TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2005 - Four Seasons Hotels Inc. (TSX Symbol "FSH.SV";
NYSE Symbol "FS") today reported its results for the second quarter ended
June 30, 2005.
As previously announced, effective the first quarter of 2005, we have
adopted US dollars as our reporting currency. All amounts disclosed in
this news release (including amounts for prior periods) are in US dollars
unless otherwise noted.(1)
Highlights of the Second Quarter of 2005
As described in greater detail in the accompanying Management's Discussion
and Analysis, for the three months ended June 30, 2005, in each case as
compared to the same period in 2004:
- RevPAR(2) of worldwide and US Core
Hotels(3) increased 12.8% and
13.6%, respectively.
- Gross operating margins(4) at worldwide
Core Hotels increased 270
basis points to 33.1% and
increased 290 basis points to 30.7% at US
Core Hotels.
- Revenues under management increased
18.5%.
- Management fee revenues (excluding
reimbursed costs(5) and the impact
of forward exchange contracts(6))(7)
increased 16.0%, including
incentive fees which increased
36.7%.
- Net earnings were $15.8 million ($0.43
basic earnings per share and
$0.42 diluted earnings per
share), as compared to net earnings of
$12.8 million ($0.36 basic
earnings per share and $0.34 diluted
earnings per share).
"Luxury travel demand trends continue the strength shown over the past
few quarters in virtually all of our markets. The luxury segment continues
to lead the industry in occupancy and room rate improvements," said Douglas
L. Ludwig, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. "Some
of this improvement in hotel operating fundamentals may not be apparent
in our management operations earnings due to the further weakening of the
US dollar, which has negatively affected the pace of improvement in these
earnings when expressed in US dollars. The near-term outlook for continued
improvement in demand and room rates is encouraging."
Additionally, during the quarter:
- We finalized the sale of approximately
53% of our interest in Four
Seasons Hotel Shanghai,
with the result that we now hold an interest
of approximately 10% in
that property.
- We entered into a currency and interest
rate swap related to our
convertible senior notes
that is intended to reduce our net interest
costs over the near-term.
- Four Seasons Hotel Doha and Four Seasons
Private Residences Whistler,
British Columbia opened.
Refining the Portfolio
We have now completed the disposition of The Pierre, a significant milestone
toward our long-term strategic objective of reducing exposure to hotel
ownership and the associated volatile impact on earnings caused by, among
other things, business cycles, seasonality and event risks. This is the
latest in a series of refinements to the portfolio in the last several
years aimed at improving our financial position and strengthening the quality
of our hotel management portfolio through strategic divestitures and significant
enhancements to established hotels, as well as important new openings.
"Divesting of our ownership in The Pierre this year and Four Seasons
Hotel Berlin in 2004 reflects our focus on hotel management, which is our
expertise," said Isadore Sharp, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Four
Seasons Hotels and Resorts.
During the second quarter, we agreed to a sale process for The Ritz-
Carlton Chicago. Upon completion of a sale, we will cease to manage that
hotel and will be entitled to receive payment in an amount that we believe
will compensate us for the value of our long-term management contract.
"The owner of The Ritz-Carlton Chicago is also the owner of Four Seasons
Hotel Chicago and plans to undertake significant enhancements to that hotel.
This change will give us the opportunity to reinforce the leadership position
our brand has long enjoyed in the Chicago market with a pre-eminent position
for Four Seasons Hotel Chicago," said Kathleen Taylor, President, Worldwide
Business Operations.
The owner of Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach, The Irvine Company, has
decided to independently manage their hotel. Under the terms of this management
agreement, they would have the ability to make this change to their management
if they are prepared to change the use of the property for an extended
period of time. To avoid the disruption to guests and employees that would
be caused by such change of use, Four Seasons and the owner have agreed
to a monetary settlement satisfactory to both of them. The transition is
scheduled to occur on October 31, 2005.
"Although it is unusual for us to cease management of a property before
the contract term expires, we do consider opportunities to improve our
market position by leaving one property to pursue others in the same region,"
said Ms. Taylor. "This strategy has worked well for us in destinations
such as Hong Kong, San Francisco and Seattle, which represent state of
the art, landmark properties."
"At the same time, Four Seasons presence in California continues to
grow," said Ms. Taylor, "soon with the introduction of new hotels in Silicon
Valley and Westlake Village, near Los Angeles. We are also seeing significant
enhancement to California properties which we manage, including the landmark
Four Seasons Resort Santa Barbara and The Regent Beverly Wilshire in Los
Angeles.
The trend to significantly upgrade hotels under our management is reflected
more broadly throughout properties under our management. Hotels which have
undergone, or are in the process of undergoing, significant enhancement
include Four Seasons properties in New York, Washington, Boston, Scottsdale,
Philadelphia, Las Vegas and the Maldives. Projects recently added to the
development pipeline include properties in Toronto and Marrakech.
Looking Ahead
Recent terrorist activity may cause further disruptions to travel patterns
that currently cannot be predicted, which in turn makes it more difficult
to provide RevPAR and gross operating margins guidance at this time. However,
assuming the travel trends that we experienced in 2004 and the first half
of 2005 continue, and based on current demand reflected in our reservation
activity, we expect RevPAR for worldwide Core Hotels in the third quarter
of 2005 and the full year 2005 to increase by approximately 10% and approximately
11%, respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2004. We
expect that this improvement will result from occupancy and pricing improvements
in all geographic regions. If current trends continue, we expect gross
operating margins of our worldwide Core Hotels to increase more than 220
basis points for the full year of 2005, as compared to the full year of
2004.
SECOND QUARTER OF 2005
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
This Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") for the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2005 is provided as of August 10,
2005. It should be read in conjunction with the interim consolidated financial
statements for that period and the MD&A for the year ended December
31, 2004 and the audited consolidated financial statements for that period.
Except as disclosed in this MD&A and the MD&A for the three months
ended March 31, 2005, as of August 10, 2005 there has been no material
change in the information disclosed in the MD&A for the year ended
December 31, 2004. A summary of consolidated revenues, management earnings,
ownership and corporate operations earnings and net earnings for the past
eight quarters can be found in note 8.
Effective for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, we have adopted the
US dollar as our reporting currency. We have not changed our functional
currency, which remains Canadian dollars, or the functional currencies
of any of our subsidiaries. All amounts disclosed in this MD&A (including
amounts for prior periods) are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.(1)
Operating Environment
Seasonality
Four Seasons hotels and resorts are affected by normally recurring seasonal
patterns, and demand is usually lower in the period from December through
March than during the remainder of the year for most of our urban properties.
However, December through March is typically a period of relatively strong
demand at our resorts.
As a result, our management operations are affected by seasonal patterns,
both in terms of revenues and operating results. Urban hotels generally
experience lower revenues and operating results in the first quarter. This
negative impact on management revenues from those properties is offset
to some degree by increased travel to our resorts in the period.
Our ownership operations are particularly affected by seasonal fluctuations,
with lower revenue, higher operating losses and lower cash flow in the
first quarter, as compared to the other quarters. With the disposition
of our leasehold interest in The Pierre at the end of the second quarter
of 2005 (as discussed below under "Disposition of Hotel Investments"),
we have substantially reduced the exposure to seasonality in our ownership
operations. It remains our objective to further reduce our ownership exposure
by modifying or restructuring our leasehold interest in Four Seasons Hotel
Vancouver, our only remaining leasehold interest. There can be no assurance
that acceptable alternative arrangements can be found with respect to this
hotel or as to the terms of any such arrangements.
Hotel Operating Results
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Gross Gross
Gross Gross
Operating Operating
Operating Operating
Revenue Profit
Revenue Profit
Region
RevPAR (GOR) (GOP)
RevPAR (GOR) (GOP)
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Worldwide Core
Hotels
12.8% 12.9% 22.7%
13.2% 12.2% 21.3%
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US Core Hotels 13.6%
12.2% 23.9% 13.0%
11.1% 21.4%
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Other Americas/
Caribbean Core
Hotels
17.6% 19.5% 43.0%
18.4% 17.3% 32.8%
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Europe Core
Hotels
4.6% 6.7% 2.2%
5.0% 6.8% 2.4%
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Middle East
Core Hotels 28.3%
35.3% 65.5% 26.9%
34.0% 62.3%
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Asia/Pacific
Core Hotels 14.1%
11.5% 23.2% 16.4%
11.7% 20.6%
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Underlying these operating results:
- RevPAR for worldwide Core Hotels increased
12.8% in the second
quarter of 2005, as compared
to the same period in 2004, reflecting
increased demand and improvements
in achieved room rates in most
markets. Revenue improvements
and continued cost management efforts
at the properties under
management resulted in the significant
increases in gross operating
profits (an increase of 22.7% as
compared to the second quarter
of 2004) and gross operating margins
(an increase of 270 basis
points as compared to the second quarter of
2004), despite continued
pressure on profitability due to higher
costs relating primarily
to labour (including health care, benefits
and worker's compensation)
and energy. Similar improvements were
achieved for the first six
months of 2005, as compared to the same
period in 2004, with RevPAR
for worldwide Core Hotels increasing
13.2%, gross operating revenue
improving 12.2%, gross operating
profit increasing 21.3%
and gross operating margins increasing
230 basis points.
- Virtually all of the US Core Hotels
under management realized
improvements in RevPAR and
gross operating profits in the second
quarter of 2005, as compared
to the same period in 2004, resulting in
a 13.6% and 23.9% increase
in RevPAR and gross operating profits,
respectively. The only exception
was Four Seasons Hotel Houston,
which continues to experience
pressure on rates due to increased
supply in that market. Properties
under management in Miami, New
York, Jackson Hole, Chicago
and Philadelphia realized particularly
strong improvements in RevPAR
and gross operating profits, relative
to the average for the region.
For the six months ended June 30,
2005, RevPAR increased 13.0%,
primarily as a result of a 460 basis
point increase in occupancy
and a 6.0% increase in achieved room
rates, and gross operating
profits increased 21.4%.
- The Other Americas/Caribbean Core Hotels
experienced improved demand
and higher achieved room
rates, resulting in a RevPAR improvement of
17.6% in the second quarter
of 2005, as compared to the second
quarter of 2004. Also in
the second quarter of 2005, gross operating
profits and gross operating
margins increased 43.0% and 510 basis
points, respectively, which
was primarily attributable to strong
improvements at the properties
under management in Exuma and Buenos
Aires. For the six months
ended June 30, 2005, the 18.4% improvement
in RevPAR was mainly driven
by a 7.7% increase in achieved room
rates.
