Management Acquisitions Management Sales and Listings Spot Price - U.S. Hotel Value Per Room '90 33000 '91 24000 '92 6700 24

  7. Slide 7: Key Financial Measures 3Q '05

    TEV $1,450.3M Net Debt to TEV 50% EBITDA / Interest Expense 2.61x Blended Interest Cost 5.64% % Fixed 77% Shares Outstanding 62.3M Dividends $0.18/share EBITDA $29.9M AFFO / Share $0.25/share CAD / Share $0.23/share Net Income $0.08/share EBITDA Margin 26.9% Key Financial Measures 3Q '05 Income Stat

  8. Slide 8: Methods of Internal Growth

    INTERNAL GROWTH - Methods Capital Recycling Renovation/Repositioning RevPAR/Margin Growth Capital Structure

  9. Slide 9: Capital Recycling

    Acquired 21 hotel portfolio for $250M at attractive yields Core Portfolio TTM Cap Rate 11% TTM EBITDA Yield 13% Price Per Key $68,601 Sold or under contract to sell 8 non core assets for approximately $37.5M equating to 1.1% trailing cap rate Reinvested sales proceeds into higher yielding assets dur

  10. Slide 10: Direct Hotel Investments Yields

    Direct Hotel Investments Yields (TTM EBITDA at Acquisition) INTERNAL GROWTH - Capital Recycling

  11. Slide 11: Mezzanine Loan Yields at Origination

    Mezzanine Loan Yields at Origination INTERNAL GROWTH - Capital Recycling

  12. Slide 12: Renovation: Sheraton Bucks County

    187 room Sheraton Bucks County and adjacent office building acquired for $16.7M $5.7M spent during renovation equating to $32,000 per key Renovation included exterior, guest rooms, meeting rooms, restaurant, and common areas Sold adjacent office building to buyer that is funding office improvements

  13. Slide 13: Renovation drives RevPAR and EBITDA margin growth

    INTERNAL GROWTH - Renovation Capital improvement drives RevPAR and EBITDA margin growth (1) The above proforma table includes the only the 62 hotel properties included in income from continuing operations

  14. Slide 14: RevPAR/Margin Growth: Sea Turtle Inn

    INTERNAL GROWTH - RevPAR/Margin Growth 193 room Sea Turtle Inn acquired for $23.4M located on the beach in Jacksonville, FL TTM room revenue increased $348,876 since the acquisition while TTM NOI increased $870,000 Ashford has cut costs by $521,000 TTM Pre-Acquisition 9/30/05 TTM Occupancy % 75.2% 7

  15. Slide 15: Capital Structure

    Post 3Q'05 financing activity improved capital structure Weighted average maturity extended to 9.1 years from 6.5 years Weighted average cost of debt reduced from 5.8% to 5.6% Approximately 87% of debt is fixed Recent refinancing unencumbered 13 hotels from debt as a result of value creation (1) Ass

  16. Slide 16: Valuation - Lodging Fundamentals

    Room Demand Room Supply GDP 1988 0.047 0.046 0.042 1989 0.048 0.037 0.035 1990 0.022 0.035 0.018 1991 -0.011 0.017 -0.005 1992 0.021 0.009 0.03 1993 0.019 0.006 0.027 1994 0.032 0.012 0.04 1995 0.021 0.016 0.027 1996 0.021 0.024 0.036 1997 0.025 0.035 0.044 1998 0.027 0.039 0.043 1999 0.03 0.038 0.0

  17. Slide 17: Valuation - Growing Dividend

    Source: Yield Calculated using 11/21/05 closing price Increased the dividend every quarter for the past 7 quarters and the current quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share is the 4th highest yield among Hotel REITs VALUATION - Growing Dividend Dividend Yield

  18. Slide 18: Valuation - Value Per Key

    Demonstrated ability to acquire assets at attractive per key values VALUATION - Value Per Key (1) (1) Calculated by taking the average mid-point of Citibank and Legg Mason analyst estimates of brand values across chain scales

  19. Slide 19: Summary: Ashford Highlights

    SUMMARY ASHFORD HIGHLIGHTS Diversified investment strategy unique among peers Significant growth potential Capital Recycling Renovation / Repositioning RevPAR / Margin Growth Capital Structure Positioned to outperform Attractive portfolio value Above average dividend yield Management alignment with

  20. Slide 20: Ashford Hospitality Trust

    JS ASHEORD NY HOSPITALCIE YY 7 aU Se The premier capital provider to the hospitality industry™

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