RH Reports Record Third Quarter Fiscal 2018 Results

RH Reports Record Third Quarter Fiscal 2018 Results

Company Raises Q4 and FY18 Guidance and Long-Term Targets

RH (NYSE: RH) today announced third quarter fiscal 2018 results and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Gary Friedman, provided an update on the Company’s continued evolution and outlook.

RH Leadership will host a Q&A conference call at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) today.

THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

Q3 GAAP DILUTED EPS $0.81 vs. $0.56 LY +45%
Q3 ADJUSTED DILUTED EPS $1.73 vs. $1.04 LY +66%

Q3 GAAP NET INCOME $22.4M vs. $13.2M LY +70%
Q3 ADJUSTED NET INCOME $46.8M vs. $24.4M LY +92%

Q3 GAAP OPERATING MARGIN 7.4% vs. 7.3% LY
Q3 ADJUSTED OPERATING MARGIN 10.3% vs. 8.1% LY

Q3 GAAP NET REVENUES +7% vs. +8% LY
Q3 ADJUSTED NET REVENUES +8% vs. +8% LY

Q3 COMPARABLE BRAND REVENUE +4% ON TOP OF +6% LY

COMPANY RAISES Q4 and FY18 GUIDANCE AND LONG-TERM TARGETS

Note: Please see the tables below for a reconciliation of all GAAP to non-GAAP measures referenced in this press release.

To Our People, Partners, and Shareholders,

Our record third quarter results demonstrate the strength of the RH brand, our commitment to earnings growth, the power of our new business model, and our continued success revolutionizing physical retailing.

Adjusted net income for the quarter increased 92% to $46.8 million and adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 66% to $1.73, significantly exceeding our recently raised guidance of $1.15 to $1.33. GAAP net income increased 70% to $22.4 million and GAAP diluted earnings per share increased 45% to $0.81 during the third quarter.

GAAP net revenue growth accelerated from Q2 to Q3 and increased 7% versus Q3 2017 on top of an 8% increase last year. Adjusted net revenues for the quarter increased 8% to $638.5 million on top of an 8% increase last year. Adjusted for last year’s Q3 inventory reduction efforts, adjusted net revenues increased 10%.

Comparable brand revenues increased 4% in the third quarter on top of a 6% increase last year. Adjusted for last year’s inventory reduction efforts, comparable brand revenues increased 6.5%.

Both our comparable brand and net revenues were negatively impacted by approximately 1 point due to slower special order receipts from China due to tariff related shipping congestion. We expect the delayed receipts to have a positive impact on our fourth quarter revenues and have adjusted our guidance accordingly.

Our results reflect strong full price selling, higher outlet margins, and continued cost benefits from our new operating platform.

We generated $16 million of free cash flow in the quarter, and expect free cash flow in excess of $260 million for the year. We have also adjusted our year end net debt to trailing twelve month adjusted EBITDA forecast to approximately 1.8x reflecting the repurchase of approximately 1.2 million shares during the third quarter.

As articulated since the beginning of the year, we are managing the business with a bias for earnings versus revenue growth in fiscal 2018. We continue to restrain ourselves from chasing low quality sales at the expense of profitability, and remain focused on optimizing our new business model and building a platform that will enable us to disrupt and redefine the luxury lifestyle market for years to come.

Raising Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2018 Guidance

As a result of our exceptional third quarter results and the continued evolution of our new business model, we are raising fourth quarter and fiscal 2018 revenue, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance for a fourth time.

We are increasing fourth quarter revenue guidance to a range of $680 to $690 million, versus previous guidance of $665 to $685 million, and raising adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance to a range of $2.75 to $2.90 versus previous guidance of $2.33 to $2.54.

We are also increasing fiscal 2018 revenue guidance to a range of $2.519 to $2.529 billion, versus previous guidance of $2.489 to $2.521 billion, and raising adjusted diluted earnings per share guidance to a range of $8.33 to $8.47 versus previous guidance of $7.35 to $7.75.

As a reminder, our new fiscal 2018 adjusted net income guidance of $219 - $223 million represents a 64% increase at the midpoint versus our original adjusted net income guidance of $125 - $145 million provided on November 15, 2017 during our investor day at the opening of RH West Palm just one year ago.

