---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-123295"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHT"
cik: "0001232582"
company_name: "ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T18:35:27.173236+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashford Trust completes deed-in-lieu transfer of KEYS Pool F hotels to lender

## Summary
- Transferred 5 hotels securing $215.1M KEYS Pool F loan on Nov 30, 2023.
- Hotels include Embassy Suites Flagstaff, Embassy Suites Walnut Creek, Marriott Bridgewater, Marriott Research Triangle Park, W Atlanta Downtown.
- Company expects consensual transfer of KEYS A and B loan pools by year-end or early 2024.
- Clarifies lawsuit is for receiver appointment, not breach of contract by Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, or Barclays.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-123295
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHT
- cik: 0001232582
- company_name: ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.04, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465923123295/0001104659-23-123295-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465923123295/tm2332146d1_8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-123295.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-123295.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC reported a default on loan with the mortgage lender.
  - Instrument: loan
  - Counterparty: the mortgage lender
  - Event: default
  source text: it has completed the transfer of ownership of the KEYS F loan pool to the mortgage lender
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465923123295/0001104659-23-123295-index.htm

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