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The company has also provided hold-adjusted property EBITDA results for each operating segment.
On a consolidated basis, adjusting for hold, property EBITDA would have been $39m less than the
reported $1,276m.
Macau
Reported 488 622 630 657 784
Hold-Adjusted 488 575 630 657 784
Difference 0 47 0 0 0
Las Vegas
Reported 98 53 113 63 87.1
Hold-Adjusted 60 88 83 89 48.5
Difference 38 -35 31 -26 39
Sands Bethlehem
Reported 32 28 30 34 30
Hold-Adjusted 30 26 28 31 29
Difference 2 2 2 3 1
130 80 143
TOTAL 90 114 111
Reported 877 1003 1167 1107 1276
Hold-Adjusted 948 1093 1189 1171 1237
Difference -71 -90 -22 -64 39
Source: Company data, Macquarie Capital (USA), October 2013
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Singapore (MBS)
Rolling Chip (VIP) 13,785 11,791 16.9% 15,361 2.9% 1.8% 106 bps 2.8% 393 211 86.2% 422
Non-Rolling Chip (Mass) 1,156 1,131 2.2% 1,161 23.6% 24.0% -40 bps 23.7% 273 272 0.5% 275
Slots 2,765 2,621 5.5% 2,765 5.1% 5.2% -10 bps 5.4% 141 136 3.5% 149
Source: Company data, Macquarie Capital (USA), October 2013
Macau
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Estimate Revisions
Valuation
U.S. Operations
Las Vegas 2014 EBITDA 371 11.0x 4,086
Sands Bethlehem 2014 EBITDA 127 8.0x 1,016
Corporate Expense and Other 2014 EBITDA (158) 7.0x (1,109)
Total EV of U.S. and Corporate 340 3,992
Less: U.S. Net Debt 2014 2,192
U.S. Operations Equity Value 1,800
Macau Operations 2014 EBITDA 3,368 14.0x 47,159
Less: Macau Net Debt 2014 137
Add: Value for Parisian Project 6,415
Macau Operations Equity Value 53,437
LVS ownership 70.3%
Macau Value attributable to LVS 37,566
Singapore Operations 2014 EBITDA 1,673 13.5x 22,583
Less: Singapore Net Debt 2014 2,690
Singapore Equity Value 19,894
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Pre-opening expense 114.8 65.8 143.8 6.8 1.0 1.8 1.5 11.1 6.0 6.0
Development expense 1.8 11.3 20.0 5.4 6.0 3.5 0.0 14.8 0.0 0.0
Depreciation and amortization 695.0 794.4 892.0 252.6 251.0 248.9 250.3 1,002.8 1,000.1 998.3
Loss on disposal of assets 54.6 8.9 2.2 1.9 4.8 2.7 0.0 9.4 0.0 0.0
Impairment Loss 0.0 1.3 143.7 0.0 0.0 47.4 0.0 47.4 0.0 0.0
Operating income 1,180.6 2,389.9 2,311.4 826.7 780.6 914.8 986.0 3,508.1 4,299.8 4,709.6
Interest income 8.9 14.4 23.3 3.8 3.2 3.8 4.5 15.3 21.6 28.8
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized (306.8) (282.9) (258.6) (68.8) (68.4) (66.9) (71.5) (275.6) (285.4) (295.5)
Other expense (8.3) (4.0) 5.7 (2.1) 3.9 3.2 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0
Loss on early retirement of debt (18.6) (22.6) (19.2) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pre-Tax Income 855.9 2,094.8 2,062.6 759.6 719.4 854.9 919.0 3,252.8 4,036.0 4,442.9
Benefit (provision) for income taxes (74.3) (211.7) (180.8) (55.6) (47.7) (45.6) (64.3) (213.3) (322.9) (355.4)
Effective Tax Rate 8.7% 10.1% 8.8% 7.3% 6.6% 5.3% 7.0% 6.6% 8.0% 8.0%
Minority Interests, net (182.2) (323.0) (357.7) (132.0) (141.9) (182.6) (177.8) (634.3) (791.2) (871.5)
Net Income 599.4 1,560.1 1,524.1 572.0 529.8 626.7 676.9 2,405.3 2,921.9 3,215.9
Accumulated but undeclared dividends & Other (191.9) (290.6) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Net income to common shareholders 407.5 1,269.5 1,524.1 572.0 529.8 626.7 676.9 2,405.3 2,921.9 3,215.9
Diluted GAAP EPS $0.51 $1.56 $1.85 $0.69 $0.64 $0.76 $0.82 $2.91 $3.58 $4.00
Basic Shares Outstanding 694,570 728,343 806,311 823,367 823,974 823,201 823,201 823,436 823,201 823,201
Diluted Shares Outstanding 786,649 811,817 824,292 827,453 827,901 826,965 823,751 826,518 815,873 803,785
Adjusted Net Income 788.1 1,644.0 1,767.8 583.9 540.6 634.7 678.4 2,437.6 2,927.8 3,221.8
Adjusted Diluted EPS $0.99 $2.02 $2.14 $0.71 $0.65 $0.77 $0.82 $2.95 $3.59 $4.01
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