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EVOLUTION NH HOTELES – IBEX<br />
DECEMBER 2008 - DECEMBER <strong>2012</strong><br />
200<br />
180<br />
160<br />
140<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
0<br />
Dec-08 Mar-09 Jun-09 Sept-09 Dec-09 Mar-10 Jun-10 Sept-10 Dec-10 Mar-11 Jun-11 Sept-11 Dec-11 Mar-12<br />
Jun-12<br />
NH HOTELES<br />
IBEX<br />
Sept-12 Dec-12<br />
At the NH Hoteles, S.A. Board Meeting held on 23 November <strong>2012</strong>, the Chairman, Mr Mariano Pérez Claver stated his decision to depart from his role as<br />
company Chairman and CEO and Board Member. Following the report of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee, the board agreed to appoint<br />
Mr Rodrigo Echenique Gordillo as the new non-executive Chairman, and Mr Federico González Tejera as CEO. Both Mr Rodrigo Echenique Gordillo and Mr<br />
Federico González Tejera are professionals with extensive business experience.<br />
FUTURE OUTLOOK<br />
The hotel industry is especially sensitive to the economic climate and corporate activity. However, it has shown better growth and occupancy levels than other<br />
productive activities each year over the past few years. The forecasts made by World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) for the next ten years point towards<br />
global year on year growth rates of between 3% and 4% and an increased weight of tourism and hospitality in global GDP. Nevertheless, in the case of Europe,<br />
where NH Group still has most of its markets, growth forecasts for these activities vary between 1% and 3% depending on the countries in question.<br />
Over the last five years, large hotel companies like NH Hoteles, with a significant turnover and a large number of hotels, operating in many countries, with<br />
access to international distribution channels, etc. have been achieving economic results that have substantially exceeded the results recorded by smaller<br />
companies with fewer hotels, which are far more sensitive to price and occupancy level fluctuations.<br />
The absence of any changes in the macroeconomic trend leads us to estimate that NH Group will see a recovery in hotel income in the second half of the<br />
year, with income growing at between 2% and 4%, leading to a slight increase in sales for the whole of the year against the previous year. The company will<br />
continue to adjust the cost base and this will enable it to offset the current weak climate.<br />
Lastly, the geographical diversification of NH Hoteles activity allows countries such as Germany, England, Austria, Switzerland and Mexico, which have a better<br />
economic outlook for 2013, to amply compensate for the more stagnant economic trends in Spain and Italy.<br />
On the other hand, however, there is in general little foresight with regard to customer bookings in the urban hotel sector. Except for some specific events,<br />
bookings are being increasingly made less in advance, making it difficult to establish any kind of forecast for the year.<br />
Since the start of the year, the company has been working on a strategic operating plan that will substantially change its business model. The redesign of the<br />
NH brand, the segmentation of the portfolio and reinventing the “NH experience” will allow the Group to create unique solutions for everybody. In addition,<br />
the sales, marketing and communication plans will undergo significant changes, online direct sales channels will be strengthened, and a new focus will be<br />
placed on communicating with customers, all accompanied by a new organisational model within the company.<br />
SUBSEQUENT DISCLOSURES<br />
a) Agreement with HNA<br />
On 17 April 2013, the Parent Company implemented and concluded a capital increase approved by the Board of Directors in its meeting of 27 February<br />
2013, incorporating Tangla Spain, S.L., a company belonging to the Chinese business group HNA, into the shareholder structure of the Parent Company,<br />
with a post-increase stake of 20% of share capital.<br />
The aforementioned capital increase was fully subscribed and paid up at its nominal value of €123,308,716, through the issue and distribution of a total<br />
of 61,654,358 ordinary shares, with a par value of €2 per share, along with a premium of €1.80 per share (which represents a total issue premium of<br />
€110,977,844.40), with a total outlay of €234,286,560.40.<br />
From this moment, HNA is represented by three members on the Board of Directors of NH Hoteles, S.A.<br />
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