RE/MAX Holdings Raises Quarterly Dividend By 20%

DENVER, Feb. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RMAX), parent company of RE/MAX, LLC, one of the world's leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, and Motto Franchising, LLC, an innovative mortgage brokerage franchise, announced today that its Board of Directors raised the Company's quarterly dividend by 20% to $0.18 per share.

"As part of our commitment to return capital to shareholders, our board has approved a 20 percent increase to our quarterly dividend," said Dave Liniger, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of RE/MAX. "We have consistently increased the dividend since our IPO as a testament to the stability of our franchise business model with recurring revenue and strong free cash flow."

Liniger continued, "Even after increasing our quarterly dividend, acquiring the master franchise rights to six additional regions in 2016, and launching Motto Mortgage, we are still well positioned to pursue our capital priorities in order to spur future growth."

The quarterly dividend is payable on March 22, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 8, 2017.

About the RE/MAX Network

RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by David and Gail Liniger, with an innovative, entrepreneurial culture affording its agents and franchisees the flexibility to operate their businesses with great independence. Over 110,000 agents provide RE/MAX a global reach of over 100 countries and territories. Nobody sells more real estate than RE/MAX as measured by total residential transaction sides.

RE/MAX, LLC, one of the world's leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, and Motto Franchising, LLC, an innovative mortgage brokerage franchise, are subsidiaries of RMCO, which is controlled and managed by RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RMAX).

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "believe," "intend," "expect," "estimate," "plan," "outlook," "project" and other similar words and expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's outlook for the first quarter and full fiscal year, including expectations regarding agent count, revenue, SO&A (Selling, operating and administrative) expenses, and Adjusted EBITDA margins for its first quarter of 2017 and full fiscal year; the Company's optimism for agent recruitment, investment, acquisitions (including the integration of regional acquisitions), Motto Mortgage, and improving housing conditions; the expected benefits related to refinancing the Company's credit facility; the factors working to continue the Company's momentum; the Company's channels for long-term organic growth; the absences of extraordinary items or unanticipated events in future time periods; currency exchange rates; the productivity of the agent network; the focus on growing the highest quality real estate network in the world; and consistent execution of the Company's plan and continued success; as well as other statements regarding the Company's strategic and operational plans and business models. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, (1) changes in business and economic activity in general, (2) changes in the real estate market, including changes due to interest rates and availability of financing, (3) the Company's ability to attract and retain quality franchisees, (4) the Company's franchisees' ability to recruit and retain real estate agents and mortgage loan originators, (5) changes in laws and regulations that may affect the Company's business or the real estate market, (6) failure to maintain, protect and enhance the RE/MAX and Motto Mortgage brands, (7) fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, as well as those risks and uncertainties described in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and similar disclosures in subsequent periodic and current reports filed with the SEC, which are available on the investor relations page of the Company's website at www.remax.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend, and undertakes no duty, to update this information to reflect future events or circumstances. 

SOURCE RE/MAX Holdings, Inc.