Drive Shack Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Preferred Stock Dividends for Fourth Quarter 2021

Reported Total Company Revenue of $76.4 Million for the Third Quarter 2021; Highest Quarterly Revenue Reported in Three Years

Reported Operating Loss of $5.9 Million and Positive Adjusted EBITDA of $3.3 Million for the Third Quarter 2021

Debuted First Puttery Venue in The Colony, Texas in September 2021

Drive Shack Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: DS), a leading owner and operator of golf-related leisure and entertainment businesses, today reported its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

“The third quarter was a historic quarter for our Company with the launch of Puttery, our new, competitive socializing and immersive entertainment experience,” said Drive Shack Inc.’s President and Chief Executive Officer Hana Khouri. “Our first Puttery venue debuted in our home market on September 3^rd in The Colony, Texas, one of the most exciting entertainment districts in North Texas. Guests are responding favorably to our inaugural Puttery and the feedback on their experience remains overwhelmingly positive. I am beyond proud of the countless team members that worked hard to deliver our first venue and I thank them for their unmatched dedication and commitment to bring our Puttery brand and vision to life. We look forward to opening additional Puttery venues in the coming months, including our Charlotte location which is planned to open later this quarter.”

Khouri continued, “We delivered strong results for the third quarter, including the highest quarterly revenue in three years and our fifth consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA. Our American Golf and Drive Shack businesses have largely returned to pre-COVID levels, and our events business continues to meaningfully increase as we near the important, key holiday months. 2021 has been an instrumental year and we remain centered on our strategic priorities to drive growth and profitability this year and beyond.”

Third Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights

Total revenue for the third quarter this year was $76.4 million compared to $66.5 million in the same period last year. The Company’s traditional golf business, American Golf, generated total revenue of $65.1 million in the third quarter 2021, which included $14.7 million of managed course expense reimbursements, compared to $60.3 million in the third quarter 2020, which included $15.2 million of managed course expense reimbursements. The increase to last year’s third quarter was largely due to higher event revenue and green and cart fee revenue this year.

The Company’s entertainment golf business, comprised of both Drive Shack and Puttery venues, generated total revenue of $11.3 million in the third quarter 2021, an increase of $5.1 million compared to $6.2 million in the third quarter 2020. The increase to last year’s third quarter was primarily due to strict COVID-19 local mandates that remained in effect on large group gatherings last year, which impacted both walk-in and event revenue in the prior year’s quarter. Additionally, the Company debuted its first Puttery entertainment golf venue in September 2021, which generated total revenue of $0.8 million this year.

Operating loss for the third quarter 2021 was ($5.9) million, an improvement of $0.1 million versus an operating loss of ($6.0) million in the third quarter 2020. The Company incurred significantly higher pre-opening costs in the third quarter this year compared to the same period last year due to increased costs associated with its new Puttery venues incurred this year. Additionally, the Company’s operating expenses this year are more normalized, including G&A expenses, given it is beyond the peak COVID-19 impacts during the same period last year when its operating expenses were below historic levels. Adjusted EBITDA was $3.0 million in the third quarter this year, relatively flat versus the same period last year.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $63.9 million compared to $47.8 million as of December 31, 2020.

Summary Financial Results

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021 compared to the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 ($ in thousands, except for per share data) (Unaudited):

For the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company reported an operating loss of ($5.9) million and a net loss of ($8.9) million compared to an operating loss of ($6.0) million and a net loss of ($9.4) million in the same period last year. Adjusted EBITDA was $3.3 million for third quarter 2021, relatively flat compared to Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter 2020.¹

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company reported an operating loss of ($12.7) million and a net loss of ($21.7) million compared to an operating loss of ($33.0) million and a net loss of ($66.3) million in the same period last year. Adjusted EBITDA was $13.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $22.1 million compared to Adjusted EBITDA of ($8.4) million for the same period in 2020.¹

¹ Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. For definitions and reconciliations of non-GAAP results please refer to the exhibit to this press release.

