Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend payment of $2.50 per share on its 10% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 30, 2009. The dividend payment will be made on November 16, 2009, the first business day following the November 15, 2009 dividend payment date specified in the Certificate of Designations for the preferred stock.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. reported unaudited consolidated earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009. Consolidated adjusted property EBITDAR in the third quarter of 2009 increased 11.7% to $272.3 million, compared to $243.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Adjusted net income increased $12.0 million to $20.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to $8.1 million in the third quarter of 2008, or $0.02 per diluted share. Capital expenditures during the third quarter totaled $516.5 million. This includes construction and development activities of $370.9 million at Marina Bay Sands, $100.7 million in Macau, $38.3 million at Sands Bethlehem, and $6.6 million in Las Vegas. The company reported loss before income tax of $26.301 million compared to loss before income tax of $51.916 million for the same period of last year. For the nine months, the company reported net loss applicable to common stock holders of $426.136 million or $0.65 per basic and diluted share on revenues of $3,278.906 million compared to net loss applicable to common stockholders of $52.238 million or $0.15 per basic and diluted share on revenues of $3,296.571 million for the same period of last year. The company reported loss before income tax of $294.085 million and loss from operations of $72.684 million compared to loss before income tax of $76.252 million and income from operations of $198.042 million for the same period of last year. The company reported adjusted EBITDA of $652.214 million, adjusted property EBITDAR of $779.961 million and adjusted net income of $27.290 million or $0.04 per diluted share compared to adjusted EBITDA of $711.782 million, adjusted property EBITDAR of $819.884 million and adjusted net income of $62.583 million or $0.18 per diluted share for the same period of last year.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. reported earnings results for the third quarter of 2009. Higher taxes dragged the company deeper into the loss column even as new casinos in Pennsylvania and Macau helped offset a huge top-line slump in Las Vegas. The company lost $123 million or 19 cents a share in the third quarter, wider than the $32.2 million or 9 cents a share it lost in same quarter of 2008. The wider bottom line loss was pegged to income tax expenses as well as increases in preferred stock dividends and accretion on preferred stock. On an adjusted basis, the company would have earned 3 cents a share, up from 2 cents. Revenue came in at $1.14 billion, up 3.2%. The operating income more than doubled to $62.4 million on the back of 'healthy gaming volumes and the steady execution of its cost savings and efficiency initiatives in Macau,' boosting margins. The company's current quarter's results in Las Vegas reflected unusually low table games hold, which negatively impacted its revenues by approximately $40 million, the execution of its cost-savings programs has positioned it to deliver improved operating margins and cash flows as the economy recovers.