First Quarter 2019 Results May 30, 2019 CLASSIFIED – INTERNAL USE ONLY
Forward-Looking Statements Forward-looking statements in this presentation regarding the Company’s future performance, sales and guest traffic, comparable revenue and growth, costs including selling, general and administrative, net income, EBITDA, earnings per share, tax benefit, restaurant closures, capital expenditures, and statements under the heading “Outlook for 2019”, and all other statements that are not historical facts, are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable and speak only as of the date on which such statements are made. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “will” or “estimate,” or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date and cautions investors not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the statements based on a number of factors, including but not limited to the following: the effectiveness of the Company’s strategic initiatives, including the effectiveness of the Company’s affordability, service and operational improvement, technology, and off-premise initiatives to drive traffic and sales; the ability to increase labor productivity through alternative labor models, and to staff and train the Company’s workforce for service execution, including the complexities related to growth of multiple revenue streams in the restaurant; the success of the Company’s re-franchising efforts; the effectiveness of the Company’s marketing strategies and promotions to sustain and grow comparable restaurant sales; the cost and availability of key food products, labor, and energy; the ability to achieve anticipated revenue and cost savings from anticipated new technology systems and tools in the restaurants; the ability to develop, test, implement and increase online ordering, to-go services, catering, and other off-premise sales; the ability to achieve savings to the Company’s general and administrative expenses, which, by their nature, tend to be fixed costs; the Company’s ability to repurchase shares at all or at the times or in the amounts we currently anticipate or to achieve anticipated benefits of a share repurchase program; anticipated tax benefits; availability of capital or credit facility borrowings to fund the Company’s remodeling and other capital expenditures; the adequacy of cash flows or available debt resources to fund operations and growth opportunities; the impact of federal, state, and local regulation of the Company’s business; and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company’s Form 10-K, Form 10- Q, and Form 8-K reports (including all amendments to those reports) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This presentation may also contain non-GAAP financial information. Management uses this information in its internal analysis of results and believes that this information may be informative to investors in gauging the quality of the Company’s financial performance, identifying trends in results, and providing meaningful period-to-period comparisons. For a reconciliation of non-GAAP measures presented in this document, see the Appendix of this presentation or the Schedules to the Q1 press release posted on redrobin.com. PAGE 2
Red Robin Q1-2019 Financial Results • Total revenues decreased 2.8% • Off-premise sales increased 220 basis points to 11.6% of total food and beverage sales • Comparable restaurant revenue decreased 3.3% (using constant currency rates) • 2.2% increase in average check • Comparable restaurant guest counts decreased 5.5% • Restaurant-level operating profit(1) was 18.3% compared to 20.0% in the prior year • Adjusted EBITDA(1) was $34.3 million • Earnings per diluted share was $0.05 compared to $0.34 in Q1 2018. Adjusted diluted EPS(1) were $0.19 compared to $0.69 in Q1 2018 (1) See reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures in Appendix. PAGE 3
Making Progress Improving Performance • Focusing on fewer operational and financial initiatives • Enhancing dine-in starting to pay off: key metrics showing positive trends • Boosting PPA by encouraging trade out from Tavern to Gourmet and Finest • Growing catering and third-party delivery • Initiated real estate portfolio reassessment and refranchising program Red Robin team committed to, and intensely focused on, turning our business around PAGE 4
Enhancing the Dine-in Experience • Hire, Train and Retain • Manager Front Of House Engagement • Managing the Shoulders to Peak the Peaks • Delivering on the Promise of Maestro PAGE 5