- For the second quarter of 2005, RevPAR
in the Europe Core Hotels
increased 4.6%, reflecting
strong operating results at the hotels
under management in Istanbul,
Milan, Paris, and Prague relative to
the other hotels in the
region. The hotel under management in Lisbon
continued to experience
relatively large RevPAR and gross operating
profit declines in the quarter
due to lower corporate and group
demand, as well as additional
pressure on rates in that market. Gross
operating margins declined
180 basis points in the second quarter of
2005, as compared to the
same period in 2004, as overall demand in
Europe continued to lag
behind the other regions in which we manage
hotels and resorts, in part
as a result of a more highly valued Euro
relative to the US dollar.
For the six months ended June 30, 2005,
RevPAR increased 5.0%. However,
the operating results of hotels under
management in Lisbon and
Canary Wharf remained lower relative to the
other hotels in the region,
primarily due to lower corporate and
group demand and, in the
case of Canary Wharf, new supply coming into
the market. While there
was a moderate 2.4% increase in gross
operating profits, gross
operating margins declined 140 basis points
to 34.0% in the first six
months of 2005, as compared to the first
six months of 2004.
- RevPAR improvements in the second quarter
of 2005 at the Middle East
Core Hotels were primarily
driven by an 18.3% increase in achieved
room rates, as compared
to the same period in 2004. Virtually all of
the properties in the region
experienced improved demand during the
second quarter and for the
first six months of 2005, as compared to
the same periods in the
prior year. The Middle East Core Hotels
achieved a 65.5% improvement
in gross operating profits and an 860
basis points increase in
gross operating margins in the second
quarter of 2005, as compared
to the same period in 2004. For the
first six months of 2005,
RevPAR for the Middle East Core Hotels
improved 26.9% and gross
operating margins increased 830 basis
points, as compared to the
same period in 2004.
- Asia/Pacific Core Hotels had a 14.1%
RevPAR improvement in the second
quarter of 2005, as compared
to the same period in 2004, which was
primarily driven by a 6.7%
increase in achieved room rates. Gross
operating margins and gross
operating profits in the second quarter
of 2005 improved 310 basis
points and 23.2%, respectively, compared
to the same period in 2004.
In particular, properties in Jakarta,
Singapore and Shanghai had
strong improvements in both RevPAR and
gross operating profits.
For the first six months of 2005, RevPAR
improved 16.4%, as compared
to the same period in 2004, reflecting a
470 basis point improvement
in occupancy and a 6.7% increase in
achieved room rates.
Financial Review and Analysis
Three months and six months ended June 30, 2005 compared to three months
and six months ended June 30, 2004
Management Operations
For the three months ended June 30, 2005, management fee revenues (excluding
reimbursed costs and the $2.8 million impact of forward exchange contracts)
increased 16.0% ($4.5 million) to $32.3 million, as compared to $27.8 million
in the second quarter of 2004. Management fee revenues (including reimbursed
costs and the impact of forward exchange contracts) increased 9.2% ($4.1
million) to $48.3 million in the second quarter of 2005, as compared to
$44.2 million in the second quarter of 2004.
For the six months ended June 30, 2005, management fee revenues (excluding
reimbursed costs and the $5.5 million impact of forward exchange contracts)
increased 21.6% ($10.9 million) to $61.3 million, as compared to $50.4
million in the same period in 2004. Management fee revenues (including
reimbursed costs and the impact of forward exchange contracts) increased
12.2% ($10.0 million) to $91.9 million in the six months ended June 30,
2005, as compared to $81.9 million in the same period in 2004.
For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, reimbursed
costs increased $2.4 million and $4.7 million, respectively, as compared
to the corresponding periods in 2004. The increase was attributable to
more properties opening and being under development compared to the same
periods in 2004.
The increases in management fee revenues for the three months and six
months ended June 30, 2005 noted above were the result of the improvement
in revenues under management stemming from RevPAR and other revenue increases
at the worldwide Core Hotels.
Excluding the impact of forward exchange contracts, incentive fees increased
36.7% and 40.6% in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005,
respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2004. Including the impact
of forward exchange contracts, incentive fees increased 29.6% and 31.1%
in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, respectively, as
compared to the same periods in 2004. 42 of the hotels and resorts under
management accrued incentive fees during these periods, as compared to
36 and 37 during the corresponding periods last year. The increase in incentive
fees was attributable primarily to the improvement in gross operating profit
at the properties under management in each of the geographic regions in
which we operate. All six of our properties under management in the Middle
East accrued incentive fees during the second quarter and first six months
of 2005, as compared to two and three in the same periods in 2004.
Despite the strong operating fundamentals in the second quarter, management
fee revenue growth was more modest due to foreign exchange currency fluctuations
and lower residential fees earned in the second quarter of 2005, as compared
to the second quarter of 2004. The $1.2 million decline in residential
fees is primarily attributable to no residential royalty fees in respect
of our projects in Whistler, Miami and Jackson Hole being earned in the
second quarter of 2005, as compared to the same period in 2004. The limited
number and size of our residential projects and their specialized target
market make it difficult to predict the timing of sales and the resulting
royalty fees that may be earned. As a result, it will continue to be difficult
to predict the timing of fee revenues from our residential business.
Several of the hotels and resorts under our management are and will
be undergoing significant renovations during this year. We expect the majority
of the renovations at Four Seasons properties in Washington, Las Vegas
and the Maldives to be completed by the end of 2005. Significant renovation
programs at other hotels under management, including Boston, Santa Barbara,
Philadelphia and The Regent Beverly Wilshire are expected to be substantially
completed in 2006. Based on the scheduling and staging of these renovations,
we expect these programs to have some, but not a material, effect on fee
revenues in the last two quarters of 2005.
General and administrative expenses (excluding reimbursed costs) increased
12.0% to $9.5 million in the second quarter of 2005, as compared to $8.4
million for the same period in 2004. Including reimbursed costs, general
and administrative expenses increased 15.6% to $25.5 million in the second
quarter of 2005, as compared to $22.1 million for the same period in 2004.
The majority of these costs are in Canadian dollars and, accordingly,
a substantial portion of this increase is attributable to the US dollar
having declined relative to the Canadian dollar since the second quarter
of 2004. On a Canadian dollar basis, general and administrative expenses
(excluding reimbursed costs) increased 2.6% during the quarter, as compared
to the same period last year. The modest increase in these costs related
primarily to an increase in the number of employees at our corporate offices
to handle the significant unit growth in our portfolio, which was offset
somewhat by a reduction in certain costs, including relatively low travel
costs during the second quarter.
General and administrative expenses (excluding reimbursed costs) increased
15.1% to $19.2 million in the first six months of 2005, as compared to
$16.7 million in the same period in 2004. General and administrative expenses
(including reimbursed costs) increased 16.8% to $49.8 million in the first
six months of 2005, as compared to $42.6 million in the same period in
2004. On a Canadian dollar basis, general and administrative expenses (excluding
reimbursed costs) increased 6.2% during the first half of 2005, as compared
to the same period last year. The increase in these costs related primarily
to an increase in the number of employees at our corporate offices to handle
the significant unit growth in our portfolio and to cost of living increases
for corporate employees that were implemented at the beginning of 2005.
As a result of the items described above, our management operations
earnings before other operating items (excluding reimbursed costs and the
impact of forward exchange contracts) for the second quarter of 2005 increased
17.8% to $22.8 million, as compared to $19.3 million in the second quarter
of 2004. Our management operations profit margin(9) (excluding reimbursed
costs and the impact of forward exchange contracts) increased 110 basis
points to 70.7% in the second quarter of 2005, as compared to 69.6% in
the second quarter of 2004.
For the six months ended June 30, 2005, our management operations earnings
before other operating items (excluding reimbursed costs and the impact
of forward exchange contracts) increased 24.8% to $42.1 million, as compared
to $33.7 million for the same period in 2004. Our management operations
profit margin (excluding reimbursed costs and the impact of forward exchange
contracts) increased to 68.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2005, as
compared to 66.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2004.
Our management operations earnings before other operating items (including
reimbursed costs and the impact of forward exchange contracts) for the
three months ended June 30, 2005 remained relatively unchanged at $22.8
million, compared to $22.1 million for the same period in 2004. For the
six months ended June 30, 2005, our management operations earnings before
other operating items (including reimbursed costs and the impact of forward
exchange contracts) increased 7.3% to $42.1 million, as compared to $39.2
million in the same period in 2004. Our management operations profit margin
(including reimbursed costs and the impact of forward exchange contracts)
was 47.2% in the second quarter of 2005, as compared to 50.1% in the second
quarter of 2004 and 45.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2005, as compared
to 47.9% for the same period in 2004.
Ownership and Corporate Operations(10)
In the second quarter of 2005, operating results from ownership and
corporate operations before other operating items were a loss of $2.3 million,
as compared to a loss of $1.3 million in the second quarter of 2004.
For the six months ended June 30, 2005, operating results from ownership
and corporate operations before other operating items were a loss of $9.1
million, as compared to a loss of $8.7 million for the same period in 2004.
Corporate Costs, including Compliance Costs
For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, our corporate
and compliance costs, including the ongoing implementation of the substantive
changes to governance and disclosure requirements applicable to public
companies in the US and Canada and other public company costs, increased
$0.8 million and $0.7 million to $3.1 million and $5.4 million, respectively,
as compared to $2.3 million and $4.7 million for the respective periods
in 2004. The majority of these costs are in Canadian dollars and, accordingly,
some of the increase is attributable to the US dollar having declined relative
to the Canadian dollar since the second quarter of 2004. On a constant
currency basis, corporate and compliance costs for the three months and
six months ended June 30, 2005 increased $0.5 million and $0.2 million,
respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2004.
The Pierre
In June 2005, Four Seasons disposed of its interest in The Pierre and
ceased managing the property on June 30, 2005.(11) Further details on the
disposition of this investment are discussed below under "Disposition of
Hotel Investments".