I would also point out that our return on invested capital is now expected to reach approximately 29% in fiscal 2018.

Our detailed updated guidance for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2018 are provided in a table with our financial results attached to this letter.

Once Again Increasing Long-Term Targets and Providing Preliminary Fiscal 2019 Guidance

We are once again raising our long-term targets as the earnings power and capital efficiency of our new operating model continues to evolve.

As mentioned last quarter, we believed that our target of achieving low to mid-teens adjusted operating margins and return on invested capital (ROIC)¹ in excess of 30% by fiscal 2021 would happen sooner rather than later as the earnings power of our new model has proven to be greater than previously anticipated. As a result, last quarter we moved those targets forward by a full year, from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2020.

Since last quarter we have completed a revolutionary redesign of our organization, closed an additional 500,000 square foot distribution center facility, and continued to reduce capital requirements for current and future new Galleries by improving deal economics and lowering construction costs.

As it relates to the redesign of the organization, the leadership team spent the past nine months conceptualizing a new more streamlined and collaborative structure designed to break down the silos and bureaucracy that build up and slow down most companies as they grow. While we expect cost savings of approximately $24 million annually net of reinvestments, the greatest benefit will be increased decision speed, accountability, and focus.

Our continued efforts to reduce inventories and redesign our distribution center and reverse logistics network enabled us to close a 500,000 square foot distribution facility in Baltimore during the third quarter which will result in approximately $4 million of net savings annually.

The combined $28 million of annualized net savings from the redesign of our organization and closing of the distribution facility will begin to be realized starting in the fourth quarter of 2018.

We’ve also made further improvements to our real estate development model, and continue to reduce capital requirements for future Galleries by improving deal economics and lowering construction costs. While all of our new Galleries scheduled to open in fiscal 2019 are under construction, we were able to lower capital requirements for three of the five new Galleries planned for next year, and the vast majority of future projects.

As a result of the above, we are once again moving our long-term targets forward another full year, and now expect to reach low-to-mid teens operating margins and return on invested capital of approximately 35% by fiscal 2019.

Correspondingly, we are providing preliminary guidance for fiscal 2019 and new long-term targets as follows:

Preliminary guidance for fiscal 2019

• Net revenues in the range of $2.72 to $2.82 billion, an increase of 8% to 12%
• Adjusted operating margins in the range of 13.0% to 14.0%
• Adjusted net income in the range of $250 to $290 million
• Adjusted earnings per share in the range of $9.30 to $10.70
• Return on invested capital (ROIC) of approximately 35%
• Adjusted diluted shares outstanding of approximately 27 million and an effective tax rate of 20%

New long-term targets

• Net revenue growth of 8% to 12% annually
• Adjusted operating margins in the mid-to-high teens
• Adjusted earnings growth of 15% to 20% annually
• Return on invested capital (ROIC) in excess of 50%

We continue to see a clear path to $4 to $5 billion in North American revenues, and an international opportunity that could lead to RH becoming a $7 to $10 billion dollar global brand.

Despite RH’s industry-leading performance, it is clear that prioritizing earnings over revenue growth this past year has compressed our earnings multiple and weighed on our stock price. While the market has rewarded top line growth at the expense of earnings, we believe many have overlooked what our team has accomplished in a very short period of time.

We spent years imagining a model that reflects the qualities and characteristics of three businesses we study and greatly admire: LVMH, Apple, and Berkshire Hathaway. I thought it would be helpful to describe how we have integrated relevant aspects of each with our own unique vision for RH to create a model that we believe will redefine what was previously thought possible in our industry.

Like LVMH, we are building a luxury platform, and in a similar fashion, we are beginning to demonstrate that we too can be rewarded with luxury brand margins that are double those of competitors targeting broader markets. Also, like LVMH, we believe that we will continue to benefit from a growing market as a result of the compounding wealth effect. In the past twelve years alone the stock market is up in excess of 80% from its previous 2007 high prior to the great recession, and similarly households with incomes in excess of $200,000 are also up approximately 80%. Additionally we can learn from LVMH’s success building iconic global brands, as 75% of their revenues is outside of the United States. We also believe that building a luxury brand is extremely difficult, requiring decades of effort and a discerning level of taste which is generally absent in businesses of scale. As we have articulated in our investor presentations, there are those with taste and no scale, and those with scale and no taste, and we believe the idea of scaling taste is large and far reaching.

