Business Wire | Nov 3, 2020 10:20PM EST

Drive Shack Announces Third Quarter 2020 Results

Nov. 04, 2020

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 04, 2020--Drive Shack Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: DS) today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020. The Company also provided an update on the business, as well as measures it has taken to sustain liquidity.

"We are pleased with our third quarter results as we see our venues and courses continue to build momentum over the year. Both of these businesses delivered positive financial results in the quarter, even with the challenges we continue to face with local restrictions and mandates with large group gatherings," said Chief Executive Officer Hana Khouri. "Over the past several months, we have aggressively managed costs to strengthen our financial position and implemented measures to preserve cash and sustain our liquidity. We also delivered on a large strategic goal with closing the sale of our Rancho San Joaquin traditional golf course in October for nearly $34 million in net cash proceeds. We've taken actions to re-stabilize our business amid the current environment and believe we are positioned to advance the growth plans we laid out earlier this year."

Khouri continued, "Our teams have been highly engaged in innovating and developing new promotional offers geared towards smaller group gatherings in our Drive Shack venues to help drive traffic and generate increased revenue. We debuted our new 2-bay package in mid-September to encourage small event bookings in all Drive Shack locations and since our launch, the early response by our guests has been positive. We plan to further this momentum by launching our online reservation platform in December. We are also excited to announce that we have developed a plan to reopen our Orlando venue next month. I look forward to sharing more details on our upcoming earnings call."

Business Update

The strong momentum and demand for traditional golf continued throughout the third quarter. New full golf membership sales increased 48% and member rounds increased 36% on our five private courses compared to the third quarter 2019. During the same period, green and cart fee revenue increased 15% on our 31 public courses compared to the third quarter 2019, despite available tee times decreasing due to locally mandated restrictions. Overall, our traditional golf business generated total revenue of $60 million in the third quarter 2020, which includes $15 million of managed course expense reimbursements. AGC's total revenue decreased by $11 million compared to the third quarter 2019, largely due to event revenue, which decreased by almost $11 million during the same period.

The Company's entertainment golf venues in West Palm Beach, Richmond and Raleigh reopened during the second quarter and remained open throughout the third quarter. Despite venue capacity restrictions and group size limitations, the three venues generated total revenue of approximately $6 million during the third quarter. The Company expects to reopen its Orlando venue in December 2020.

Financial Liquidity Update

As of October 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $44 million of unrestricted cash on hand compared to approximately $12 million as of July 31, 2020. This increase is primarily due to the sale of the traditional golf course, which generated cash proceeds of $33.6 million. The Company maintained initiatives put in place earlier this year, including a re-positioned labor model designed to improve operational and financial performance, which yielded significant benefits in the third quarter as our operations generated positive cash flows at both the venue and course level.

The Company continues to focus on strengthening its financial position to ensure it has ample liquidity and flexibility to successfully execute its growth initiatives for 2021.

Third Quarter Financial Results (unaudited)

Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

compared to the Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

($ in thousands, except for per share data):

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

September September September September 30, 2020 30, 2019 30, 2020 30, 2019

Total revenues $ 66,465 $ 74,682 $ 159,700 $ 200,249

Loss applicable to $ (10,807 ) $ (13,414 ) $ (70,485 ) $ (43,763 )common stockholders

Loss applicable to common stock, per share

Basic $ (0.16 ) $ (0.20 ) $ (1.05 ) $ (0.65 )

Diluted $ (0.16 ) $ (0.20 ) $ (1.05 ) $ (0.65 )

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company reported a loss of approximately $11 million, or ($0.16) per share, compared to a loss of approximately $13 million, or ($0.20) per share, in the corresponding period of the prior year.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company reported a loss of approximately $70 million, or ($1.05) per share, compared to a loss of approximately $44 million, or ($0.65) per share, in the corresponding period of the prior year.

2020 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call Details

Management will host a conference call to discuss these results on Wednesday, November 4th at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed approximately ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call by dialing 1-866-913-6930 (from within the U.S.) or 1-409-983-9881 (from outside of the U.S.) and referencing conference ID "6882066."

A copy of the earnings release will be posted to the Investor Relations section of Drive Shack Inc.'s website, http://ir.driveshack.com.

A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be available to the public on a listen-only basis at http://ir.driveshack.com. Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the website and download any necessary software required to listen to the internet broadcast.

A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available two hours following the call's completion through 11:30 P.M. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 by dialing 1-800-585-8367 (from within the U.S.) or 1-404-537-3406 (from outside of the U.S.) and referencing conference ID "6882066."

Additional Information

For additional information that management believes to be useful for investors, please refer to the presentation posted on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, http://ir.driveshack.com. For consolidated information, please refer to the Company's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available on the Company's website, http://ir.driveshack.com.

About Drive Shack

Drive Shack Inc. is a leading owner and operator of golf-related leisure and entertainment businesses.

Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements regarding Drive Shack Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "Drive Shack", "we" or "us") in this earnings release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "by", "approaches", "nearly", "potential", "continues", "may", "will", "should", "could", "seeks", "approximately", "predicts", "intends", "plans", "estimates", "anticipates", "target", "goal", "projects", "contemplates" or the negative version of those words or other comparable words. Any forward-looking statements contained in this presentation, including statements regarding the expected development schedule and timing of specific milestones for our facilities, including The Puttery and Drive Shack venues, our expected and the remaining cost for our development projects (both individually and in the aggregate), the expected capabilities of our development projects once completed, our intentions to make use of capital or free cash flow and our future financial position and liquidity are based upon our limited historical performance and on our current plans, estimates and expectations in light of information (including industry data) currently available to us. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. These statements are subject to a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond our control. We can give no assurance that its expectations regarding any forward-looking statements will be attained. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements made in this earnings release. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the risk that our construction schedules will take longer than we expect, that our expectations about the consumer demand for our product will not prove accurate, that our operating or other costs will increase or our expected remaining costs for development projects underway increases. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this earnings release. We expressly disclaim any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(dollars in thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited) December 31, September 30, 2019 2020

Assets

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents $ 13,314 $ 28,423

Restricted cash 2,904 3,103

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $899 3,670 5,249 and $1,082, respectively

Real estate assets, held-for-sale, net 17,016 16,948

Real estate securities, available-for-sale 3,027 3,052

Other current assets 14,861 17,521

Total current assets 54,792 74,296

Restricted cash, noncurrent 286 438

Property and equipment, net of accumulated 175,014 179,641 depreciation

Operating lease right-of-use assets 198,458 215,308

Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization 15,329 17,565

Other investments 0 24,020

Other assets 5,610 4,723

Total assets $ 449,489 $ 515,991



Liabilities and Equity

Current liabilities

Obligations under finance leases 6,583 6,154

Membership deposit liabilities 14,815 10,791

Accounts payable and accrued expenses 38,964 25,877

Deferred revenue 15,351 26,268

Real estate liabilities, held-for-sale 5 4

Other current liabilities 30,452 23,964

Total current liabilities 106,170 93,058

Credit facilities and obligations under 12,435 13,125 finance leases - noncurrent

Operating lease liabilities - noncurrent 171,592 187,675

Junior subordinated notes payable 51,185 51,192

Membership deposit liabilities, noncurrent 97,943 95,805

Deferred revenue, noncurrent 7,385 6,283

Other liabilities 3,154 3,278

Total liabilities $ 449,864 $ 450,416



Commitments and contingencies



Equity

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000shares authorized, 1,347,321 shares of 9.75%Series B Cumulative Redeemable PreferredStock, 496,000 shares of 8.05% Series CCumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and 61,583 61,583 620,000 shares of 8.375% Series D CumulativeRedeemable Preferred Stock, liquidationpreference $25.00 per share, issued andoutstanding as of September 30, 2020 andDecember 31, 2019



Common stock, $0.01 par value, 1,000,000,000shares authorized, 67,227,944 and 67,068,751 672 671 shares issued and outstanding at September30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

Additional paid-in capital 3,178,319 3,177,183

Accumulated deficit (3,242,337 ) (3,175,572 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income 1,388 1,710

Total equity $ (375 ) $ 65,575



Total liabilities and equity $ 449,489 $ 515,991

ConsolidatedStatements ofOperations (unaudited)

(dollars inthousands,except share data)

Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30,

2020 2019 2020 2019

Revenues

Golf $ 58,766 $ 60,797 $ 137,066 $ 162,889 operations

Sales of food 7,699 13,885 22,634 37,360 and beverages

Total revenues 66,465 74,682 159,700 200,249

Operating costs

Operating 54,993 63,454 142,584 169,897 expenses

Cost of sales- food and 2,170 3,856 6,654 10,458 beverages

General andadministrative 7,916 12,755 24,102 37,981 expense

Depreciationand 6,853 5,723 20,329 15,769 amortization

Pre-opening 227 4,350 1,049 7,229 costs

(Gain) loss onlease 302 1,872 (2,031 ) 6,077 terminations and impairment

Totaloperating 72,461 92,010 192,687 247,411 costs

Operating loss (5,996 ) (17,328 ) (32,987 ) (47,162 )



Other income (expenses)

Interest andinvestment 135 191 400 799 income

Interest (2,896 ) (2,061 ) (8,232 ) (6,008 )expense, net

Other income (157 ) 7,341 (24,212 ) 12,955 (loss), net

Total otherincome (2,918 ) 5,471 (32,044 ) 7,746 (expenses)

Loss before (8,914 ) (11,857 ) (65,031 ) (39,416 )income tax

Income tax 498 162 1,269 162 expense

Net Loss (9,412 ) (12,019 ) (66,300 ) (39,578 )

Preferred (1,395 ) (1,395 ) (4,185 ) (4,185 )dividends

LossApplicable to $ (10,807 ) $ (13,414 ) $ (70,485 ) $ (43,763 )Common Stockholders



LossApplicable to Common Stock, per share

Basic $ (0.16 ) $ (0.20 ) $ (1.05 ) $ (0.65 )

Diluted $ (0.16 ) $ (0.20 ) $ (1.05 ) $ (0.65 )

WeightedAverage Numberof Shares of Common StockOutstanding

Basic 67,212,532 67,040,692 67,131,827 67,032,519

Diluted 67,212,532 67,040,692 67,131,827 67,032,519

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CONTACT: Investor Relations (646) 585-5591 ir@driveshack.com