Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc · NYSE:AHT

Ashford Hospitality Trust — Investor Presentation (September 2011)

28 slides from Ashford Hospitality Trust's investor presentation, Sep 28, 2011

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation September 2011

    Investor Presentation September 2011

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor

    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 r

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    Agenda Favorable macro market dynamics Focused portfolio, positioned for growth Proactive debt and equity capital market strategies Outperformance Accretive Highland transaction High insider ownership 3

  4. Slide 4: Attractive Supply/Demand Imbalance

    Attractive Supply/Demand Imbalance Demand increase is currently expected to outpace supply increase through 2014 4 Source: Smith Travel / PKF Research (forecast)

  5. Slide 5: Attractive Industry Fundamentals

    Attractive Industry Fundamentals 5 Source: Smith Travel Research (non- seasonally adjusted nominal monthly figures)

  6. Slide 6: PKF's Nominal US RevPAR Forecast

    PKF's Nominal US RevPAR Forecast 6 5-Year RevPAR Growth CAGR: 6.5% Source: Smith Travel Research / PKF Research (forecast)

  7. Slide 7: Ashford Snapshot

    Ashford Snapshot 7 Portfolio Statistics Total Enterprise Value $4.1 B Total Gross Assets $5.0 B Peer Comparison 2nd Largest # of Hotels 124 # of Owned Rooms 26,139 # of Property Managers 6 $ ADR $132.92 $ RevPAR $96.54 RevPAR Growth % 6.7% Financial Statistics Recent Share Price $6.66 (9/20/11) # Fu

  8. Slide 8: Broad Geography

    Broad Geography Ashford's geographic footprint encompasses 29 states and Washington DC 8 WEST COAST MIDDLE AMERICA TEXAS EAST COAST West Coast includes Alaska EBITDA by Region EAST COAST: 52% WEST COAST: 22% TEXAS: 12% MIDDLE AMERICA: 14%

  9. Slide 9: MSA

    MSA The vast majority of Ashford's EBITDA comes from top 25 markets, with nearly 90% coming from top 50 markets 9

  10. Slide 10: Chain Scale

    Chain Scale Approximately 97% of Ashford's EBITDA comes from upper upscale and upscale assets 10

  11. Slide 11: Brand Family

    Brand Family Approximately 85% of Ashford's EBITDA comes from Marriott and Hilton branded assets 11

  12. Slide 12: Transient vs. Group vs. Contract

    Transient vs. Group vs. Contract Our customers are predominantly transient, with a strong emphasis on corporate business 12

  13. Slide 13: Hotel EBITDA Margin Change Comparison

    Hotel EBITDA Margin Change Comparison 13

  14. Slide 14: Hotel EBITDA Flows Comparison

    Hotel EBITDA Flows Comparison 14

  15. Slide 15: Debt Maturity Schedule

    Debt Maturity Schedule AHT Debt Maturity Schedule $1,200,000 $1,000,000 $800,000 $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 i A aa = 2011 2012-2013 -2014 20152016 -—-2017_—~Beyond mFixed-Rate = Floating-Rate $ Debt (000's)

  16. Slide 16: Significant Industry Dilution

    Significant Industry Dilution 16 Source: Bloomberg

  17. Slide 17: Significant Shareholder Accretion

    Significant Shareholder Accretion 17 Source: Bloomberg

  18. Slide 18: Significantly Reduced Share Count

    Significantly Reduced Share Count 18 Source: SNL, Company Filings & Street Research.

  19. Slide 19: Potential Impact of Interest Rate Hedges in 2011

    Potential Impact of Interest Rate Hedges in 2011 19 Principal Interest Expense (est.) Interest Rate (est.) Total Debt $3.2 billion $173 million 5.4% Swap Impact ($31.9 million) Flooridor Impact (if Libor stays below 50 bps in 2011) ($39.0 million) TOTAL $3.2 billion $102 million 3.2% Note: Assumes 3

  20. Slide 20: Consistent Earnings Growth

    Consistent Earnings Growth 20

  21. Slide 21: AFFO per Share Outperformance

    AFFO per Share Outperformance 21 +43% -71%

  22. Slide 22: Accretive Highland Transaction

    Accretive Highland Transaction 22 28 hotel portfolio (19 full-service, 9 select- service) with 8,084 rooms Total consideration of $1.3 billion ($158,000 per key) 2010 EBITDA multiple 13.4x Operational upside 2010 EBITDA flows of 18% vs. AHT's of 104% Remington took over management of 17 assets NOI 3

  23. Slide 23: Portfolio Upgrade

    Portfolio Upgrade Legacy Ashford vs. Highland 2010 EBITDA Concentration 100.0% 90.0% 80.0% 73% 75% 76% 70.0% S738) 6 63% 60.0% 57% 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 24% 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% Top 25 Markets Luxury / Upper- Full-Service Urban Upscale mLegacy Ashford = Highland

  24. Slide 24: Highland Transaction - Price Per Key Comparison

    Highland Transaction - Price Per Key Comparison 24 Source: Real Capital Analytics & company filings.

  25. Slide 25: Replacement Cost per Key

    Replacement Cost per Key 25 Source: Estimated based on JP Morgan Research Report Highland was purchased for $158,000 per key - a 44% discount to replacement cost

  26. Slide 26: Reinstated Dividend w/ Growth Potential

    Reinstated Dividend w/ Growth Potential Given the material reduction in our common share count, Ashford is well positioned to cover and potentially grow its dividend 26 Though Ashford didn't pay a dividend in 2009 & 2010, it could have covered its peak dividend at 1.3x in 2009 & 1.8x in 2010

  27. Slide 27: Most Highly-Aligned Management Team

    Most Highly-Aligned Management Team 27 Source: 2011 Proxy Filings

  28. Slide 28: Investor Presentation September 2011

    Investor Presentation September 2011

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