Penn National Gaming Reports COVID-19 Impacted Second Quarter Revenues of $305.5 Million, Net Loss of $214.4 Million, Adjusted EBITDAR of $24.5 Million, and Adjusted EBITDA of ($79.3) Million

– Launch of Barstool Sportsbook App Remains on Track for Third Quarter –

WYOMISSING, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Penn National Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ: PENN) (“Penn National” or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.

Jay Snowden, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “While the last several months have presented unprecedented challenges for our Company, I am extremely proud of the way our corporate and property leaders and valued team members have risen to the occasion and, working tirelessly alongside our regulators and public health officials, have successfully reopened all but two of our casino properties as of today (Zia Park and Tropicana Las Vegas). The tremendous resilience of our team, along with the steps we’ve taken to strengthen our financial position and achieve ongoing operational efficiencies, have helped ensure that Penn National remains well-positioned for near- and long-term success.

“Our team members are the life blood of our Company and, while some remain furloughed given the ongoing capacity restrictions and limited amenities at our properties, I am pleased to announce that we will extend medical and pharmacy benefits to all impacted team members through August 31. In addition, our COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, for which we’ve raised more than $1.7 million, has already provided needed financial assistance to approximately 1,000 team members and remains available to help others in need. I would like to thank all of our team members and valued stakeholders for their continued support, dedication and patience during this difficult time.

“Despite starting the second quarter with our entire property portfolio closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we ended the quarter in a significantly improved financial position as a result of continued mitigation efforts that contributed to significant margin improvement, a successful capital raise, and very strong financial performance at our properties since reopening. The outstanding results to date at our reopened properties highlight our unique strategic position as a best in class operator of market leading regional properties, which have rebounded more quickly than casinos in destination markets. In addition, our geographic diversification across 19 states — with no more than 15% of our revenues being derived from any single state — has proven to be a significant benefit as states have reopened casinos on a staggered basis. Although visitation has yet to return to pre-COVID levels, in large part due to state mandated capacity restrictions and limited amenities, spend per visit has been notably strong, resulting in better than expected revenues.”

Q2 Financial Results Summary

For the second quarter ended June 30, 2020, Penn National generated revenues of $305.5 million and Adjusted EBITDAR of $24.5 million. Revenues for reopened properties from the applicable date of reopening through June 30^th decreased 6% compared to the prior year period, while adjusted property EBITDAR at reopened properties increased 33% and adjusted property EBITDAR margins expanded by over 1,300 basis points from the comparable prior year period. Reflecting this strong performance and our recent capital raise, we ended the quarter with over $1.2 billion of cash.

Encouraging Q3 Trends

“While May and June results may have benefited in part from pent-up demand, we continue to be highly encouraged by revenue and EBITDAR trends in July and early August, despite the continuation of safety protocols, including capacity restrictions and social distancing mandates,” added Mr. Snowden. “We anticipate that a meaningful portion of the margin improvements realized since our properties reopened will be recurring as we continue to make fundamental changes to improve our offerings and efficiencies across our organization. For example, we are working closely with regulators in several jurisdictions to introduce cashless, cardless, and contactless technology to our casinos, which we believe will increase safety and provide improved service while delivering additional efficiencies and accountability. Our cashless and contactless initiatives will also bring our property technology in line with other industries, while helping to attract a younger customer to our properties. We look forward to reopening the remainder of our properties and to the easing of restrictions at our reopened properties when it is safe to do so. We also anticipate resuming construction later this year on both of our Category 4 projects in Pennsylvania, which we expect will open in the second half of 2021.”

Penn Interactive Represents Transformational Opportunity

Mr. Snowden continued, “Over the last few months we have made significant progress on the development of the Barstool Sportsbook mobile app and remain on schedule to launch what we believe will be a best-in-class sports betting product in September. We currently anticipate launching the app in Pennsylvania with additional states to follow throughout Q4-20 and Q1-21. We have already seen very high levels of interest in the Barstool Sportsbook app from the Barstool audience as well as on a wide range of social media platforms, and we are extremely excited about Barstool’s plans to introduce the app to their growing and loyal audience. Underscoring the strength of its brand and following, Barstool has continued its positive momentum through the second quarter, recording the highest number of podcast downloads in the company’s history in June, making Barstool one of the top 4 largest podcast networks in the country, despite the lack of live sports. In addition, we are very pleased to report that we now have official data access agreements in place with the NFL, MLB and the NBA, which will allow us to provide an exciting variety of in-game betting opportunities for our sports betting customers.