Similar to Apple, we are designing a seamlessly integrated ecosystem of businesses that all amplify and render our brand, and each other more valuable - where the whole becomes more valuable than the parts. As an example, our retail business is amplified and rendered more valuable by our interior design business - both are amplified and rendered more valuable by our physical galleries and real estate development business - and all are amplified and rendered more valuable by our hospitality business. While each of the above businesses are relevant in isolation, as an integrated ecosystem they create a powerful customer proposition and a brand that is difficult to replicate.

Akin to Berkshire Hathaway, we are building a business that is capital efficient, generates significant free cash flow, enjoys a low cost of capital, and is developing a culture relentlessly focused on ROIC and capital allocation. Also like Berkshire, we invest with a long-term view, indifferent to short term market swings or recessions, and believe every market presents opportunities. As Warren Buffet said, “Charlie and I have no magic plan to add earnings except to dream big and be prepared mentally and financially to act fast when opportunities present themselves.” He added, “Every decade or so dark clouds will fill the economic skies and they will briefly rain gold. When downpours of that sort occur it’s imperative that we rush outside with washtubs and not teaspoons.” We all witnessed how Berkshire took advantage of the past recession, and demonstrated that those with capital in difficult markets are the ones who capitalize. That is precisely why we took advantage of the favorable capital markets in 2014 and 2015, executing two zero coupon convertible note transactions raising $650 million for one of those rainy days. That low cost capital enabled us to repurchase roughly half of the Company’s outstanding shares when they were undervalued in 2017, which has proven to be a very good allocation of capital for the benefit of our shareholders. Unlike Berkshire Hathaway, I don’t see us acquiring a large portfolio of businesses, but rather staying focused on the growth opportunities in our current ecosystem. I do expect us to continue accessing the capital markets when favorable and to be disciplined in the allocation of our capital. We will use our excess free cash flow to take advantage of real estate and other investment opportunities, including repurchasing RH shares when value presents itself.

We believe the model we are building will result in RH leapfrogging far past comparable companies, and create the kind of separation in our industry that only brands like Apple, Nike, LVMH, Berkshire, and a few others have enjoyed in theirs.

As I mentioned last quarter, never in my 40 plus years in the retail industry have I seen an organization as clear and focused on optimizing a business as RH is today. I could not be more proud of our team for driving these industry leading results, and remain confident that our path towards building the most profitable and capital efficient brand in our industry will prove to be the right one for our people, partners, and shareholders.

Our View of the Housing Market

While the luxury housing market has sequentially slowed throughout 2018, our revenues have sequentially accelerated, despite cycling inventory reduction efforts and managing the business with a bias for earnings versus revenue growth, clearly demonstrating our ability to gain market share. We believe we can continue to gain share even if market conditions remain soft in higher end housing.

There is also concern of an abundance of new luxury housing inventory scheduled to come on the market in 2019 primarily in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. On this specific issue, our view is that an oversupply of high-end housing will most likely lead to lower home prices in markets with excess inventory which is surely not good for home builders or developers, but not necessarily bad for RH, as unit sales at lower price points may reaccelerate driving incremental demand for furniture and home furnishings.

Despite the data pointing to a slowing housing market, we continue to be confident in our plans to pivot back to growth in 2019, as we return to our product and brand expansion strategy, and accelerate our real estate transformation. We are also encouraged by a range of other positive macro economic factors including low unemployment, strong GDP growth, near record stock market levels and interest rates that are still low by historical standards.

Update on China Tariffs

As it relates to China tariffs, we have been working with our vendor partners on mitigation strategies and do not expect a material impact on our business outside of a modest increase to inventory levels due to the higher landed cost of the product.

The combination of being the only luxury furniture brand with scale, and having control of our product from concept to customer creates multiple competitive advantages as it relates to purchasing and pricing power versus the highly fragmented market we are disrupting.