RevPAR at The Pierre increased 17.4% in the second quarter of 2005,
as compared to the same period in 2004, as a result of a 4.4% improvement
in occupancy and an 11.5% increase in achieved room rates. These increases
reflected the higher travel demand in New York, particularly in leisure
travel, during the quarter. As a result, operating results at The Pierre
improved by $0.2 million to earnings of $1.2 million in the second quarter
of 2005, as compared to earnings of $1.0 million in second quarter of 2004.
RevPAR at The Pierre increased 20.1% in the first six months of 2005,
as compared to the same period in 2004, as a result of a 6.5% improvement
in occupancy and a 10.6% increase in achieved room rates. As a result,
operating results at The Pierre improved by $0.7 million to a loss of $0.8
million in the first six months of 2005, as compared to a loss of $1.5
million in the first six months of 2004.
Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver
RevPAR at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver decreased 1.6% for the three
months ended June 30, 2005, as compared to the same period in 2004, primarily
as the result of slight declines in occupancy and achieved room rates.
Operating results at the hotel remained relatively unchanged with a loss
of $0.2 million in both the second quarter of 2005 and 2004.
RevPAR at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver increased 3.0% in the six months
ended June 30, 2005, as compared to the same period in 2004, primarily
as the result of an improvement in occupancy, partially offset by a modest
decrease in achieved room rates. Operating results at the hotel remained
relatively flat, with a loss of $2.4 million in the first half of 2005,
as compared to a loss of $2.2 million in the first half of 2004, mainly
due to an offsetting reduction in banquet revenue.
We are continuing to review options in respect of Four Seasons Hotel
Vancouver to determine what, if any, alternatives may be available to modify
or restructure our operation of, or investment in, this hotel. There can
be no assurance that acceptable alternative arrangements can be found with
respect to this hotel or as to the terms of any such alternative arrangements.
Other Income/Expense, Net
Other expense, net for the second quarter of 2005 was $8.6 million,
as compared to other expense, net of $2.2 million for the same period in
2004. Other expense, net for the six months ended June 30, 2005 was $11.4
million, as compared to other income, net of $1.1 million for the same
period in 2004.
Disposition of Hotel Investments
In April 2005, we sold approximately 53% of our equity interest in Four
Seasons Hotel Shanghai for gross proceeds of $9.5 million (cash of $4.2
million and a loan receivable of $5.3 million), which approximated book
value, and reduced our interest in the hotel to approximately 10%. As a
result of the sale, we revalued this US dollar investment at March 31,
2005 at current exchange rates and recorded a loss of $1.9 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2005.
On June 30, 2005, we finalized the assignment of our leases and the
sale of the related assets in The Pierre for net proceeds of $4.5 million.
The net book value of our assets in The Pierre was $7.8 million and, after
deducting disposition costs, we recorded a loss on sale of $5.0 million.
We also recorded a tax benefit in connection with the sale of $9.2 million,
which is discussed further under "Income Tax Expense" below.
As part of the sale of The Pierre, in accordance with statutory provisions,
the purchaser agreed to assume a portion of our contribution history with
a multi-employer pension fund for the unionized hotel employees (the "NYC
Pension"). This permitted us to withdraw from the NYC Pension without incurring
a withdrawal liability estimated at $10.7 million. In certain limited circumstances,
as a part of our agreement, we may be required to pay a portion of the
purchaser's withdrawal liability, if any.
We believe that the likelihood of our being required to make a payment
is remote, and have not recorded any amount as at June 30, 2005 in respect
of a potential NYC Pension withdrawal liability. For further details, please
see note 5 to our interim consolidated financial statements for the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2005.
Foreign Exchange
Other expense for the second quarter of 2005 included a $3.3 million
foreign exchange loss, as compared to a $2.2 million foreign exchange loss
for the same period in 2004. Other expense for the six months ended June
30, 2005 included a $3.7 million foreign exchange loss, as compared to
a $1.3 million foreign exchange gain for the same period in 2004.
Foreign exchange gains and losses arose primarily from the translation
to Canadian dollars (using current exchange rates at the end of each quarter)
of our foreign currency-denominated net monetary assets, which are not
included in our designated foreign self-sustaining subsidiaries. They also
reflected local currency foreign exchange gains and losses on net monetary
assets incurred by our designated foreign self-sustaining subsidiaries.
Net monetary assets is the difference between our foreign currency-denominated
monetary assets and our foreign currency-denominated monetary liabilities,
and consists primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
long-term receivables and long-term obligations, as determined under Canadian
generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). As a result of the currency
swap relating to our convertible senior notes which is described below,
our net US dollar asset position increased significantly during the second
quarter of 2005. This combined with the strengthening of the Canadian dollar
relative to the US dollar resulted in the foreign exchange loss during
the second quarter of 2005.
Ongoing fluctuations in rates of exchange between currencies will likely
result in future foreign exchange gains or losses. Although we have engaged
in hedging activities in the past, we do not anticipate entering into any
hedging arrangements in the near-term due to the continued volatility of
many foreign currencies (and in particular the US dollar) and the associated
costs of these arrangements.
Net Interest Income
During the second quarter of 2005, we had net interest income of $0.8
million, as compared to $0.5 million in the second quarter of 2004. Net
interest income is a combination of approximately $3.7 million in interest
income and approximately $2.9 million in interest expense in the second
quarter of 2005, as compared to $2.8 million and $2.3 million, respectively,
for the same period in 2004. The increase in interest income for the second
quarter of 2005, as compared to the same period in 2004, was primarily
attributable to increased cash and cash equivalents as a result of the
issuance of our convertible senior notes in June 2004 and higher deposit
interest rates.
During the six months ended June 30, 2005, we had net interest income
of $1.2 million, as compared to $1.4 million in the six months ended June
30, 2004. Net interest income is a combination of approximately $7.6 million
in interest income and approximately $6.4 million in interest expense in
the first six months of 2005, as compared to $6.0 million and $4.6 million,
respectively, for the same period in 2004.
The increase in interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2005,
as compared to the same period in 2004, was primarily attributable to increased
cash and cash equivalents and higher deposit interest rates, as well as
new loans to certain properties under our management.
The increase in interest expense was attributable, in part, to the
variance in interest expense relating to the convertible senior notes issued
during the second quarter of 2004, as compared to the interest costs relating
to our previously outstanding Liquid Yield Option Notes ("LYONs") during
2004. For accounting purposes, the convertible senior notes are bifurcated
into debt and equity components under Canadian GAAP, and a notional interest
rate is applied to the portion that is allocated to the debt component.
Although the interest rate that is applied to the convertible senior notes
is lower than the rate applied to the LYONs, a larger component of the
convertible senior notes is allocated to debt than was the case with the
LYONs. As a result, for accounting purposes, the interest expense associated
with the convertible senior notes is higher than was the case for the LYONs.
As discussed below in "Liquidity and Capital Resources", we have entered
into currency and interest rate swap arrangements relating to the convertible
senior notes. Taking into account the amortization of the gain on a terminated
swap and the existing swap, the effective interest rate on the convertible
senior notes in the second quarter of 2005 was approximately 3.4%, which
represents $1.8 million of interest expense for that period. For the six
months ended June 30, 2005, the effective interest rate on the convertible
senior notes was approximately 4.0%, which represents $4.3 million of interest
expense for the six months.
Interest expense also includes amounts relating to financing fees and
to our international retirement plan.
Income Tax Expense
Our effective tax rates for the three months and six months ended June
30, 2005, prior to considering the impact of our sale of The Pierre, were
19.3% and 22.6%, respectively, as compared to effective tax rates of 22.5%
and 22.2% for the respective periods in 2004. The variation from our expected
24% tax rate is the result of certain items not being tax effected, including
a portion of the foreign exchange gains and losses, since they will never
be realized for tax purposes. Excluding these items and prior to considering
the tax impact of our sale of The Pierre, our tax rate would have been
our expected 24%.
As a result of disposing of The Pierre, we realized a tax benefit of
approximately $6.4 million on the disposition of the fixed assets, which
included significant leasehold improvements. In addition to the ordinary
tax loss on the fixed assets, we will incur a capital loss on the dissolution
of the partnership that operated The Pierre, which will result in a tax
benefit of approximately $2.8 million.
Net Earnings and Earnings per Share
For the reasons outlined above, net earnings for the quarter ended June
30, 2005 were $15.8 million ($0.43 basic earnings per share and $0.42 diluted
earnings per share), as compared to net earnings of $12.8 million ($0.36
basic earnings per share and $0.34 diluted earnings per share) for the
quarter ended June 30, 2004.
For the reasons outlined above, net earnings for the six months ended
June 30, 2005 were $21.0 million ($0.57 basic earnings per share and $0.55
diluted earnings per share), as compared to net earnings of $21.5 million
($0.61 basic earnings per share and $0.58 diluted earnings per share) for
the six months ended June 30, 2004.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Financing Activities
During the second quarter of 2004, we issued $250 million principal
amount of convertible senior notes. For details relating to the terms of
the convertible senior notes, please refer to our MD&A for the year
ended December 31, 2004.
In accordance with Canadian GAAP, the convertible senior notes are bifurcated
on our financial statements into a debt component (representing the principal
value of a bond of $211.8 million as at June 18, 2004, which was estimated
based on the present value of a $250 million bond maturing in 2009, yielding
5.33% per annum, compounded semi-annually, and paying interest at a rate
of 1.875% per annum) and an equity component of $39 million (representing
the value of the conversion feature of the convertible senior notes) as
at June 18, 2004. For further details, see note 10(a) to our annual consolidated
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004.
In connection with the offering of the convertible senior notes, we
entered into a five-year interest rate swap agreement with an initial notional
amount of $211.8 million, pursuant to which we agreed to receive interest
at a fixed rate of 5.33% per year and pay interest at six-month LIBOR,
in arrears, plus 0.4904%. In October 2004, we terminated the interest rate
swap agreement and received proceeds of $9 million. The recognition of
the resulting gain was deferred and is being amortized through to July
30, 2009, which would have been the maturity date of the swap.
In the second quarter of 2005, we entered into a new currency and interest
rate swap agreement to July 30, 2009, pursuant to which we have agreed
to receive interest at a fixed rate of 5.33% per annum on an initial notional
amount of $215.8 million (C$269.2 million) and pay interest at a floating
rate of six-month Canadian Bankers Acceptances ("BA") in arrears plus 1.1%
per annum. On July 30, 2009, we will pay C$311.8 million and receive $250
million under the swap. We have designated the swap as a fair value hedge
of our convertible senior notes. This swap will allow us to take advantage
of lower floating interest rates, which should result in an economic and
accounting savings of approximately 136 basis points at current six-month
BA rates, or approximately $3.0 million on an annualized, pre-tax basis.