Key Strategies to Deliver Value to Shareholders Our Five 2019 Strategic Priorities: • Stabilizing dine-in revenue by reinforcing Red Robin’s compelling Value proposition • Continue building To-Go and Catering business • Improving Guest experience and recapturing Red Robin’s known-for “Gift of Time” convenience • Implementing digital platforms and restaurant technology solutions • Selectively refranchising and reassessing real estate portfolio PAGE 6
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Q1-19 Sales Highlights Q1-19 Q1-18 Change (16 Weeks) (16 Weeks) Restaurant revenue $400.5 million $414.7 million -3.4% Total company revenues $409.9 million $421.5 million -2.8% Company-owned comp revenue(1)(2) -3.3% -0.9% Price/Mix 2.2% -1.0% Guest counts -5.5% 0.1% Franchised comp revenue(2) -2.6% -0.5% Company avg. weekly revenue/unit(1) – total $51,802 $53,618 -3.5% Company avg. weekly revenue/unit(1) – comp $51,962 $53,766 -3.8% Avg. weekly restaurant level operating profit/unit(1) – comp $9,546 $10,656 -5.8% Operating weeks 7,731 7,722 0.1% Net Sales/ sq. ft (TTM) $431 $449 -4.0% (1) Calculated at constant currency rates (2) Comparable revenue growth is calculated by comparing the same calendar weeks. Comparable restaurants are those Company-owned restaurants that have operated five full quarters during the period presented, and such restaurants are only included in the comparable metrics if they are comparable for the entirety of both periods presented. PAGE 8
Comparable Restaurant Revenue Trend(1) 5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.7% 2.0% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% -0.1% -1.0% -0.9% -1.2% -2.0% -3.0% -2.6% -3.4% -3.3% -4.0% -5.0% -4.5% Q1-17 Q2-17 Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18 Q4-18 Q1-19 (1) Calculated at constant currency rates PAGE 9
Continued Off-Premise Sales Growth US Comp Locations Off-Premise Sales as a % of Gross F&B Sales 14.0% +220 bps Y-O-Y in 12.0% 11.6% Q1 2019 10.6% 10.1% 10.0% 9.4% 9.6% 8.3% 8.0% 7.6% 7.0% 6.3% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% Q1-17 Q2-17 Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18 Q4-18 Q1-19 PAGE 10
(1)(2) Restaurant Level Operating Profit Margins 25.0% 24.0% 23.0% 22.0% 21.3% 21.0% 20.8% 20.5% 20.0% 20.0% 19.4% 19.3% 19.0% 18.6% 18.3% 18.0% 17.0% 16.8% 16.0% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2017 2018 2019 (1) See Appendix for reconciliation of non-GAAP restaurant-level operating profit to net income (loss) (2) Prior period local marketing costs have been reclassified from Other operating to Selling to conform with the current period presentation PAGE 11
Q1-19 Restaurant Results % of Restaurant % of Restaurant Revenue Revenue Favorable Q1-19 Q1-18 (Unfavorable) Cost of sales 23.4% 23.8% 40 bps Labor 35.7% 34.5% (120 bps) Other operating 13.9% 13.3% (60 bps) Occupancy 8.7% 8.4% (30 bps) Restaurant Level Operating Profit(1) 18.3% 20.0% (170 bps) (1) See Appendix for reconciliation of non-GAAP restaurant-level operating profit to net income (loss) PAGE 12
Adjusted EBITDA(1) $50.0 $45.8 $45.0 $42.4 $40.0 $35.8 $35.0 $34.3 $32.3 $30.0 $28.8 $28.4 $25.5 $25.0 $24.2 $20.0 $15.0 $10.0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2017 2018 2019 (1) See Appendix for reconciliation of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income (Loss) PAGE 13
Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share $1.00 $0.90 $0.89 $0.80 $0.78 $0.70 $0.69 $0.61 $0.60 $0.50 $0.46 $0.43 $0.40 $0.30 $0.19 $0.21 $0.20 $0.16 $0.10 $0.00 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2017 2018 2019 See Appendix for reconciliation of non-GAAP Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share to Earnings (Loss) Per Diluted Share PAGE 14
Outlook for 2019 • Comparable restaurant revenue down 1.0% to up 1.0% • Selling, general and administrative costs of $156 million to $159 million • Net income of $8.0 million to $16.0 million • Adjusted EBITDA of $107 million to $117 million; • Adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.14 to $1.77, includes the impact of an estimated tax benefit of $0.73 to $0.96 • Capital expenditures of $45 million to $55 million PAGE 15
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Adjusted Net Income(1) ($ in Millions) $14.0 $12.0 $11.6 $10.2 $10.0 $9.1 $7.9 $8.0 $6.0 $6.0 $5.4 $4.0 $2.7 $2.4 $2.1 $2.0 $0.0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2017 2018 2019 (1) See Appendix for reconciliation of non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income to Net Income (Loss) PAGE 18
Cash Flow from Operations ($ in Millions) $80.0 $70.0 $70.0 $60.0 $57.0 $50.0 $40.0 $37.5 $34.7 $35.0 $30.0 $25.3 $20.0 $20.0 $16.9 $11.8 $10.0 $0.0 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2017 2018 2019 PAGE 19
Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income to Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share to Earnings (Loss) Per Diluted Share ($ in thousands, except per share data) 2017 2018 2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Net income (loss) as reported $ 11,567 $ 6,931 $ 2,714 $ 8,807 $ 4,380 $ (1,874) $ 1,709 $ (10,634) $ 639 Adjustments to net income (loss): Executive transition and severance - - - - - - - - 1,994 Asset impairment and restaurant closure costs - 1,584 - 5,330 - 9,643 - 18,483 304 Litigation contingencies - - - - 4,000 - - 795 - Smallwares disposal - - - - - 506 - 2,430 - Reorganization costs - - - - 2,287 466 520 - Executive retention - - - - - - - - 100 Income tax (expense) benefit of adj. - (618) - (1,175) (1,617) (2,777) (135) (5,644) (623) Deferred tax liability remeasurement due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - - - (2,808) - - - - - Adjusted net income 11,567 7,897 2,714 10,154 9,050 5,964 2.094 5,430 36,658 Diluted net income (loss) per share(1): Net income (loss) as reported $ 0.89 $ 0.53 $ 0.21 $ 0.68 $ 0.34 $ (0.14) $ 0.13 $ (0.82) $ 0.05 Adjustments to net income (loss): Executive transition and severance - - - - - - - - 0.15 Asset impairment and restaurant closure costs - 0.12 - 0.41 - 0.74 - 1.43 0.03 Litigation contingencies - - - - 0.30 - - 0.06 - Smallwares disposal - - - - - 0.04 - 0.19 - Reorganization costs - - - - 0.17 0.04 0.04 - - Income tax (expense) benefit of adj. - (0.04) - (0.09) (0.12) (0.22) (0.01) (0.43) 0.01 Deferred tax liability remeasurement due to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act - - - (0.22) - - - - - Adjusted EPS - diluted $ 0.89 $ 0.61 $ 0.21 $ 0.78 $ 0.69 $ 0.46 $ 0.16 $ 0.43 $ 0.19 (1) For the second and fourth quarters of 2018, the impact of dilutive shares is included in the calculations as the adjustments for the quarter resulted in adjusted net income PAGE 20
Restaurant Level Operating Profit Reconciliation to Income from Operations and Net Income (Loss) ($ in thousands) 2017 2018 2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Restaurant revenue $ 413,451 $ 312,351 $ 301,100 $ 338,154 $ 414,702 $ 310,392 $290,218 $300,897 $400,484 Restaurant operating costs(1): Cost of sales 94,607 73,903 71,642 80,203 98,515 74,874 69,003 71,112 93,715 Labor 145,519 108,422 106,205 115,286 143,015 106,476 102,322 104,449 142,894 (2) Other operating 52,064 40,057 41,454 44,734 55,025 42,668 43,612 40,779 55,565 Occupancy 33,119 25,140 25,868 28,626 35,010 26,460 26,629 26,047 35,020 Restaurant-level operating profit 88,142 64,828 55,932 69,309 83,137 59,914 48,652 58,510 73,290 Add – Franchise and other 7,178 4,959 4,599 5,770 6,817 4,996 4,659 5,882 9,382 revenue(2) Deduct – Other operating: Depreciation and amortization 28,044 21,173 21,258 22,070 29,193 22,323 21,819 22,036 28,438 General and administrative expenses 30,913 21,927 18,562 21,874 28,588 20,408 16,763 18,335 30,090 (2) Selling 17,050 14,361 15,152 16,818 17,730 15,209 12,017 17,408 18,026 Pre-opening and acquisition costs 1,855 1,377 1,503 835 1,137 569 387 - 319 (2) Other charges - 1,584 - 5,330 6,287 10,615 520 21,708 2,398 Total other operating 77,862 60,422 56,475 66,927 82,935 69,124 51,506 79,487 79,271 Income (loss) from operations 17,458 9,366 4,056 8,152 7,019 (4,214) 1,805 (15,095) 3,401 Interest expense, net and other 2,984 2,453 2,032 2,543 3,407 2,385 2,295 2,838 3,238 Income tax expense (benefit) 2,907 (18) (690) (3,198) (768) (4,725) (2,199) (7,299) (476) Net income (loss) 11,567 6,931 2,714 8,807 4,380 (1,874) 1,709 (10,634) 639 (1) Excluding depreciation and amortization, which is shown separately (2) Certain amounts presented in prior periods have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation PAGE 21
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation to Net Income (Loss) ($ in thousands) 2017 2018 2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Net income (loss) as reported $ 11,567 $ 6,931 $ 2,714 $ 8,807 $ 4,380 $ (1,874) $ 1,709 $ (10,634) $ 639 Adjustments to net income (loss): Income tax expense (benefit) 2,907 (18) (690) (3,198) (768) (4,725) (2,199) (7,299) (476) Interest expense, net 3,249 2,626 2,222 2,821 3,277 2,458 2,390 2,550 3,345 Depreciation and amortization 28,044 21,173 21,258 22,070 29,193 22,323 21,819 22,036 28,438 EBITDA $ 45,767 $ 30,712 $ 25,504 $ 30,500 $ 36,082 $ 18,182 $ 23,719 $6,653 $ 31,946 Executive transition and severance 1,994 Asset impairment and restaurant - 1,584 - 5,330 - 9,643 - 18,483 304 closure costs Litigation contingencies - - - - 4,000 - - 795 - Smallwares disposal - - - - - 506 - 2,430 - Reorganization costs - - - - 2,287 466 520 - - Executive retention - - - - - - - - 100 Adjusted EBITDA $ 45,767 $ 32,296 $ 25,504 $ 35,830 $ 42,369 $ 28,797 $ 24,239 $ 28,361 $ 34,344 PAGE 22