“Our Hollywood Casino branded real-money iCasino product in Pennsylvania continues to grow rapidly, with quarterly sequential revenue growth of 108% in the second quarter. By leveraging our deep, proprietary casino database, our iCasino product has achieved over 10% share of the highly competitive Pennsylvania market while delivering strong EBITDA margins. Our demonstrated ability to convert our casino database, together with our powerful partnership with Barstool Sports, should provide significant organic customer acquisition and cross-sell opportunities. As a result, we believe the Company is poised to capture an outsized share of the high growth U.S. sports betting and online casino markets and achieve market-leading profitability.

“Finally, we are excited about the third-quarter launch of our all new mychoice social casino product, which we believe will serve as an exciting interactive gaming experience for our guests, as well as an important customer acquisition tool in states where we have not yet launched iCasino.”

Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity

Penn National has a strong long-term record of supporting local nonprofits and organizations in its communities, which provide assistance to underrepresented and disadvantaged individuals through property level charitable donations and the Penn National Gaming Foundation. Consistent with that philosophy, this year, in celebration of Juneteenth, the Company committed to spend at least $1 million annually to support the following diversity and inclusion initiatives:

• Creation of a scholarship fund to help underrepresented team members and their children pursue higher education, as well as increasing recruitment efforts at, and support of, Historically Black Colleges and Universities;
• Support for organizations in our communities promoting equality and justice and by encouraging team members to donate their time and energy to help support the change needed in their communities; and
• Increasing the number of minority business networking events hosted each year in order to support MBE, WBE, and Veteran Owned business partners.

The Company also announced the formation of a Diversity Committee, which will be chaired by Justin Carter, General Manager of Hollywood Casino Toledo. This committee will be comprised of underrepresented team members from around the country and at varying levels in the organization to help implement these new initiatives and to ensure Penn National has mechanisms in place to listen to team members about important ongoing social justice issues.

Mr. Snowden concluded, “While we recognize that it may be several months or longer before we’re able to resume full operations at our properties, we are confident that our team of best-in-class operators will continue to find creative ways to maximize property performance. Our goal is to come out of this pandemic as a stronger company, and we believe the operational changes we have implemented, together with our strengthened balance sheet and unique omni-channel strategy supercharged by Barstool Sports, position us to achieve this goal and drive enhanced shareholder returns.”

(1) See the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section below for more information as well as the definitions of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAR. Additionally, see below for reconciliations of these Non-GAAP financial measures to their GAAP equivalent financial measure.

(2) Consists of the operating lease components contained within the Penn Master Lease and the Pinnacle Master Lease (referred to collectively as our “Master Leases”) (primarily land), the Meadows Lease, the Margaritaville Lease, the Greektown Lease, and beginning on April 16, 2020, the Tropicana Lease (referred to collectively as our “triple net operating leases”). During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we recorded rent expense associated with the Tropicana Lease of $6.4 million, all of which was noncash. The finance lease components contained within our Master Leases (primarily buildings) are recorded to interest expense (as opposed to rent expense) in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842, “Leases.”

(3) Consists of payments made to Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) and VICI Properties Inc. (NYSE: VICI) (referred to collectively as our “REIT Landlords”) under the Master Leases, the Meadows Lease, the Margaritaville Lease, and the Greektown Lease, inclusive of rent credits utilized, which were generated from the sale of the real estate assets associated with Tropicana Las Vegas to GLPI on April 16, 2020. Although we collectively refer to the Master Leases, the Meadows Lease, the Margaritaville Lease, the Greektown Lease, and the Tropicana Lease, as our “Triple Net Leases,” the rent under the Tropicana Lease is nominal. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we utilized rent credits totaling $130.8 million to pay rent under the Penn Master Lease, Pinnacle Master Lease and Meadows Lease.

(1) The Northeast segment consists of the following properties: Ameristar East Chicago, Greektown Casino-Hotel (acquired May 23, 2019), Hollywood Casino Bangor, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, Hollywood Casino Columbus, Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, Hollywood Casino Toledo, Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course, Marquee by Penn, Meadows Racetrack and Casino, and Plainridge Park Casino.

(2) The South segment consists of the following properties: 1^st Jackpot Casino, Ameristar Vicksburg, Boomtown Biloxi, Boomtown Bossier City, Boomtown New Orleans, Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast, Hollywood Casino Tunica, L’Auberge Baton Rouge, L’Auberge Lake Charles, and Margaritaville Resort Casino. Prior to its closure on June 30, 2019, Resorts Casino Tunica was also included in the South segment.