This approximation will change as BA rates change.
As at June 30, 2005, no amounts were borrowed under our $125 million
bank credit facility. However, approximately $4.0 million of letters of
credit were issued under that facility. No amounts have been drawn under
these letters of credit. We believe that, absent unusual opportunities
or developments, this credit facility, when combined with cash on hand
and internally generated cash flow, should be more than adequate to allow
us to finance our normal operating needs and anticipated investment commitments
related to our current growth objectives.
Our cash and cash equivalents were $218.6 million as at June 30, 2005,
as compared to $226.4 million as at December 31, 2004. The $7.8 million
decrease in cash and cash equivalents was primarily attributable to loans
and other investments made to properties under our management.
Long-term obligations (as determined under Canadian GAAP) increased
from $256.8 million as at December 31, 2004 to $261.1 million as at June
30, 2005, primarily as a result of the accretion of interest on the convertible
senior notes.
Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments
We have provided certain guarantees and have other similar commitments
typically made in connection with properties under our management totalling
a maximum of $47.0 million. These contractual obligations and other commitments
are more fully described in the MD&A for the year ended December 31,
2004. Since December 31, 2004, we have reduced two of our bank guarantees,
reduced two of our other commitments, and extended one new bank guarantee
and two other commitments to two properties under our management, resulting
in a net increase in guarantees and other commitments of $1.9 million.
During the remainder of the year, we expect to fund amounts relating to
our management opportunities described under "Investing/Divesting Activities"
below. In addition, we expect to fund approximately $21.0 million over
the next 18 months in connection with an expansion of our corporate office
which is currently underway.
Cash From Operations
During the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, we generated
$23.9 million and $19.3 million, respectively, in cash from operations,
as compared to $21.1 million and $24.8 million, respectively, for the same
periods in 2004.
The increase in cash from operations of $2.8 million in the second quarter
of 2005 resulted primarily from a decrease in non-cash working capital
of $2.6 million and an increase in net interest received of $1.5 million,
partially offset by an increase in income tax paid of $1.3 million.
The decrease in cash from operations of $5.5 million in the first six
months of 2005 resulted primarily from an increase in non-cash working
capital of $5.0 million, largely related to the settlement in the first
quarter of 2005 of incentive compensation accrued at December 31, 2004,
and an increase in current income tax paid of $4.2 million, partially offset
by an increase in cash contributed by management operations of $3.2 million.
Investing/Divesting Activities
Part of our business strategy is to invest a portion of available cash
to obtain management agreements or enhance existing management arrangements.
These investments in, or advances in respect of or to owners of, properties
are made where we believe that the overall economic return to Four Seasons
justifies the investment or advance.
As described above under "Disposition of Hotel Investments", during
the second quarter of 2005, we sold approximately 53% of our equity interest
in Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai for gross proceeds of $9.5 million. We also
finalized the transfer of our leasehold interest and the sale of the related
assets in The Pierre for net proceeds of $4.5 million, leaving Four Seasons
Hotel Vancouver as our only leasehold interest. In addition to these items
which occurred during the second quarter of 2005, during the six months
ended June 30, 2005, we also received gross proceeds of $5.3 million from
our sale of approximately 80% of our equity interest in Four Seasons Residence
Club Scottsdale at Troon North.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, we were repaid
$18.0 million and $19.1 million, respectively, in loans receivable, primarily
from Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco and Four Seasons Residence Club Scottsdale
at Troon North.
For the three months ended June 30, 2005, we funded $17.2 million to
properties under development or management, including amounts advanced
as loans receivable to properties in Geneva, Exuma, Buenos Aires, Budapest
and Hampshire, as well as minor equity investments in properties in Punta
Mita and Palo Alto. For the six months ended June 30, 2005, we funded $27.4
million to properties under development or management, including amounts
advanced as loans receivable to properties in Toronto, Geneva, Exuma, Washington,
Buenos Aires, Scottsdale, Jackson Hole, Budapest and Hampshire, as well
as minor equity investments in properties in Damascus, Punta Mita and Palo
Alto. For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2005, we also
funded a total of $11.0 million and $14.2 million, respectively, in connection
with an expansion of our corporate office, which is currently underway,
and our commitment related to the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts. These levels of investment were consistent with our business plan.
During the remaining six months of 2005, we expect to fund up to $48.0
million in respect of investments in, or advances in respect of or to owners
of, various projects, including properties in Buenos Aires, Punta Mita
and Exuma, a new resort in the Maldives and our project in Orlando, plus
additional funding for the property in Geneva and the expansion of our
corporate office facilities.
In August 2005, we finalized an agreement with the owner of Four Seasons
Hotel Newport Beach pursuant to which, effective October 31, 2005, the
owner will begin to manage this property as an independent hotel. At the
time of transition, we will receive a payment in an amount that will exceed
the net book value of our investment in the management contract.
Over the remainder of this year, we anticipate receiving at least $50
million as the result of repayment of investments made in certain of our
managed properties.
Retirement Benefit Plan
Since 1983, we have maintained a non-qualified, non-registered unfunded,
multi-employer, non-contributory "defined benefit" plan on behalf of the
owners of our managed properties and for our senior corporate employees.
The current plan provides supplemental retirement benefits for our senior
corporate executives as well as for our general managers and regional vice
presidents based on a formula that takes into account years and level of
service and annual salary. Our liability in connection with the current
plan for our corporate executives as at June 30, 2005 was $27.7 million.
Subject to approval of our Board, we are anticipating replacing the
existing plan later this year for the majority of the plan participants
with a fully-funded plan based on a "defined contribution" format, which
should increase the certainty and predictability of the costs of the retirement
benefits. The funding requirements relating to this new arrangement are
anticipated to be in the range of $35 million to $40 million at current
exchange rates. If a new plan is implemented this year on the basis of
the structure currently contemplated, at current exchange rates, we have
estimated that the transition would result in a one-time, after tax accounting
loss in the range of $20 million to $25 million. We do not expect that
the proposed change will have a significant impact on the ongoing annual
pension cost. Our costs next year, in respect of the contemplated new plan,
are expected to be similar to the costs incurred in 2004 for the current
plan, increased by the cost of living and merit salary increases of the
participants.
Long Term Incentive Plan
Since 1986, long-term incentives have been provided to a large group
of our employees through stock options. Changes in the rules governing
compensation, including accounting rules and regulations related to stock
options have caused us to re-evaluate the use of stock options as the primary
form of long-term incentive to our employees. As a result of the re- evaluation,
we have determined to significantly reduce the use of stock options and
are introducing a restricted stock program. Under the restricted stock
program, eligible employees would be entitled to earn performance-based
compensation, which will be used to purchase shares on their behalf in
the market. Subject to limited exceptions, participants would not be able
to dispose of those shares for a three-year period. We expect the expense
for the full year 2005 related to the restricted stock program will be
approximately $500,000.
Outstanding Share Data
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Designation
Outstanding as at August 3, 2005
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Variable Multiple Voting Shares(a)
3,725,698
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Limited Voting Shares
32,913,488
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Options to acquire Limited Voting Shares:
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Outstanding
4,540,843
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Exercisable
3,383,821
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Convertible Senior Notes issued June 2004
and due 2024(b)
$250.05 million(c)
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(a) Convertible into Limited Voting Shares at any
time at the option of
the holder on a one-for-one
basis.
(b) Details on the convertible senior notes are
described more fully in
our annual MD&A for
the year ended December 31, 2004.
(c) This amount is equal to the issue price of the
convertible senior
notes issued June 2004 and
due 2024 plus accrued interest calculated
at 1.875% per annum.
Looking Ahead
Recent terrorist activity may cause further disruptions to travel patterns
that currently cannot be predicted, which in turn makes it more difficult
to provide RevPAR and gross operating margins guidance at this time. However,
assuming the travel trends that we experienced in 2004 and the first half
of 2005 continue, and based on current demand reflected in our reservation
activity, we expect RevPAR for worldwide Core Hotels in the third quarter
of 2005 and the full year 2005 to increase by approximately 10% and approximately
11%, respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2004. We
expect that this improvement will result from occupancy and pricing improvements
in all geographic regions. If current trends continue, we expect gross
operating margins of our worldwide Core Hotels to increase more than 220
basis points for the full year of 2005, as compared to the full year of
2004.
Change in Reporting Currency to US Dollars
Effective the first quarter of 2005, we have adopted US dollars as our
reporting currency. All amounts disclosed in this MD&A (including amounts
for prior periods) are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
The consolidated financial statements in Canadian dollars have been
translated to US dollars using the foreign exchange rates applicable at
each balance sheet date for assets and liabilities, and the weighted average
exchange rates of the corresponding quarters for the consolidated statements
of operations, consolidated statements of cash provided by operations and
consolidated statements of cash flow. Equity transactions have been translated
to US dollars at the historical exchange rates for 2005 and 2004 with opening
equity accounts on January 1, 2004 translated at the exchange rate on that
date. These exchange rates are disclosed in notes 1 and 8. Any resulting
exchange gain or loss was charged or credited to "Equity adjustment from
foreign currency translation", which is included as a separate component
of shareholders' equity.
We have not changed the functional currency of Four Seasons Hotels Inc.,
which remains Canadian dollars, or the functional currencies of any of
its subsidiaries. As a result, while US dollar reporting will minimize
the currency fluctuations related to the majority of our US dollar management
fee revenues, it will not eliminate foreign currency fluctuations related
to our management fees in other currencies, or the majority of our management
operations general and administrative expenses, which are incurred in Canadian
dollars. It will also not eliminate foreign currency gains and losses related
to unhedged net monetary asset and liability positions.
Changes in Accounting Policies
During the first six months of 2005, we adopted The Canadian Institute
of Chartered Accountants' ("CICA") new accounting standards on variable
interest entities and temporary controlled investments, as discussed in
note 1 to the interim consolidated financial statements. The adoption of
these changes did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In June 2005, the Emerging Issues Committee of the CICA issued Abstract
EIC-155, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments on Diluted
Earnings per Share", which requires the application of the "if-converted
method" to account for the potential dilution relating to the conversion
of contingently convertible instruments, such as our convertible senior
notes. EIC-155 will be effective for periods beginning on or after October
1, 2005. If we had adopted EIC-155 for the three months and six months
ended June 30, 2005, there would have been no additional dilution for either
period.
