Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Closes on the Sale of $317 Million of Non-Core Assets; Greatly Reducing Its Exposure to International Markets

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Business Wire 27-Feb-2018 6:00 AM
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MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (Park) (NYSE:PK) today announced that it closed on the sale of 11 non-core assets, including a portfolio of three Embassy Suites hotels, a portfolio of seven U.K. hotels and one South African hotel for total gross proceeds of $317 million, equating to $136,000 per key across three separate transactions. When adjusted for Parks anticipated capital expenditures of $123 million for the 11 hotels, the proceeds represent a 5.7% capitalization rate on the portfolios projected 2017 net operating income (7.9% excluding capex), or 14.8x the portfolios projected 2017 EBITDA (10.7x excluding capex).
I am thrilled with our teams success in executing our stated strategy of recycling capital out of non-core assets with significant expected capex, while dramatically reducing our exposure to international markets, commented Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Park. Since the start of the year, we have closed on 12 asset sales totaling nearly $379 million with an average RevPAR of just $106, or 36% lower than Parks pro-forma RevPAR on a trailing 12-month basis, while saving an estimated $132 million of anticipated capex over the next few years.
Embassy Suites Portfolio
The Embassy Suites portfolio sold for total gross proceeds of approximately $95.8 million, equating to $142,000 per key. The portfolio consists of the 241-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta Perimeter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, the 236-room Embassy Suites by Hilton San Rafael Marin County in San Rafael, California, and the 199-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Kansas City Overland Park in Overland Park, Kansas.
U.K. Portfolio
The U.K. portfolio sold for total gross proceeds of approximately $189 million, equating to $141,000 per key. The portfolio consists of the 188-room Hilton London Islington in London, U.K., the 173-room Hilton Bath City in Bath, U.K., the 184-room Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor in Edinburgh, U.K., the 198-room Hilton Belfast in Belfast, U.K., the 278-room Hilton Blackpool in Blackpool, U.K., the 138-room Hilton Milton Keynes in Milton Keynes, U.K. and the 175-room Hilton Coylumbridge in Coylumbridge, U.K.
Hilton Durban
In addition to the above-mentioned sales, Park also closed on the sale of the 327-room Hilton Durban Hotel located in Durban, South Africa for gross proceeds of approximately $32.5 million, equating to $99,000 per key.
About Park Hotels & Resorts
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: PK) is the second largest publicly traded lodging real estate investment trusts with a diverse portfolio of market-leading hotels and resorts with significant underlying real estate value. Parks portfolio currently consists of 55 premium-branded hotels and resorts with over 32,000 rooms located in prime U.S. and international markets with high barriers to entry. For additional information, please visit Park's website at www.pkhotelsandresorts.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to Parks current expectations regarding the performance of its business, financial results, liquidity and capital resources, the effects of competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations and other non-historical statements. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words outlook, believes, expects, potential, continues, may, will, should, could, seeks, projects, predicts, intends, plans, estimates, anticipates or the negative version of these words or other comparable words. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and Park urges investors to carefully review the disclosures Park makes concerning risk and uncertainties in Item 1A: Risk Factors in Parks Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as such factors may be updated from time to time in Parks periodic filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SECs website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, Park undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Ian Weissman, 703-584-7441Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategyiweissman@pkhotelsandresorts.com
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