(3) The West segment consists of the following properties: Ameristar Black Hawk, Cactus Petes and Horseshu, M Resort, Tropicana Las Vegas, and Zia Park Casino.

(4) The Midwest segment consists of the following properties: Ameristar Council Bluffs; Argosy Casino Alton; Argosy Casino Riverside; Hollywood Casino Aurora; Hollywood Casino Joliet; our 50% investment in Kansas Entertainment, which owns Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway; Hollywood Casino St. Louis; Prairie State Gaming; and River City Casino.

(5) The Other category consists of the Company’s stand-alone racing operations, namely Sanford-Orlando Kennel Club, and the Company’s joint venture interests in Sam Houston Race Park, Valley Race Park, and Freehold Raceway. The Other category also includes Penn Interactive, which operates our social gaming, internally-branded retail sportsbooks, and iGaming; our management contract for Retama Park Racetrack; and our live and televised poker tournament series that operates under the trade name, Heartland Poker Tour (“HPT”). Expenses incurred for corporate and shared services activities that are directly attributable to a property or are otherwise incurred to support a property are allocated to each property. The Other category also includes corporate overhead costs, which consists of certain expenses, such as: payroll, professional fees, travel expenses and other general and administrative expenses that do not directly relate to or have otherwise not been allocated to a property. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, corporate overhead costs were $16.7 million and $40.9 million, respectively, compared to $23.6 million and $46.7 million, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. In addition, Adjusted EBITDAR of the Other category includes our proportionate share of the net income or loss of Barstool Sports after adding back our share of non-operating items (such as interest expense, net; income taxes; depreciation and amortization; and stock-based compensation expense).

(6) Represents the elimination of intersegment revenues, associated with Penn Interactive and HPT.

(7) As noted within the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section below, Adjusted EBITDAR is presented on a consolidated basis outside the financial statements solely as a valuation metric or for reconciliation purposes.

(1) Consists principally of interest expense, net; income taxes; depreciation and amortization; and stock-based compensation expense associated with Barstool Sports and our Kansas Entertainment joint venture. We record our portion of Barstool Sports’ net income or loss, including adjustments to arrive at Adjusted EBITDAR, one quarter in arrears.

(1) Inclusive of our 5.625% Notes due 2027 and our 2.75% Convertible Notes due 2026, issued in May 2020.

(2) Other long-term obligations as of June 30, 2020 primarily include $68.8 million for the present value of the relocation fees due for both Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway and Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course, and $12.0 million related to our repayment obligation on a hotel and event center located near Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg.

(3) Amounts are inclusive of debt discounts and debt issuance costs totaling $130.8 million and $33.9 million as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Kansas Entertainment Distributions

The Company’s definitions of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAR add back our share of the impact of non-operating items (such as depreciation and amortization) at our Kansas Entertainment joint venture. Kansas Entertainment does not currently have, nor has it ever had, any indebtedness. The table below presents cash flow distributions we have received from our Kansas Entertainment investment.

Cash Flow Data

The table below summarizes certain cash expenditures incurred by the Company.

(1) Consists of payments made under the Master Leases, the Meadows Lease, the Margaritaville Lease, and the Greektown Lease, in cash. As previously noted, the rent under the Tropicana Lease is nominal. Amounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 exclude the utilization of rent credits for May and June 2020, which totaled $130.8 million.

 Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Non-GAAP Financial Measures used in this press release include Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDAR, and Adjusted EBITDAR margin. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, nor superior to, financial results and measures determined or calculated in accordance with GAAP.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest expense, net; income taxes; depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation; debt extinguishment and financing charges; impairment losses; insurance recoveries and deductible charges; changes in the estimated fair value of our contingent purchase price obligations; gain or loss on disposal of assets; the difference between budget and actual expense for cash-settled stock-based awards; pre-opening and acquisition costs; and other income or expenses. Adjusted EBITDA is inclusive of income or loss from unconsolidated affiliates, with our share of non-operating items (such as interest expense, net; income taxes; depreciation and amortization; and stock-based compensation expense) added back for Barstool Sports and our Kansas Entertainment joint venture. Adjusted EBITDA is inclusive of rent expense associated with our triple net operating leases (the operating lease components contained within the Penn Master Lease and Pinnacle Master Lease (primarily land), the Meadows Lease, the Margaritaville Lease, the Greektown Lease, and the Tropicana Lease).

Contacts

David Williams

Chief Financial Officer

610-373-2400

Joseph N. Jaffoni, Richard Land

JCIR

212-835-8500 or penn@jcir.com

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