Additional Information
Additional information about us (including our most recent annual information
form, annual MD&A and our audited financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2004) is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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1. The following Canadian/US dollar foreign
exchange rates were used to
translate the specified
periods:
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Average foreign
Foreign Average foreign
Foreign
exchange rate
exchange exchange rate
exchange
used for Second
rate as at used for Second rate
as at
Quarter 2005
June 30, 2005 Quarter 2004 December 31, 2004
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1.24401
1.23240 1.35860
1.20360
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2. RevPAR is defined as average room revenue
per available room. It is a
non-GAAP measure. We use
RevPAR because it is a commonly used
indicator of market performance
for hotels and resorts and represents
the combination of the average
daily room rate and the average
occupancy rate achieved
during the period. RevPAR does not include
food and beverage or other
ancillary revenues generated by a hotel or
resort. RevPAR is the most
commonly used measure in the lodging
industry to measure the
period-over-period performance of comparable
properties. Our calculation
of RevPAR may be different than the
calculation used by other
lodging companies.
3. The term "Core Hotels" means hotels and
resorts under management for
the full year of both 2005
and 2004. However, if a "Core Hotel" has
undergone or is undergoing
an extensive renovation program in one of
those years that materially
affects the operation of the property in
that year, it ceases to
be included as a "Core Hotel" in either year.
Changes from the 2004/2003
Core Hotels are the additions of Four
Seasons Resort Jackson Hole,
Four Seasons Hotel Miami, Four Seasons
Resort Great Exuma at Emerald
Bay, Four Seasons Hotel Prague, Four
Seasons Hotel Riyadh and
Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta, and the
deletions of Four Seasons
Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa (due to its
temporary closure caused
by the tsunami) and The Pierre in New York
(due to its disposition
on June 30, 2005).
4. Gross operating margin represents gross
operating profit as a
percentage of gross operating
revenue.
5. Reimbursed costs includes the reimbursement
of all out-of-pocket
costs, including sales and
marketing and advertising fees.
6. Effective January 1, 2004, we ceased designating
our US dollar
forward contracts as hedges
of our US dollar fee revenues. These
contracts were entered into
during 2002, and all of these contracts
matured during 2004. The
foreign exchange gains on these contracts of
$11.2 million, which were
deferred prior to January 1, 2004, were
recognized in 2004 as an
increase of fee revenues over the course of
the year. Foreign exchange
gains on forward exchange contracts were
recorded as increases in
management fee revenues in the quarters of
2004 and 2003 as follows:
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(In millions of
First Second
Third Fourth
US dollars)
Quarter Quarter
Quarter Quarter
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2004
$2.7 $2.8
$2.6 $3.1
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2003
$0.5 $1.5
$1.4 $2.3
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7. Including the reimbursed costs and forward
exchange contracts,
management fee revenues
increased 9.2%, or $4.1 million, to
$48.3 million in the second
quarter of 2005, as compared to
$44.2 million for the same
period in 2004. We provide the information
excluding the above items
because the foreign exchange contracts
applied only to the period
in 2004 and the reimbursed costs have no
net impact on earnings from
management operations.
8. Eight Quarter Summary:
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(In millions of US dollars
except per share amounts)
Second Quarter First Quarter
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2005 2004 2005
2004
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Consolidated revenues(b)
$74.5 $71.4 $63.1
$57.1
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Earnings (loss) before other
operating items:
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Management operations
22.8 22.1 19.3
17.1
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Ownership and corporate operations
(2.3) (1.3) (6.8)
(7.4)
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Net earnings (loss):
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Total
$15.8 $12.8 $5.2
$8.7
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Basic earnings (loss) per share(c)
$0.43 $0.36 $0.14
$0.25
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Diluted earnings (loss) per share(c)
$0.42 $0.34 $0.14
$0.24
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Average Canadian/US foreign exchange
rate used for specified quarter
1.24401 1.35860 1.22652 1.31785
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(In millions of US dollars
except per share amounts)
Fourth Quarter Third Quarter
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2004 2003(a) 2004 2003(a)
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Consolidated revenues(b)
$69.5 $66.8 $63.3
$52.6
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Earnings (loss) before other
operating items:
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Management operations
18.2 15.7 20.1
13.7
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Ownership and corporate operations
(3.1) (1.5) (4.9)
(6.8)
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Net earnings (loss):
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Total
$12.8 $8.9 $(8.5)
$3.2
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Basic earnings (loss) per share(c)
$0.35 $0.25 $(0.24) $0.09
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Diluted earnings (loss) per share(c)
$0.34 $0.24 $(0.24) $0.09
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Average Canadian/US foreign exchange
rate used for specified quarter
1.22033 1.31550 1.30758 1.37927
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(a) In December 2003, the CICA amended Section 3870
of its Handbook to
require entities to account
for employee stock options using the fair
value-based method, beginning
January 1, 2004. In accordance with one
of the transitional alternatives
permitted under amended Section
3870, in the fourth quarter
of 2003 we prospectively adopted the fair
value-based method with
respect to all employee stock options granted
on or after January 1, 2003.
Accordingly, options granted prior to
that date continue to be
accounted for using the settlement method.
In accordance with the new
standard, however, the reported results
for the first three quarters
of 2003 are required to be restated. The
prospective application
of adopting the fair value-based method
effective January 1, 2003
resulted in the following restatements:
Third Quarter and Fourth
Quarter 2003 - in each quarter, a decrease
in net earnings of $0.3
million and a decrease in basic and diluted
earnings per share of $0.01
for each quarter.
(b) As a result of adopting Section 1100, "Generally
Accepted Accounting
Principles", which was issued
by the CICA in July 2003 and was
effective January 1, 2004,
we have included the reimbursement of all
out-of-pocket expenses in
both revenues and expenses, instead of
recording certain reimbursed
costs as a "net" amount. As a result of
this change, consolidated
revenues have been restated as follows:
Third Quarter 2003 - increase
of $7.5 million; Fourth Quarter 2003 -
increase of $9.6 million.
Consolidated revenues is
comprised of the following:
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Second First
Fourth Third
Quarter Quarter
Quarter Quarter
(In millions of -------------------------------------------------------
US dollars)
2005 2004 2005 2004 2004
2003 2004 2003
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Revenues from
Management
Operations
$48.3 $44.2 $43.6 $37.6 $44.3 $40.6
$41.9 $33.8
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Revenues from
Ownership and
Corporate
Operations
27.6 28.1 20.5 20.3 26.6
27.4 22.4 19.6
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Distributions
from hotel
investments
0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
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Fees from
Ownership and
Corporate
Operations to
Management
Operations
(1.5) (1.2) (1.0) (0.9) (1.4) (1.2)
(1.0) (0.9)
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$74.5 $71.4 $63.1 $57.1 $69.5 $66.8
$63.3 $52.6
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(c) Quarterly computations of per share amounts are
made independently on
a quarter-by-quarter basis
and may not equate to annual computations
of per share amounts.
ADD: /FIRST AND FINAL ADD -- T0237 -- FOUR SEASONS HOTELS AND RESORTS/
9. The management operations profit margin
represents management
operations earnings before
other operating items, as a percent of
management operations revenue.
10. Included in ownership and corporate operations
are the consolidated
revenues and expenses from
our 100% leasehold interests in The Pierre
in New York, Four Seasons
Hotel Vancouver and Four Seasons Hotel
Berlin (until the Berlin
lease termination on September 26, 2004),
distributions from other
ownership interests in properties that Four
Seasons manages and corporate
overhead expenses related, in part, to
these ownership interests.
11. Depreciation and management fees related to The
Pierre for the
quarters of 2004 and first
and second quarters of 2005.