2018 - A Continued Focus on Execution, Architecture and Cash

As we near the completion of our second year focused on executing a new business model, architecting a new operating platform and maximizing cash flow by increasing revenues and earnings while decreasing inventory and capital spending, our results are demonstrating that we are building a disruptive brand and business that will continue to gain profitable market share for years to come.

While most in our industry are closing or downsizing stores, we remain committed to our quest of revolutionizing physical retailing. We have proven our ability to double the retail sales in our markets with legacy stores while more than doubling our profitability. Our progress in fiscal 2018 includes the opening RH Portland and RH Nashville in the first half of the year, and the opening of two very unique and diverse retail experiences, RH New York and RH Yountville, in September. We continue to be pleased with the performance of our new Galleries and now have six Galleries with our integrated hospitality experience.

RH New York is off to a strong start despite the ongoing street construction in the Meatpacking District. Our rooftop restaurant has already ramped to a $10 million annual run rate, and we now expect it to exceed $15 million per year once we expand seating outdoors next spring. We also expect Gallery sales to further accelerate next year as street construction is completed and new luxury tenants begin to fill in the empty storefronts. We are especially excited about the planned 2019 openings of Hermès and Loro Piana on the two adjacent corners, the recent opening of Louis Vuitton, and the announcement that Pastis, the iconic New York restaurant will reopen directly across the street from our first RH Guesthouse, also scheduled to open in the fall of 2019. We remain confident that RH New York will be the brand's first $100 million Gallery in its second full year of operation, generating approximately $25 million per year of store level cash contribution.

RH President of Hospitality Brendan Sodikoff and his team are demonstrating we can execute a profitable, high quality food and beverage experience across multiple markets while driving traffic into our Galleries that result in incremental revenues in our core business. While we still expect an approximate 50 basis point drag on our operating margins due to the initial start-up costs in fiscal 2019, we believe RH Hospitality is now a proven scalable business, and our plan is to increase the number of new Galleries with integrated restaurants, wine vaults, and barista bars going forward. Additionally, we continue to believe strongly in the prospects for our first RH Guesthouse, opening in the fall of 2019, just steps from our new Gallery.

The work being led by RH President, Chief Operating, Service, & Values Officer DeMonty Price and his team architecting a new operating platform, inclusive of our distribution center network redesign, the redesign of our reverse logistics and outlet business, and the reconceptualization of our home delivery and customer experience, is driving lower costs and inventory levels, and higher earnings and inventory turns. Looking forward, we expect this multi-year effort to result in a dramatically improved customer experience, continued margin enhancement and significant cost savings over the next several years.

As we did in fiscal 2017, we continued to hold ourselves back from adding new businesses in fiscal 2018 outside of ongoing investments in RH Hospitality as we remain focused on optimizing the profitability of our new operating platform.

Regarding our balance sheet, we expect future cash flows will be adequate to repay the outstanding principal of our $350 million June 2019 and $300 million June 2020 zero coupon convertible notes at maturity. As a reminder, we purchased a bond hedge that is designed to protect us against dilution on the 2019 notes up to $171.98 per share, and up to $189.00 per share for the 2020 notes.

To ensure financial flexibility and optionality, we completed a zero coupon $335 million convertible notes offering earlier this year that matures in June 2023, and also purchased a corresponding bond hedge designed to protect against dilution up to $309.84 per share.

During the third quarter, our Board of Directors approved a $700 million common share repurchase program. We continue to believe our shares are undervalued and this new repurchase program reflects our confidence in the outlook for our business and continued improvements in our operating model. In addition, we believe that this capital allocation strategy represents an opportunity to create value for our long-term shareholders. During the third quarter, the Company repurchased nearly 1.2 million shares at an average price per share of $125.06.

2019 - A Pivot to High Quality, Sustainable Growth

Our plan is to pivot back to high quality, sustainable growth in fiscal 2019 as we return to our product and brand expansion strategy, which has been on hold as we focused on our move to membership and the architecture of our new operating platform, and accelerate our retail estate transformation.