Preferred Stock Dividends

The Board of Directors of the Company declared dividends on the Company’s preferred stock for the period beginning November 1, 2021 and ending January 31, 2022. The dividends are payable on January 31, 2022, to holders of record of preferred stock on January 1, 2022, in an amount equal to $0.609375, $0.503125 and $0.523438 per share on the 9.750% Series B, 8.050% Series C and 8.375% Series D preferred stock, respectively.

2021 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call Details

Management will host a live conference call and webcast to discuss the Company’s 2021 third quarter results today starting at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be available to the public on a listen-only basis on the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.driveshack.com, along with the supplemental slide presentation. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-877-876-9173 (from within the U.S.) or 1-785-424-1667 (from outside of the U.S.) ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call and referencing conference ID “DSQ321.”

A telephonic replay of the conference call will also be available approximately two hours following the conclusion of the call through end of day on Monday, November 15, 2021 and may be accessed by dialing 1-877-710-5301 (from within the U.S.) or 1-402-220-1604 (from outside of the U.S.).

Additional Information

For additional information that management believes to be useful for investors, please refer to the presentation posted on the Company’s investor relations website, https://ir.driveshack.com. For consolidated information, please refer to the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, which are available on the Company’s investor relations website, https://ir.driveshack.com.

About Drive Shack Inc.

Drive Shack Inc. is a leading owner and operator of golf-related leisure and entertainment businesses focused on bringing people together through competitive socializing. Today, our portfolio consists of American Golf, Drive Shack and Puttery.

Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements regarding Drive Shack Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “Drive Shack”, “we” or “us”) in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words such as “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “by”, “approaches”, “nearly”, “potential”, “continues”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “seeks”, “approximately”, “predicts”, “intends”, “plans”, “estimates”, “anticipates”, “target”, “goal”, “projects”, “contemplates” or the negative version of those words or other comparable words. Any forward-looking statements contained in this release, including statements regarding the expected development schedule and timing of specific milestones for our facilities, including The Puttery and Drive Shack venues, our expected and the remaining cost for our development projects (both individually and in the aggregate), the expected capabilities of our development projects once completed, our intentions to make use of capital or free cash flow and our future financial position and liquidity are based upon our limited historical performance and on our current plans, estimates and expectations in light of information (including industry data) currently available to us. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. These statements are subject to a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, many of which are beyond our control. We can give no assurance that its expectations regarding any forward-looking statements will be attained. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements made in this release. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the risk that our construction schedules will take longer than we expect, that our expectations about the consumer demand for our product will not prove accurate, that our operating or other costs will increase or our expected remaining costs for development projects underway increases and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and financial results. For a discussion of some of the risks and important factors that could affect such forward-looking statements, see the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In addition, new risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict or assess the impact of every factor that may cause its actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. We expressly disclaim any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to GAAP financial measures. We believe this non-GAAP financial measure, as we have defined it, provides a supplemental measure of financial performance of our current operations at our entertainment and traditional golf venues. This measure excludes items that we believe are unrelated to the day-to-day performance of our current golf entertainment or traditional golf venues, including one-time pre-opening costs associated with new venue openings, corporate severance payments, (gain) loss on lease terminations and impairment, stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization and other income (which does not include revenue from golf entertainment or traditional golf venues). This non-GAAP financial measure is presented so that investors have the same type of financial data that management uses in evaluating the financial performance of the Company.

The principal limitation of this non-GAAP measure is that it excludes significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in our financial statements. A reconciliation is provided for the non-GAAP financial measure to our GAAP net income/(loss). Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to our GAAP net income/(loss), and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Adjusted EBITDA. We define Adjusted EBITDA as GAAP net income (loss), adjusted for income tax expenses, other income (loss), interest expenses, interest and investment income, depreciation and amortization, gain (loss) on lease terminations, impairment and other losses, pre-opening costs and certain other non-recurring items (including corporate severance payments, transactional G&A and stock-based compensation).

(1) For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, other items include (i) corporate severance of $50 and $440, respectively; (ii) transactional G&A of $461 and $1,101, respectively; and (iii) employee stock-based compensation of $487 and $413, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, other items include (i) corporate severance of $180 and $1,132 respectively; (ii) transactional G&A of $833 and $3,114, respectively; and (iii) employee stock-based compensation of $1,237 and $986, respectively.

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