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Management Fees,
including
(In millions of US dollars)
Depreciation reimbursed costs
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First Quarter 2004
$0.4
$0.5
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Second Quarter 2004
$0.5
$0.9
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Third Quarter 2004
$0.4
$0.5
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Fourth Quarter 2004
$0.5
$1.1
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Full Year 2004
$1.8
$3.0
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First Quarter 2005
$0.5
$0.7
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Second Quarter 2005
$0.4
$1.1
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(+)(+)(+)
All dollar amounts referred to in this news release
are US dollars unless
otherwise noted. The financial statements are prepared
in accordance with
Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands of
Three months ended Six
months ended
US dollars except
June 30,
June 30,
per share amounts)
2005 2004
2005 2004
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Consolidated revenues
(note 4)
$ 74,539 $ 71,363 $
137,636 $ 128,484
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MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Fee revenues
(note 4(a))
$ 32,241 $ 30,582 $
61,268 $ 55,909
Reimbursed costs
16,058 13,630
30,602 25,949
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48,299 44,212
91,870 81,858
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Expenses:
General and
administrative
expenses
(9,459) (8,442) (19,193)
(16,680)
Reimbursed costs
(16,058) (13,630) (30,602)
(25,949)
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(25,517) (22,072) (49,795)
(42,629)
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22,782 22,140
42,075 39,229
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OWNERSHIP AND
CORPORATE OPERATIONS
Revenues
27,572 28,106
48,089 48,438
Distributions from
hotel investments
132 293
132 293
Expenses:
Cost of sales and
expenses
(28,549) (28,436) (54,900)
(55,290)
Fees to Management
Operations
(1,464) (1,248)
(2,455) (2,105)
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(2,309) (1,285)
(9,134) (8,664)
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Earnings before other
operating items
20,473 20,855
32,941 30,565
Depreciation and
amortization
(2,908) (2,664)
(5,937) (5,415)
Other income (expense),
net (notes 4(a) and 5)
(8,645) (2,216) (11,355)
1,063
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Earnings from
operations
8,920 15,975
15,649 26,213
Interest income, net
828 490
1,210 1,361
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Earnings before
income taxes
9,748 16,465
16,859 27,574
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Income tax recovery
(expense):
Current
(1,390) (3,214)
(3,314) (5,330)
Future (note 5)
7,428 (493)
7,443 (781)
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6,038 (3,707)
4,129 (6,111)
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Net earnings
$ 15,786 $ 12,758 $
20,988 $ 21,463
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Basic earnings per
share (note 3(a))
$ 0.43 $ 0.36
$ 0.57 $ 0.61
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Diluted earnings per
share (note 3(a))
$ 0.42 $ 0.34
$ 0.55 $ 0.58
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---------------------------------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated
financial statements.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As at As at
(Unaudited)
June 30, December 31,
(In thousands of US dollars)
2005 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 218,636 $ 226,377
Receivables
83,660 81,541
Inventory
1,028 1,439
Prepaid expenses
3,935 2,981
-------------------------
307,259 312,338
Long-term receivables
192,964 179,060
Investments in hotel partnerships
and corporations
120,074 131,338
Fixed assets
53,658 59,939
Investment in management contracts
171,652 181,273
Investment in trademarks and trade
names
4,241 4,424
Future income tax assets
11,136 3,711
Other assets
34,378 30,064
-------------------------
$ 895,362 $ 902,147
-------------------------
-------------------------
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities $ 48,544
$ 60,415
Long-term obligations
due within one year
3,513 3,766
-------------------------
52,057 64,181
Long-term obligations (note 2)
257,593 253,066
Shareholders' equity (note 3):
Capital stock
250,216 248,980
Convertible notes
36,920 36,920
Contributed surplus
9,095 8,088
Retained earnings
211,580 192,129
Equity adjustment from
foreign
currency translation
77,901 98,783
-------------------------
585,712 584,900
-------------------------
Subsequent event (note 9)
$ 895,362 $ 902,147
-------------------------
-------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated
financial statements.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH PROVIDED
BY OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three months ended Six
months ended
(In thousands of
June 30,
June 30,
US dollars)
2005 2004
2005 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash provided by (used
in) operations:
MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Earnings before other
operating items
$ 22,782 $ 22,140 $
42,075 $ 39,229
Items not requiring an
outlay of funds
504 354
1,089 744
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Working capital
provided by
Management Operations
23,286 22,494
43,164 39,973
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OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE
OPERATIONS
Loss before other
operating items
(2,309) (1,285)
(9,134) (8,664)
Items not requiring
an outlay of funds
300 212
576 377
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Working capital used
in Ownership and
Corporate Operations
(2,009) (1,073)
(8,558) (8,287)
---------------------------------------------------
21,277 21,421
34,606 31,686
Interest received, net
2,848 1,349
4,515 4,180
Current income tax paid
(2,349) (1,095)
(5,455) (1,259)
Change in non-cash
working capital
2,205 (444)
(14,208) (9,206)
Other
(16) (91)
(129) (538)
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Cash provided by
operations
$ 23,965 $ 21,140 $
19,329 $ 24,863
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---------------------------------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated
financial statements.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three months ended Six
months ended
(In thousands of
June 30,
June 30,
US dollars)
2005 2004
2005 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cash provided by
(used in):
Operations:
$ 23,965 $ 21,140 $
19,329 $ 24,863
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Financing:
Issuance of
convertible notes
- 241,332
- 241,332
Other long-term
obligations including
current portion
(1,630) (72)
(1,498) 16
Issuance of shares
1,219 5,459
6,836 8,519
Dividends paid
- -
(1,558) (1,391)
---------------------------------------------------
Cash provided by (used
in) financing
(411) 246,719
3,780 248,476
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Capital investments:
Increase in
restricted cash
- (55,204)
- (55,204)
Long-term receivables
5,725 (15,365) (14,740)
(14,700)
Hotel investments
(2,265) (27,476)
(9,445) (28,446)
Disposal of hotel
investments (note
5) 7,326
- 12,672
-
Purchase of fixed
assets
(4,453) 1,391
(8,060) (1,917)
Investments in
trademarks and
trade names and
management contracts
(342) (8,441)
(473) (8,719)
Other assets
(6,809) (893)
(6,860) (1,735)
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Cash used in capital
investments
(818) (105,988) (26,906)
(110,721)
---------------------------------------------------
Increase (decrease)
in net cash and
cash equivalents
22,736 161,871
(3,797) 162,618
Decrease in net cash
and cash equivalents
due to unrealized
foreign exchange loss
(2,264) (2,228)
(3,944) (2,095)
Cash and cash
equivalents,
beginning of period
198,164 132,979
226,377 132,099
---------------------------------------------------
Net cash and cash
equivalents,
end of period
$ 218,636 $ 292,622 $ 218,636
$ 292,622
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---------------------------------------------------
Supplemental disclosure
of net cash and cash
equivalents:
Cash and cash
equivalents
$ 218,636 $ 348,575 $ 218,636
$ 348,575
Less restricted cash
- (55,953)
- (55,953)
---------------------------------------------------
Net cash and cash
equivalents
$ 218,636 $ 292,622 $ 218,636
$ 292,622
---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated
financial statements.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF RETAINED
EARNINGS
Six months ended
(Unaudited)
June 30,
(In thousands of US dollars)
2005 2004
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Retained earnings, beginning of period
$ 192,129 $ 169,364
Net earnings
20,988 21,463
Dividends declared
(1,537) (1,367)
-------------------------
Retained earnings, end of period
$ 211,580 $ 189,460
-------------------------
-------------------------
See accompanying notes to consolidated
financial statements.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands of US dollars except
per share amounts)
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In these interim consolidated financial
statements, the words "we", "us",
"our", and other similar words are
references to Four Seasons Hotels Inc.
and its consolidated subsidiaries.
These interim consolidated financial
statements do not include all disclosures
required by Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles ("GAAP")
for annual financial statements
and should be read in conjunction
with our most recently prepared annual
consolidated financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2004.
1. Significant accounting policies:
The significant accounting policies
used in preparing these interim
consolidated financial statements
are consistent with those used in
preparing our annual consolidated
financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2004, except as disclosed
below:
(a) Change in reporting currency:
We have historically
prepared our consolidated financial statements
in Canadian
dollars. Effective for the three months ended March 31,
2005, we have
adopted US dollars as our reporting currency. With the
majority of
our management fee revenues in US dollars, reporting in
US dollars
should reduce the volatility on reported results relating
to the impact
of fluctuations in the rate of exchange between the US
and Canadian
dollar relating to these revenues and, as a result, we
believe it
will provide our financial statement users with more
meaningful
information. We have not changed the functional currency
of Four Seasons
Hotels Inc., which remains Canadian dollars, or the
functional
currencies of any of its subsidiaries.
The consolidated
financial statements in Canadian dollars have been
translated
to US dollars using the foreign exchange rates applicable
at each balance
sheet date for assets and liabilities, and the
weighted average
exchange rates of the corresponding quarters for the
consolidated
statements of operations, consolidated statements of
cash provided
by operations and consolidated statements of cash
flows. Equity
transactions have been translated to US dollars at the
historical
exchange rates with opening equity accounts on January 1,
2003 translated
at the exchange rate on that date. Any resulting
exchange gain
or loss was charged or credited to "Equity adjustment
from foreign
currency translation" included as a separate component
of shareholders'
equity.
(b) Variable interest entities:
The Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accountants ("CICA") issued
Accounting
Guideline No. 15, "Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities"
("AcG-15"), which establishes criteria to identify variable
interest entities
("VIE") and the primary beneficiary of such
entities.
Entities that qualify as VIEs must be consolidated by their
primary beneficiary.
Effective January 1, 2005, we adopted AcG-15 and
have concluded
that we do not have to consolidate any interest under
AcG-15.
(c) Investments in hotel partnerships
and corporations:
In conjunction
with the issuance of Section 3475, "Disposal of Long-
Lived Assets
and Discontinued Operations", the CICA eliminated the
exception
from consolidation for a temporary controlled subsidiary.
Beginning
January 1, 2005, we were required to either equity account
or consolidate
our temporary investments in which we have over a 20%
equity interest.
In March 2005, we sold the majority of our equity
interest in
Four Seasons Residence Club Scottsdale at Troon North,
and in April
2005, we sold the majority of our equity interest in
Four Seasons
Hotel Shanghai (note 5). As a result of the sales, our
equity interests
in each property were reduced to less than 20%. The
change in
accounting for these temporary investments did not have a
material impact
on our consolidated financial statements for the
three months
and six months ended June 30, 2005.
2. Long-term obligations:
(a) Bank credit facility:
We have a committed
bank credit facility of $125,000, which expires
in September
2007. As at June 30, 2005, no amounts were borrowed
under this
credit facility. However, approximately $4,000 of letters
of credit
were issued under this credit facility as at June 30, 2005.
No amounts
have been drawn under these letters of credit.
(b) Currency and interest rate swap:
In April 2005,
we entered into a currency and interest rate swap
agreement
to July 30, 2009, pursuant to which we have agreed to
receive interest
at a fixed rate of 5.33% per annum on an initial
notional amount
of $215,842 and pay interest at a floating rate of
six-month
Canadian Bankers Acceptance in arrears plus 1.1% per annum
on an initial
notional amount of C$269.2 million. On July 30, 2009,
we will pay
C$311.8 million and receive $250,000 under the swap. We
have designated
the swap as a fair value hedge of our convertible
senior notes,
which were issued in 2004.
3. Shareholders' equity:
As at June 30, 2005, we have 3,725,698
outstanding Variable Multiple
Voting Shares ("VMVS"), 32,909,488
outstanding Limited Voting Shares
("LVS"), and 4,544,843 outstanding
stock options (weighted average
exercise price of C$59.32 ($48.13)).
(a) Earnings per share:
A reconciliation
of the net earnings and weighted average number of
VMVS and LVS
used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share
is as follows:
Three months ended June 30,
2005
2004
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Net
Net
earnings Shares earnings
Shares
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic earnings
per
share
amounts $ 15,786
36,624,440 $ 12,758 35,484,874
Effect of
assumed
dilutive
conversions:
Stock option plan
- 1,325,607
- 1,494,286
Convertible notes
(issued in 1999
and redeemed in
September 2004)
- -
989 3,463,155
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Diluted earnings
per
share
amounts $ 15,786
37,950,047 $ 13,747 40,442,315
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Six months ended June 30,
2005
2004
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Net
Net
earnings Shares earnings
Shares
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Basic earnings
per
share
amounts $ 20,988
36,616,645 $ 21,463 35,386,149
Effect of
assumed
dilutive
conversions:
Stock option plan
- 1,454,426
- 1,467,988
Convertible notes
(issued in 1999
and redeemed in
September 2004)
- -
1,978 3,463,155
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Diluted earnings
per
share
amounts $ 20,988
38,071,071 $ 23,441 40,317,292
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---------------------------------------------------------------------
The diluted
earnings per share calculation excluded the effect of the
assumed conversions
of 693,056 and 59,000 stock options to LVS, under
our stock
option plan, during the three months and six months ended
June 30, 2005,
respectively (2004 - 858,196 and 1,015,916 stock
options, respectively),
as the inclusion of these conversions would
have resulted
in an anti-dilutive effect. There was no dilution
relating to
the convertible senior notes issued in 2004, as the
contingent
conversion price was not reached during the period.
