Rezidor Hotel Group: Rezidor Hotel Group: INTERIM REPORT January-September 2017

Third Quarter 2017

• On a like-for-like basis ("L/L") Revenue increased by 3.6%, supported by L/L RevPAR growth for leased and managed hotels of 4.7%. The RevPAR growth is due to increase in both occupancy and average room rate.
• Revenue decreased by MEUR 2.2 to MEUR 249.1. The decrease is mainly due to the exit of four leased hotels last year, the temporary closure of one leased hotel for renovation and the strengthening of the Euro, partly offset by positive RevPAR development and re-opening of one leased hotel after renovation.
• EBITDA increased by MEUR 5.4 to MEUR 34.4 and the EBITDA margin increased by 2.3 pp to 13.8%. EBITDA is positively impacted by lower central costs of MEUR 4.5, which is mainly due to costs of one-off nature last year.
• EBIT increased by MEUR 4.4 to MEUR 20.8 and the EBIT margin increased by 1.9 pp to 8.4%. The increase in EBITDA is partly offset by higher net costs for write-downs of fixed assets of MEUR 0.7.
• Profit for the period decreased by MEUR 0.5 to MEUR 14.4. The profit for the period is negatively impacted by higher tax costs of MEUR 3.9, since tax last year was positively impacted by one-off items.
• Basic and diluted earnings per share were EUR 0.08 (0.09).
• 1,880 (1,879) rooms were contracted, 1,573 (292) rooms opened and 649 (515) rooms left the system.

Nine months ended September 2017

• On a L/L basis Revenue increased by 4.6%, supported by L/L RevPAR growth for leased and managed hotels of 4.9%.
• Revenue increased by MEUR 7.6 to MEUR 725.7.
• EBITDA increased by MEUR 9.1 to MEUR 65.3 and the EBITDA margin increased by 1.2 pp to 9.0%.
• EBIT increased by MEUR 5.6 to MEUR 18.9 and the EBIT margin increased by 0.7 pp to 2.6%.
• Profit for the period increased by MEUR 0.9 to MEUR 10.4.
• Basic and diluted earnings per share were EUR 0.06 (0.06) and EUR 0.06 (0.05) respectively.
• Cash flow from operating activities amounted to MEUR 55.0 (38.5).
• 6,724 (6,411) rooms were contracted, 3,895 (2,678) rooms opened and 2,848 (1,247) rooms left the system.

MEUR	Q3 2017	Q3 2016	Change	%	Jan-Sep 2017	Jan-Sep 2016	Change	%
Revenue	249.1	251.3	-2.2	-0.8 %	725.7	718.1	7.6	1.1 %
EBITDA	34.4	29.0	5.4	18.6 %	65.3	56.2	9.1	16.2 %
EBIT	20.8	16.4	4.4	26.8 %	18.9	13.3	5.6	42.1 %
Profit for the period	14.4	14.9	-0.5	-3.3 %	10.4	9.5	0.9	9.5 %
EBITDA margin	13.8%	11.5%	2.3 pp		9.0%	7.8%	1.2 pp
EBIT margin	8.4%	6.5%	1.9 pp		2.6%	1.9%	0.7 pp

   
Comments from the CEO

Growing operating margins and finalization of our 5-year plan

Rezidor reports strong third quarter results, growing like-for-like revenue by MEUR 9.1 (3.6%), supported by strong RevPAR development in Norway, Rest of Western Europe and Eastern Europe. Operating margins improved versus last year and the EBITDA margin is one of the higest in our recent history, supported by our focused asset management activities, higher fee revenue generation and lower central costs.

During the quarter, we have made significant progress on our 5-year plan - a comprehensive and ambitious strategy which is aligned with our partner Carlson and which will help us to reach a very promising future for our partners, employees and shareholders. We will present the 5-year plan at the end of October to the Board of Directors for approval, and aim to start the roll-out in January 2018. The core components of the plan will be shared with the Investor community at an Investor Day on January 17, 2018 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany.

Federico González-Tejera, President & CEO

Presentation of the Q3 Results

On October 25, 2017 at 10:00 (Central European Time) a combined telephone conference and live webcast (in English) concerning the report will be presented by the President & CEO, Federico González-Tejera and Deputy President & CFO, Knut Kleiven. To follow the webcast, please visit www.investor.rezidor.com (http://www.investor.rezidor.com).

To access the telephone conference, please dial:

Belgium, Local	[phone]
Belgium, Free	0800 58033
Sweden, Local:	[phone]
Sweden, Free:	0200 883 440
UK, Local:	[phone]
UK, Free:	0800 279 5004
USA, Local:	[phone]
USA, Free:	1877 280 1254
France, Local:	[phone]
France, Free:	0805 631 580
Norway, Local:	[phone]
Norway, Free:	800 56053

Confirmation code: 7120346. For a replay of the conference call please visit www.investor.rezidor.com (http://www.investor.rezidor.com).

Financial Calendar

Q4 2017 results: February 21, 2018
Q1 2018 results: April 26, 2018
AGM 2018: April 26, 2018

For Further Information, Contact

Knut Kleiven
Deputy President & CFO
Tel: [phone]
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Andrea Brandenberger
Vice President Strategy & Investor Relations
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail] (mailto:[e-mail]%20)

The Rezidor Hotel Group Corporate Office
Avenue du Bourget 44
B-1130 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Website: www.rezidor.com (http://www.rezidor.com)

About the Rezidor Hotel Group

The Rezidor Hotel Group is focused on hotel management and operates the core brands Radisson Blu and Park Inn by Radisson, as well as Radisson RED, an upscale "lifestyle select" brand inspired by the millennial lifestyle, and Quorvus Collection, a new generation of distinctive five star hotels. Rezidor also holds 49% in prizeotel, a young hotel chain in the economy segment.

The portfolio consists of 479 hotels with over 106,000 rooms in operation and under development in 79 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Rezidor's strategy is to grow with management and franchise contracts and only selectively with leases. The strategy is also to further expand in the emerging markets.

Rezidor is a member of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. For more information, visit www.rezidor.com (http://www.rezidor.com).

This interim report comprises information which Rezidor Hotel Group AB (publ) is required to disclose under the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. It was released for publication at 07:30 Central European Time on October 25, 2017.

Stockholm, October 25, 2017

The Board of Directors

Rezidor Hotel Group AB (publ)

The full report with tables can be downloaded from the following link:

Rezidor Q3 Interim Report January-September 2017 (http://hugin.info/142138/R/2144294/821767.pdf)

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