President, Chief Creative & Merchandising Officer Eri Chaya and her team have several new brand extension plans in our development pipeline, such as RH Beach House and RH Color, launching in the spring and fall of fiscal 2019. Additionally, they have plans to expand our assortments in key categories, and accelerate the introduction of new collections as we pivot back to growth over the next several years.

We also plan to increase our investment in RH Interior Design with a goal of building the leading interior design firm in North America. We believe there is a significant revenue opportunity by offering world class design and installation services as we move the brand beyond creating and selling products to conceptualizing and selling spaces.

As previously mentioned, our plan is to accelerate our real estate transformation, opening 5 to 7 new Galleries per year, up from 3 to 5 per year. In fiscal 2019, we are planning to open 5 new Galleries, including Edina, MN, Charlotte, NC, Corte Madera, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Columbus, OH, as well as our first Guesthouse in New York City. Growth in 2019 will also benefit from the acceleration of RH New York once the city completes street work and we add outdoor seating to our rooftop restaurant in the spring of 2019.

Regarding our ongoing quest to revolutionize physical retailing and the evolving nature of our real estate transformation, RH President, Chief Real Estate & Development Officer Dave Stanchak and his team have designed a new multi-tier market strategy that we believe will optimize both market share and return on invested capital.

First, we have developed a new RH prototype Design Gallery that is an innovative and flexible blueprint to enable us to more quickly place our disruptive product assortment and immersive retail experience into the market. The new model is a standard we will utilize that is based on key learnings from our recent Gallery openings and will range in size from 33,000 square feet inclusive of our integrated hospitality experience to 29,000 square feet without. These new Galleries will represent our assortments from RH Interiors, Modern, Baby & Child, Teen and Outdoor and contain interior design offices and presentation rooms where design professionals can work with clients on projects. Due to the reduced square footage and efficient design, this new model will be more capital efficient with less time and cost risk, but yield similar productivity. We anticipate these new Galleries will represent approximately two thirds of our target markets and enable us to ramp our opening cadence from 3 to 5 new Galleries per year, to a pace of 5 to 7 new Galleries per year. Future prototype examples include Edina, MN, Corte Madera, CA, Columbus, OH, and Charlotte, NC.

Second, we are developing a Gallery tailored to secondary markets. Targeted to be 10,000 to 18,000 square feet, we believe these smaller expressions of our brand will enable us to gain share in markets currently only served by smaller competitors. Examples of target secondary markets include Jacksonville, FL, Fort Worth, TX, Hartford, CT, among others. We expect these Galleries to drive $10 to $15 million of revenues at a net investment of $0 to $5 million, with a payback on our invested capital of 0 to 2 years. Our plan is to test a few of these Galleries over the next several years, and if proven successful, this format could lead to an increase in our long-term Gallery targets.

Third, we will continue to develop and open larger Bespoke Design Galleries in the top metropolitan markets, similar to those we have opened in New York and Chicago. These iconic locations are highly profitable statements for our brand, and we believe create a long-term competitive advantage that will be difficult to duplicate.

Fourth, we will continue to open indigenous Bespoke Galleries in the best second home markets where the wealthy and affluent visit and vacation. These Galleries will be tailored to reflect the local culture, and be sized to the potential of each market. Examples of indigenous Bespoke Galleries include the Hamptons, Palm Beach, Yountville, and Aspen.

Like our evolving multi-tier Gallery strategy, Dave and his team have developed a multi-tier real estate strategy that is designed to significantly increase our unit level profitability and return on invested capital. Our three primary deal constructs are outlined below.

First, in many of our current projects, we are migrating from a leasing to a development model. We currently have two Galleries, Yountville and Edina, using this new model, and have an additional five potential development projects in the pipeline. In the case of Yountville and Edina, we expect to do a sale-leaseback that should allow us to recoup all of our capital. In some cases we may be able to pre-sell the property and structure the transaction where the capital to build the project is advanced by the buyer during construction, which could require zero upfront capital from RH.

Second, we are working on joint venture projects, where we share the upside of a development with the developer/ landlord. An example of this new model, would be our future Gallery and Guesthouse in Aspen, where we are contributing the value of our lease to the development in exchange for a profits interest in the project. The developer will deliver to RH a substantially turnkey Gallery and Guesthouse, while we continue to retain a 20% and 25% profits interest in the properties. We would expect to monetize the profits interest at the time of sale of the properties during the first five years. The net result should be a minimal capital investment to operationalize the business, with the expectation for a net positive capital benefit at time of monetization of the profits interest.