In June 2005,
the Emerging Issues Committee of the CICA issued
Abstract EIC-155,
"The Effect of Contingently Convertible Instruments
on Diluted
Earnings per Share", which requires the application of the
"if-converted
method" to account for the potential dilution relating
to the conversion
of contingently convertible instruments, such as
our convertible
senior notes. EIC-155 will be effective for periods
beginning
on or after October 1, 2005. If we had adopted EIC-155 for
the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2005, there would have
been no additional
dilution for either period.
(b) Stock-based compensation:
We use the
fair value-based method to account for all employee stock
options granted
on or after January 1, 2003. Accordingly, options
granted prior
to that date continue to be accounted for using the
settlement
method.
There were
no stock options granted in the three months and six
months ended
June 30, 2005. The fair value of stock options granted
in the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2004 was estimated
using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
assumptions:
risk-free interest rates ranging from 3.86% to 4.39% and
2.96% to 4.39%,
respectively; semi-annual dividend per LVS of C$0.055
for both periods;
volatility factor of the expected market price of
our LVS of
28% and 28% to 30%, respectively; and expected lives of
the options
ranging between four and seven years, depending on the
level of the
employee who was granted stock options. For the options
granted in
the three months and six months ended June 30, 2004, the
weighted average
fair value of the options at the grant dates was
C$24.85 and
C$25.35, respectively ($18.29 and $18.94, respectively).
For purposes
of stock option expense and pro forma disclosures, the
estimated
fair value of the options are amortized to compensation
expense over
the options' vesting period.
Pro forma disclosure
is required to show the effect of the
application
of the fair value-based method to employee stock options
granted on
or after January 1, 2002 and not accounted for using the
fair value-based
method. For the three months and six months ended
June 30, 2005
and 2004, if we had applied the fair value-based method
to options
granted from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002, our net
earnings and
basic and diluted earnings per share would have been
adjusted to
the pro forma amounts indicated below:
Three months ended Six months ended
June 30,
June 30,
2005 2004
2005 2004
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Stock option
expense
included
in compensation
expense
$ (515) $ (364) $ (1,008) $
(677)
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-------------------------------------------
Net earnings,
as reported $ 15,786 $ 12,758 $ 20,988
$ 21,463
Additional
expense that
would
have been recorded
if all
outstanding stock
options
granted during
2002
had been expensed (681)
(628) (1,372) (1,280)
-------------------------------------------
Pro forma
net earnings $ 15,105 $ 12,130
$ 19,616 $ 20,183
-------------------------------------------
Earnings per
share:
Basic, as reported $ 0.43
$ 0.36 $ 0.57 $
0.61
Basic, pro forma
0.41 0.34
0.54 0.57
Diluted, as reported 0.42
0.34 0.55
0.58
Diluted, pro forma
0.40 0.32
0.52 0.55
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4. Consolidated revenues:
Three months ended Six months ended
June 30,
June 30,
2005 2004
2005 2004
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Revenues from
Management
Operations(a)
$ 48,299 $ 44,212 $ 91,870 $ 81,858
Revenues from
Ownership
and
Corporate Operations 27,572 28,106
48,089 48,438
Distributions
from hotel
investments
132 293
132 293
Fees from
Ownership and
Corporate
Operations to
Management
Operations (1,464)
(1,248) (2,455) (2,105)
-------------------------------------------
$ 74,539 $ 71,363 $137,636 $128,484
-------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------
(a) Effective January 1, 2004, we ceased
designating our US dollar
forward contracts
as hedges of our US dollar fee revenues. These
contracts
were entered into during 2002, and all of these contracts
matured during
2004. The foreign exchange gains on these contracts of
$11,201, which
were deferred prior to January 1, 2004, were
recognized
in 2004 as an increase of fee revenues over the course of
the year.
During the three months and six months ended June 30, 2004,
we recognized
$2,798 and $5,518, respectively, of the deferred gain
in fee revenues.
We did not hedge any of our US dollar fee revenues
during the
three months and six months ended June 30, 2005. In
addition,
effective January 1, 2004, the US dollar forward contracts
were marked-to-market
on a monthly basis with the resulting changes
in fair values
being recorded as a foreign exchange gain or loss and
was included
in other income (expense), net. This resulted in a $692
and $1,120
foreign exchange loss, respectively, for the three months
and six months
ended June 30, 2004.
5. Other income (expense), net:
Included in other income (expense),
net for the three months and six
months ended June 30, 2005 is a net
foreign exchange loss of $3,289 and
$3,682, respectively (2004 - net foreign
exchange loss of $2,185 and net
foreign exchange gain of $1,328, respectively)
related to the foreign
currency translation gains and losses
on unhedged net monetary asset and
liability positions, primarily in
US dollars, euros, pounds sterling and
Australian dollars, and foreign exchange
gains and losses incurred by our
designated foreign self-sustaining
subsidiaries.
On June 30, 2005, we finalized the
assignment of our leases and the sale
of the related assets in The Pierre
for net proceeds of $4,520. The net
book value of our assets in The Pierre
was approximately $7,800 and,
after deducting disposition costs,
we recorded a loss on sale of $5,023.
As a result of the sale, we also recorded
a tax benefit of approximately
$9,200, which is included in future
income tax recovery.
As part of the sale of The Pierre,
in accordance with statutory
provisions, the purchaser agreed to
assume a portion of our contribution
history with a multi-employer pension
fund for the unionized hotel
employees (the "NYC Pension"). This
permitted us to withdraw from the NYC
Pension without incurring a withdrawal
liability estimated at $10,700.
If the purchaser withdraws as the result
of the lease cancellation by the
landlord in certain circumstances
in 2008 or 2011, we have agreed to
indemnify the purchaser for that portion
of the withdrawal liability
relating to their assumption of our
contribution history. The amount of
any potential future liability resulting
from this indemnity is not
determinable at this time as it would
be based upon future events related
to the NYC Pension.
If the purchaser withdraws from the
NYC Pension prior to 2011 in any
circumstances other than those described
above and does not pay its
withdrawal liability, we remain secondarily
liable for our withdrawal
liability up to an amount of $10,700.
We have been indemnified by the
purchaser for any such liability.
We believe that the likelihood of our
being required to make a payment is
remote, and have not recorded any
amount as at June 30, 2005 in respect
of a potential NYC Pension withdrawal
liability.
In March 2005, we sold the majority
of our equity interest in Four
Seasons Residence Club Scottsdale
at Troon North for gross proceeds of
$5,346, which approximated book value.
As a result of the sale, our
equity interest in the residence club
was reduced to approximately 14%.
In April 2005, we sold approximately
53% of our equity interest in Four
Seasons Hotel Shanghai for gross proceeds
of $9,500 (cash of $4,241 and a
loan receivable of $5,259), which
approximated book value, and reduced
our interest in the hotel to approximately
10%. As a result of the sale,
we revalued this US dollar investment
at March 31, 2005 at current
exchange rates and recorded a loss
of $1,930, which was included in other
income (expense), net, during the
three months ended March 31, 2005.
6. Pension benefit expense:
The pension benefit expense, after
allocation to managed properties, for
the three months and six months ended
June 30, 2005 was $596 and $1,217,
respectively (2004 - $559 and $1,134,
respectively).
7. Guarantees and other commitments:
We have provided certain guarantees
and have other similar commitments
typically made in connection with
properties under our management
totalling a maximum of $47,000. These
contractual obligations and other
commitments are more fully described
in the consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December
31, 2004. Since December 31, 2004,
we have reduced two of our bank guarantees,
reduced two of our other
commitments, and extended one new
bank guarantee and two other
commitments to two properties under
our management, resulting in a net
increase in guarantees and other commitments
of $1,900.
In addition, we expect to fund approximately
$21,000 over the next 18
months in connection with an expansion
of our corporate office which is
currently underway.
8. Seasonality:
Our hotels and resorts are affected
by normally recurring seasonal
patterns, and demand is usually lower
in the period from December through
March than during the remainder of
the year for most of our urban
properties. However, December through
March is typically a period of
relatively strong demand at our resorts.
As a result, our management operations
are affected by seasonal patterns,
both in terms of revenues and operating
results. Urban hotels generally
experience lower revenues and operating
results in the first quarter.
This negative impact on management
revenues from those properties is
offset to some degree by increased
travel to our resorts in the period.
Our ownership operations are particularly
affected by seasonal
fluctuations, with lower revenue,
higher operating losses and lower cash
flow in the first quarter, as compared
to the other quarters. With the
disposition of our leasehold interest
in The Pierre at the end of the
second quarter of 2005 (note 5), we
have substantially reduced the
exposure to seasonality in our ownership
operations.
9. Subsequent event:
In August 2005, we finalized an agreement
with the owner of Four Seasons
Hotel Newport Beach pursuant to which,
effective October 31, 2005, the
owner will begin to manage this property
as an independent hotel. At the
time of transition, we will receive
a payment in an amount that will
exceed the net book value of our investment
in the management contract.
FOUR
SEASONS HOTELS INC.
SUMMARY OF HOTEL OPERATING DATA -
CORE HOTELS(1)
Three months ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
2005 2004 Variance
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Worldwide
No. of Properties
52 52
--
No. of Rooms
13,802 13,802
--
Occupancy(2)
71.4% 67.5% 3.9pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$339 $320
5.8%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$232 $206
12.8%
Gross operating margin(5)
33.1% 30.4% 2.7pts.
United States
No. of Properties
20 20
--
No. of Rooms
6,274 6,274
--
Occupancy(2)
76.3% 71.0% 5.3pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$350 $331
5.7%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$271 $239
13.6%
Gross operating margin(5)
30.7% 27.8% 2.9pts.
