Ashford Hospitality Trust Files 8-K/A with Final Voting Results

TL;DR

AHT just dropped final shareholder vote results from their May 14th meeting in an 8-K/A filing.

AI Summary

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. filed an amendment (8-K/A) on May 20, 2024, to its May 14, 2024, 8-K filing. This amendment provides the final voting results from the company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which also occurred on May 14, 2024.

Why It Matters

This filing provides the definitive outcomes of shareholder votes, which can impact corporate governance and future strategic decisions for Ashford Hospitality Trust.

Risk Assessment

Risk Level: low — The filing is an amendment to provide final voting results, not a new event or financial disclosure, thus posing minimal new risk.

Key Players & Entities

• Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (company) — Registrant
• May 14, 2024 (date) — Date of original 8-K filing and Annual Meeting
• May 20, 2024 (date) — Date of 8-K/A filing
• 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (event) — Meeting for which voting results are reported

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Filing Documents

• aht-20240514.htm (8-K/A) — 61KB
• 0001232582-24-000074.txt ( ) — 252KB
• aht-20240514.xsd (EX-101.SCH) — 3KB
• aht-20240514_def.xml (EX-101.DEF) — 18KB
• aht-20240514_lab.xml (EX-101.LAB) — 31KB
• aht-20240514_pre.xml (EX-101.PRE) — 19KB
• aht-20240514_htm.xml (XML) — 7KB

07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITIES HOLDERS

ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITIES HOLDERS. Pursuant to Item 5.07 of Form 8-K, this Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2024, for the event dated May 14, 2024, to include the final voting results from the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the "Company"). (a) On May 14, 2024, the Company held its Annual Meeting. As of March 14, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 39,708,792 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 23,028,486 shares, or approximately 57.99% of the eligible voting shares, were represented either in person or by proxy. (b) Set forth below are the matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results reported by the Company's independent inspector of election. 1. Proposal One – To elect nine nominees to the Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-votes Monty J. Bennett 5,314,489 8,264,211 119,294 9,330,493 Amish Gupta 7,676,100 5,821,738 200,157 9,330,492 J. Robison Hays, III 7,488,859 5,976,620 232,517 9,330,491 Kamal Jafarnia 5,266,749 8,216,899 214,347 9,330,492 David W. Johnson 8,102,551 5,384,967 210,476 9,330,493 Frederick J. Kleisner 7,441,597 6,042,240 214,158 9,330,492 Sheri L. Pantermuehl 7,649,867 5,832,472 215,656 9,330,492 Davinder "Sonny" Sra 8,039,067 5,431,821 227,107 9,330,492 Alan L. Tallis 7,774,405 5,701,688 221,902 9,330,492 Based on the final results, each director nominee named above was elected at the Annual Meeting, except for Mr. Bennett and Mr. Jafarnia, who did not receive a majority of votes cast in favor of their election. In accordance with the director resignation policy set forth in Section IX of the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines (the "Guid

SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST, INC. Dated: May 20, 2024 By: /s/ Alex Rose Alex Rose Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

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