Third, due to the productivity and proof of concept of our recent new Galleries, and the addition of a powerful, traffic generating hospitality experience, we are able to negotiate “capital light” leasing deals, where as much as 65% to 100% of the capital requirement would be funded by the landlord, versus 35% to 50% previously. We currently have 14 potential capital light deals in the development pipeline that would be scheduled to open in fiscal 2019 and beyond.

All of the above mentioned deal structures should lead to lower capital requirements, higher unit profitability, and significantly higher returns on invested capital.

Lastly, we are currently exploring opportunities for Bespoke Design Galleries in London, Paris, and other parts of Europe, and believe there is tremendous opportunity for the RH brand to expand globally.

As a result of the above, we feel confident that we can return to our long-term revenue growth targets of 8% to 12% annually, and possibly grow at a faster rate when we begin our international expansion.

Building a Brand with No Peer and a Customer Experience That Cannot Be Replicated Online

We do understand that the strategies we are pursuing - opening the largest specialty retail experiences in our industry while most are shrinking the size of their retail footprint or closing stores; moving from a promotional to a membership model, while others are increasing promotions, positioning their brands around price versus product; continuing to mail inspiring Source Books, while many are eliminating catalogs; and refusing to follow the herd in self-promotion on social media, instead allowing our brand to be defined by the taste, design, and quality of the products and experiences we are creating - are all in direct conflict with conventional wisdom and the plans being pursued by many in our industry.

We believe when you step back and consider: one, we are building a brand with no peer; two, we are creating a customer experience that cannot be replicated online; and three, we have total control of our brand from concept to customer, you realize what we are building is extremely rare in today’s retail landscape, and we would argue, will also prove to be equally valuable.

In closing, we are deeply grateful for all of our people and partners whose passion and persistence bring our vision and values to life each day, as we pursue our quest to become one of the most admired brands in the world.

Carpe Diem,

Gary

Gary Friedman
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

¹ Return on invested capital (ROIC): We define ROIC as adjusted operating income after-tax for the most recent twelve-month period, divided by the average of beginning and ending debt and equity less cash and equivalents as well as short and long-term investments for the most recent twelve- month period. ROIC is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP, and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for other financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our method of determining ROIC may differ from other companies’ methods and therefore may not be comparable.

Q&A CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

Accompanying this release, RH leadership will host a live question and answer conference call at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET). Interested parties may access the call by dialing (866) 394-6658 (United States/ Canada) or (706) 679-9188 (International). A live broadcast of the question and answer session conference call will also be available online at the Company’s investor relations website, ir.rh.com. A replay of the question and answer session conference call will be available through December 17, 2018 by dialing (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 and entering passcode 5572267, as well as on the Company’s investor relations website.

ABOUT RH

RH (NYSE: RH) is a curator of design, taste and style in the luxury lifestyle market. The Company offers collections through its retail galleries, Source Books, and online at RH.com, RH Modern.com, RHBabyandChild.com, RHTeen.com, and Waterworks.com.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

To supplement its condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), the Company uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: adjusted net revenue, adjusted net income, adjusted diluted earnings per share, return on invested capital, free cash flow, adjusted operating margin, adjusted gross margin, adjusted SG&A, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA (collectively, “non- GAAP financial measures”). We compute these measures by adjusting the applicable GAAP measures to remove the impact of certain recurring and non-recurring charges and gains and the tax effect of these adjustments. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. The Company believes that they provide useful information about operating results, enhance the overall understanding of past financial performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company in this press release may be different from the non-GAAP financial measures, including similarly titled measures, used by other companies.

