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Braemar Hotels & Resorts — Ashford Hospitality Prime — Investor Presentation (November 2015)

20 slides from Braemar Hotels & Resorts's investor presentation, Nov 17, 2015

  1. Slide 1: Company Presentation – November 2015

    Company Presentation – November 2015

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor

    2 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," "m

  3. Slide 3: Ashford Hospitality Prime Vision

    Ashford Hospitality Prime Vision  Well defined strategy investing in luxury hotels in gateway and resort markets 3 Bardessono Hotel & Spa Yountville, CA Pier House Resort Key West, FL Chicago Sofitel WaterTower Chicago, IL  Grow platform through accretive acquisitions of high quality assets  Main

  4. Slide 4: Maximizing Shareholder Value

    Maximizing Shareholder Value  Consistently committed to maximizing shareholder value including the following initiatives:  Doubled common dividend to $0.10 per share in Q2 2015  $65 million convertible preferred equity raise at $18.90 conversion price  Accretive acquisition of the luxury Bardess

  5. Slide 5: Strategic Alternatives Update

    Strategic Alternatives Update  In August, the Company announced a plan to explore a full range of strategic alternatives including a possible sale of the Company  Independent directors engaged Deutsche Bank as advisors  Board is discussing all possible strategic alternatives to maximize value for

  6. Slide 6: Recent Developments

    Recent Developments 6  Acquisition of the Bardessono Hotel & issuance of convertible preferred equity  Very high quality asset in high demand market with high barriers to entry  Enabled us to grow the portfolio without raising dilutive equity  Amendments to Advisory Agreement with Ashford, Inc.

  7. Slide 7: Highest Insider Ownership

    Highest Insider Ownership 7 Public Lodging REITs include: BEE, CHSP, CLDT, DRH, FCH, HST, HT, INN, LHO, PEB, RLJ, SHO Source: Company filings. * Insider ownership for Ashford Prime includes direct & indirect interests & interests of related parties Insider Ownership 14%* 5% 4% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1

  8. Slide 8: Shareholder Alignment

    Shareholder Alignment 8 Peers Ashford Prime  Incentivized to grow  No sizeable share repurchases  Low insider ownership  Reluctance to monetize  Internal  Incentivized to outperform  Significant share repurchases  High insider ownership  Willingness to monetize  External or internal  Hist

  9. Slide 9: Asset Performance

    Asset Performance 9 Source: Company filings 11.6% 9.2% 8.8% 8.3% 6.8% 6.3% 5.9% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% DRH PEB LHO AHP SHO BEE CHSP 2014 RevPAR Growth YTD Q3 2015 RevPAR Growth 7.1% 6.3% 5.9% 5.9% 5.2% 3.9% 2.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% AHP CHSP SHO BEE DRH PE

  10. Slide 10: High Quality Portfolio

    High Quality Portfolio 10 Ashford Prime Hotels Courtyard Seattle Downtown Seattle, WA 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 Chicago Sofitel WaterTower Chicago, IL Courtyard Philad

  11. Slide 11: Portfolio Overview

    Portfolio Overview 11 (1) As of September 30, 2015 for 11 owned hotels as of November 4, 2015 (2) Wells Fargo Securities Research; Lodging: TripAdvisor Rankings (September 4, 2015) Note: Hotel EBITDA in thousands  High quality portfolio with total ADR and RevPAR of $226 and $187, respectively for t

  12. Slide 12: Investment Strategy

    Investment Strategy 12  Luxury hotels  Gateway and resort markets  Disciplined capital allocation  Lower leverage Investment Strategy Competitive Advantage  Material impact of one acquisition to portfolio given size  Market knowledge given existing presence across all Ashford companies  Oppor

  13. Slide 13: Case Study – Conversion to Remington Managed

    Case Study – Conversion to Remington Managed 13  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  R

  14. Slide 14: Opportunity – Bardessono Hotel

    Opportunity – Bardessono Hotel 14 Bardessono – Yountville, CA  Acquired in July 2015  62 keys, 1,350 sq. ft. of meeting space  Located in Yountville, CA the “Culinary Capital of Napa Valley”  High barrier to entry market  Easily accessible to the major markets in Northern California  One of on

  15. Slide 15: 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

  16. Slide 16: Debt Maturities and Leverage

    Debt Maturities and Leverage  Target leverage: Net Debt / EBITDA < 5.0x  Maintain mix of fixed and floating rate debt  Ladder maturities  Exclusive use of property-level, non-recourse debt 16 As of September 30, 2015 (1) Assumes extension options are exercised Note: All debt yield statistics are

  17. Slide 17: PKF RevPAR Growth Forecasts

    PKF RevPAR Growth Forecasts 17 PKF RevPAR Growth 5.4% 8.2% 6.8% 5.4% 8.3% 7.2% 6.3% 5.5% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% 9.0% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015F 2016F 2017F Historical RevPAR Growth Forecased RevPAR Growth

  18. Slide 18: Future Potential Growth

    Future Potential Growth 18 COMPOUNDED 2-YEAR REVPAR GROWTH RATE 24.3% 5.0% 5.5% 6.0% 6.5% 7.0% 20.0% 8.2% 9.0% 9.9% 10.7% 11.6% 25.0% 10.3% 11.3% 12.4% 13.4% 14.5% 30.0% 12.3% 13.6% 14.8% 16.1% 17.4% 35.0% 14.4% 15.8% 17.3% 18.8% 20.3% 40.0% 16.4% 18.1% 19.8% 21.5% 23.2% 45.0% 18.5% 20.3% 22.2% 24.2

  19. Slide 19: Key Takeaways

    Key Takeaways 19  High quality portfolio  Simple, focused strategy on luxury hotels  Focus on increasing shareholder value with review of strategic alternatives  Strong industry fundamentals  Strong management team with a long track record of creating shareholder value  Highly-aligned platform

  20. Slide 20: Company Presentation – November 2015

    Company Presentation – November 2015

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