Other Americas/Caribbean
No. of Properties
8 8
--
No. of Rooms
1,724 1,724
--
Occupancy(2)
73.4% 67.4% 6.0pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$313 $300
4.4%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$225 $191
17.6%
Gross operating margin(5)
31.1% 26.0% 5.1pts.
Europe
No. of Properties
8 8
--
No. of Rooms
1,492 1,492
--
Occupancy(2)
69.6% 70.1% (0.5)pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$560 $538
4.1%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$402 $385
4.6%
Gross operating margin(5)
39.1% 40.9% (1.8)pts.
Middle East
No. of Properties
4 4
--
No. of Rooms
847 847
--
Occupancy(2)
70.0% 65.4% 4.6pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$216 $183
18.3%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$152 $119
28.3%
Gross operating margin(5)
47.1% 38.5% 8.6pts.
Asia/Pacific
No. of Properties
12 12
--
No. of Rooms
3,465 3,465
--
Occupancy(2)
62.8% 60.7% 2.1pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$230 $216
6.7%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$113 $99
14.1%
Gross operating margin(5)
32.3% 29.2% 3.1pts.
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(1) The term "Core Hotels" means hotels
and resorts under management for
the full year
of both 2005 and 2004. However, if a "Core Hotel" has
undergone
or is undergoing an extensive renovation program in one of
those years
that materially affects the operation of the property in
that year,
it ceases to be included as a "Core Hotel" in either year.
Changes from
the 2004/2003 Core Hotels are the additions of Four
Seasons Resort
Jackson Hole, Four Seasons Hotel Miami, Four Seasons
Resort Great
Exuma at Emerald Bay, Four Seasons Hotel Prague, Four
Seasons Hotel
Riyadh and Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta, and the
deletions
of Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa (due to its
temporary
closure caused by the tsunami) and The Pierre in New York
(due to its
disposition on June 30, 2005).
(2) Occupancy percentage is defined
as the total number of rooms occupied
divided by
the total number of rooms available.
(3) ADR is defined as average daily
room rate calculated as straight
average for
each region.
(4) RevPAR is defined as average room
revenue per available room. It is a
non-GAAP measure.
We use RevPAR because it is a commonly used
indicator
of market performance for hotels and resorts and represents
the combination
of the average daily room rate and the average
occupancy
rate achieved during the period. RevPAR does not include
food and beverage
or other ancillary revenues generated by a hotel or
resort. RevPAR
is the most commonly used measure in the lodging
industry to
measure the period-over-period performance of comparable
properties.
Our calculation of RevPAR may be different than the
calculation
used by other lodging companies.
(5) Gross operating margin represents
gross operating profit as a
percentage
of gross operating revenue.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
SUMMARY OF HOTEL OPERATING DATA -
CORE HOTELS(1)
Six months ended
June 30,
(Unaudited)
2005 2004 Variance
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Worldwide
No. of Properties
52 52
--
No. of Rooms
13,802 13,802
--
Occupancy(2)
69.2% 65.2% 4.0pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$349 $327
6.9%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$228 $201
13.2%
Gross operating margin(5)
31.5% 29.2% 2.3pts.
United States
No. of Properties
20 20
--
No. of Rooms
6,274 6,274
--
Occupancy(2)
73.8% 69.2% 4.6pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$364 $343
6.0%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$266 $236
13.0%
Gross operating margin(5)
29.0% 26.6% 2.4pts.
Other Americas/Caribbean
No. of Properties
8 8
--
No. of Rooms
1,724 1,724
--
Occupancy(2)
69.2% 63.9% 5.3pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$364 $338
7.7%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$247 $208
18.4%
Gross operating margin(5)
33.6% 29.7% 3.9pts.
Europe
No. of Properties
8 8
--
No. of Rooms
1,492 1,492
--
Occupancy(2)
62.2% 64.0% (1.8)pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$533 $503
6.1%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$348 $331
5.0%
Gross operating margin(5)
34.0% 35.4% (1.4)pts.
Middle East
No. of Properties
4 4
--
No. of Rooms
847 847
--
Occupancy(2)
71.3% 65.6% 5.7pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$218 $186
17.2%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$155 $122
26.9%
Gross operating margin(5)
47.5% 39.2% 8.3pts.
Asia/Pacific
No. of Properties
12 12
--
No. of Rooms
3,465 3,465
--
Occupancy(2)
63.5% 58.8% 4.7pts.
ADR(3)
- in US dollars
$236 $222
6.7%
RevPAR(4)
- in US dollars
$115 $99
16.4%
Gross operating margin(5)
31.2% 28.9% 2.3pts.
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(1) The term "Core Hotels" means hotels
and resorts under management for
the full year
of both 2005 and 2004. However, if a "Core Hotel" has
undergone
or is undergoing an extensive renovation program in one of
those years
that materially affects the operation of the property in
that year,
it ceases to be included as a "Core Hotel" in either year.
Changes from
the 2004/2003 Core Hotels are the additions of Four
Seasons Resort
Jackson Hole, Four Seasons Hotel Miami, Four Seasons
Resort Great
Exuma at Emerald Bay, Four Seasons Hotel Prague, Four
Seasons Hotel
Riyadh and Four Seasons Hotel Jakarta, and the
deletions
of Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa (due to its
temporary
closure caused by the tsunami) and The Pierre in New York
(due to its
disposition on June 30, 2005).
(2) Occupancy percentage is defined
as the total number of rooms occupied
divided by
the total number of rooms available.
(3) ADR is defined as average daily
room rate calculated as straight
average for
each region.
(4) RevPAR is defined as average room
revenue per available room. It is a
non-GAAP measure.
We use RevPAR because it is a commonly used
indicator
of market performance for hotels and resorts and represents
the combination
of the average daily room rate and the average
occupancy
rate achieved during the period. RevPAR does not include
food and beverage
or other ancillary revenues generated by a hotel or
resort. RevPAR
is the most commonly used measure in the lodging
industry to
measure the period-over-period performance of comparable
properties.
Our calculation of RevPAR may be different than the
calculation
used by other lodging companies.
(5) Gross operating margin represents
gross operating profit as a
percentage
of gross operating revenue.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
SUMMARY OF HOTEL OPERATING DATA - ALL
MANAGED HOTELS
As at
June 30,
(Unaudited)
2005 2004 Variance
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Worldwide
No. of Properties
66(1) 63
3
No. of Rooms
16,834(1) 16,217
617
United States
No. of Properties
24(1) 24
--
No. of Rooms
7,109(1) 7,109
--
Other Americas/Caribbean
No. of Properties
10 10
--
No. of Rooms
2,162 2,162
--
Europe
No. of Properties
11 11
--
No. of Rooms
1,919 1,990
(71)
Middle East
No. of Properties
6 4
2
No. of Rooms
1,444 847
597
Asia/Pacific
No. of Properties
15 14
1
No. of Rooms
4,200 4,109
91
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(1) Since June 30, 2005, we ceased
management of The Pierre in New York,
which had
201 rooms.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
REVENUES UNDER MANAGEMENT - ALL MANAGED
HOTELS
(Unaudited)
Three months ended Six
months ended
(In thousands of
June 30,
June 30,
US dollars)
2005 2004
2005 2004
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Revenues under
management(1)
$ 677,683 $ 571,869 $1,279,246
$1,102,059
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(1) Revenues under management consist
of rooms, food and beverage,
telephone
and other revenues of all the hotels and resorts which we
manage. Approximately
66% of the fee revenues (excluding reimbursed
costs) we
earned were calculated as a percentage of the total
revenues under
management of all hotels and resorts.
FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.
SCHEDULED OPENING OF PROPERTIES UNDER
CONSTRUCTION OR
IN ADVANCED STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
Hotel/Resort/Residence Club
Approximate
and Location(1)(2)
Number of Rooms
Scheduled 2005/2006 openings
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Four Seasons Hotel Damascus, Syria
305
Four Seasons Hotel Geneva, Switzerland
100
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, People's
Republic of China(x) 395
Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Koele,
HI, USA
100
Four Seasons Resort Lanai at Manele
Bay, HI, USA
250
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa
Giraavaru, Maldives 100
Four Seasons Hotel Mumbai, India(x)
235
Four Seasons Residence Club Punta
Mita, Mexico
35
Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley
at East Palo Alto, CA, USA 200
Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village,
California, USA
270
Beyond 2006
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Four Seasons Hotel Alexandria, Egypt(x)
125
Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, MD,
USA(x)
200
Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, People's
Republic of China
325
Four Seasons Hotel Beirut, Lebanon
235
Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora, French
Polynesia
105
Four Seasons Hotel Dubai, UAE(x)
300
Four Seasons Hotel Florence, Italy
120
Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the
Bosphorus, Turkey
170
Four Seasons Hotel Kuwait City, Kuwait
225
Four Seasons Hotel Marrakech, Morocco(x)
140
Four Seasons Hotel Moscow, Russia(x)
210
Four Seasons Hotel Moscow Kamenny
Island, Russia(x)
80
Four Seasons Resort Puerto Rico, Puerto
Rico(x)
250
Four Seasons Hotel Seattle, WA, USA(x)
150
Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, Ontario,
Canada(x)
265
Four Seasons Resort Vail, CO, USA(x)
120
(x) Expected to include a residential
component.
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(1) Information concerning hotels,
resorts and Residence Clubs under
construction
or under development is based upon agreements and
letters of
intent and may be subject to change prior to the
completion
of the project. The dates of scheduled openings have been
estimated
by management based upon information provided by the
various developers
at the time of this report. There can be no
assurance
that the date of scheduled opening will be achieved or that
these projects
will be completed. In particular, in the case where a
property is
scheduled to open near the end of a year, there is a
greater possibility
that the year of opening could be changed. The
process and
risks associated with the management of new properties
are dealt
with in greater detail in our 2004 Annual Report.
(2) We have made an investment in
Orlando, in which we expect to include
a Four Seasons
Residence Club and/or a Four Seasons branded
residential
component. The financing for this project has not yet
been completed
and therefore a scheduled opening date cannot be
established
at this time. |
This news release contains "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including RevPAR, profit
margin and earnings trends; statements concerning the number of lodging
properties expected to be added in this and future years; expected investment
spending; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events,
results, circumstances, performance or expectations that are not historical
facts.
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