For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please see the Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Financial Measures tables in this press release. These accompanying tables include details on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliations between these financial measures.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including without limitation statements related to: our expectations regarding free cash flow including the amounts of free cash flow that we expect to generate in future time periods; our adjustment of our year end net debt to adjusted twelve months EBITDA forecast; our expectations regarding returns on invested capital (ROIC) in future time periods; our plans regarding managing the business; our plan to pivot back to high quality, sustainable growth in fiscal 2019; our goal of optimizing our new business model and building a platform that will enable us to disrupt and redefine the luxury lifestyle market for years to come; all statements regarding future financial or operating performance including our financial outlook and guidance including our fourth quarter and fiscal 2018 guidance; our expectation regarding the benefits of the revolutionary redesign of our organization; our expectation that the closure of our distribution facility in Baltimore during the third quarter of fiscal 2018 will result in annual net savings; our plans and objectives with respect to changes in our real estate strategy including the pursuit of new real estate models in lieu of a traditional leasing model; our preliminary outlook for fiscal 2019; our term financial and operating goals, targets and expectations; our belief that annualized net savings from the redesign of our organization and closing of the Baltimore distribution facility will begin to be realized starting in the fourth quarter of 2018; our belief that we could possibly grow at a faster rate when we begin our international expansion; our belief that we see a clear path to $4 to $5 billion in North American revenues, as well as an international opportunity that could lead to RH becoming a $7 to $10 billion dollar global brand; the effects of tariffs and other trade related actions including the potential impact of China tariff related mitigation strategies with our vendor partners and our expectations that these tariffs will not have a material impact on our business in Q4 2018 or in fiscal 2019 outside of the items we have specifically noted; our belief that we are building a disruptive brand and business that will continue to gain profitable market share for years to come; our expectation that we can execute a profitable high quality food and beverage experience across multiple markets while driving traffic into our Galleries that result in incremental revenues in our core business; our plan to increase the number of new Galleries with integrated restaurants, wine vaults, and barista bars going forward; the prospects for our first RH Guesthouse and the plan to open it in 2019 in New York City; our expectation that our multi-year effort to architect a new operating platform will result in a dramatically improved customer experience, continued margin enhancement and significant cost savings over the next several years; our expectation that future cash flows will be adequate to repay the outstanding principal of our $350 million June 2019 and $300 million June 2020 zero coupon convertible notes at maturity; our belief that our shares are undervalued, including due to our expectations about the outlook for our business and continued improvements in our operating model, and that our capital allocation strategy including our new repurchase program represents an opportunity to create value for our shareholders; our plan to launch several new brand extension plans, such as RH Beach House and RH Color, in fiscal 2019; our plan to increase our investment in RH Interior Design with a goal of building the leading interior design firm in North America; our expectation that there is a significant revenue opportunity by offering world class design and installation services; our plan to accelerate our real estate transformation, opening 5 to 7 new Galleries per year, up from 3 to 5 per year, including through new model Galleries that we anticipate will represent approximately two thirds of our target markets; our plan to open 5 new Galleries, including Edina, MN, Charlotte, NC, Corte Madera, CA, San Francisco, California and Columbus, OH, as well as our first Guesthouse in New York City, in fiscal 2019; our ability to drive more than a doubling in revenues and profits as we transition markets to our high performing Gallery formats; our expectation that RH New York will exceed $15 million per year and that the NY Gallery’s sales will further accelerate next year as construction is completed and new luxury tenants begin to open in nearby storefronts; our statement that we remain confident that RH New York will be the brand’s first $100 million Gallery in its second full year of operation, generating approximately $25 million per year of store level cash contribution; our plan to expand seating in our NY Gallery in 2019 to include outdoors; our expectations regarding the amount of drag on our operating margins due to the initial start-up costs in 2019 of RH Hospitality; our belief that RH Hospitality is now a proven scalable business, and our plan to increase the number of new Galleries with integrated restaurants, wine vaults, and barista bars going forward; our strong belief in the prospects of our first RH Guesthouse and its planned opening in 2019; the ongoing development of our new multi-tier market approach and our belief that it will optimize both market share and return on invested capital; statements regarding slower special order receipts from China due to tariff related shipping congestion having a positive impact on our fourth quarter revenues; statements regarding the benefits to our brand and business our seamlessly integrated ecosystem of products, businesses, services, and experiences; statements regarding our demonstration that we can be rewarded with luxury brand margins that are double those of competitors targeting broader markets; statements that we will continue to benefit from a growing market as a result of the compounding wealth effect; statements regarding our ability to scale taste and that the impact of such effort is large and far reaching and expectations regarding the returns from such initiative; statements regarding building a business that is capital efficient, generates significant free cash flow, enjoys a low cost of capital, and is developing a culture relentlessly focused on ROIC; statements that we invest with a long term view, indifferent to short term market swings or recessions, and believe every market presents opportunities; statements regarding future intentions with respect to the allocation of capital including our expectations regarding potential acquisitions; statements that we plan to remain focused on the growth opportunities in our current ecosystem; statements that we expect to continue accessing the capital markets when favorable and use our excess free cash flow to take advantage of real estate and other opportunities; expectations and statements regarding the number of shares outstanding or when and to what extent we might repurchase RH shares or the financial returns we expect from such investments including statements regarding whether repurchase of shares represents a good investment or that our shares are undervalued; statements regarding the similarity in our business to that of other companies or brands including Apple, LVMH and Berkshire Hathaway; our belief that the model we are building will result in RH leapfrogging far past comparable companies; statements regarding the housing market and other macroeconomic factors and their potential impact on our business; our expectations regarding our real estate strategy including the performance and benefits of different new Gallery formats and various different real estate development models that we are pursuing for new Galleries; our utilization of a new RH prototype Design Gallery and our expectations regarding the financial dynamics of this prototype model including that it will open new markets including our anticipation that these new Design Galleries will represent approximately two thirds of our target markets and our expectations regarding gaining share in markets currently only served by smaller competitors; our expectations regarding larger Bespoke Design Galleries, including the financial and operating characteristics of such Galleries; and our expectations concerning indigenous Bespoke Galleries and the benefits and financial characteristics of such smaller Bespoke Galleries; our expectations with respect to our real estate development models that we will pursue and the benefits of such different models including (i) the anticipated pipeline of five additional projects that we would expect to pursue under a development model as opposed to a traditional leasing model, including our expectation regarding the benefits of this model, (ii) our expectation regarding our future Gallery and Guesthouse in Aspen and other similar real estate transactions, including monetizing the profits interest at the time of sale of the property during the first five years and (iii) our expectation that we will be able to negotiate capital light leasing deals as well as the financial aspects of such deals, and our expected pipeline of these capital light deals; statements regarding exploring opportunities for Bespoke Design Galleries in Europe; any financial or operational factors or results that are described as short term, one-time, non-recurring or unusual (as similar operational or financial factors may adversely affect the Company’s future results including as a result of charges, costs and other items that may occur in one or more subsequent financial reporting periods); and any statements or assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “likely” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future events. We cannot assure you that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. Important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations or the assumptions set forth in this release include, among others, risks related to our dependence on key personnel and any changes in key personnel; successful implementation of our growth strategy; our ability to leverage Waterworks; uncertainties in the current performance of our business including a range of risks related to our operations as well as external economic factors; general economic conditions and the impact on consumer confidence and spending; changes in customer demand for our products; decisions concerning the allocation of capital including the extent to which we repurchase additional shares of our common stock which will affect shares outstanding and EPS; factors affecting our outstanding convertible senior notes or other forms of our indebtedness; our ability to anticipate consumer preferences and buying trends, and maintain our brand promise to customers; changes in consumer spending based on weather and other conditions beyond our control; risks related to the number of new business initiatives we are undertaking; strikes and work stoppages affecting port workers and other industries involved in the transportation of our products; our ability to obtain our products in a timely fashion or in the quantities required; our ability to employ reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect personal information that we collect; our ability to support our growth with appropriate information technology systems; risks related to our sourcing and supply chain including our dependence on imported products produced by foreign manufacturers and risks related to importation of such products including risks related to tariffs and other similar issues, as well as those risks and uncertainties disclosed under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in RH’s most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and similar disclosures in subsequent reports filed with the SEC, which are available on our investor relations website at ir.rh.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release speaks only as of the date on which we make it. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward- looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any applicable securities laws.

Cammeron McLaughlin
SVP, Investor Relations and Strategy
(415) 945-4998
cmclaughlin@rh.com

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