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Issuer:     ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC (AHT)
CIK:        0001232582
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-121398
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 1.01, 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ashford Hospitality Trust adopts poison pill to protect tax benefits; triggers at 4.99% ownership
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- Board declares dividend of one right per common share; exercisable for 1/1000th of Series N Preferred Stock at $20.
- Rights become exercisable upon any person acquiring 4.99% or more of any class of Company Securities (flip-in event).
- Rights expire on December 14, 2026; redeemable by Board at $0.0001 per right prior to flip-in event.
- Company filed Articles Supplementary establishing Series N Junior Participating Preferred Stock.
- Plan designed to preserve tax benefits (NOL carryforwards) under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465925121398/0001104659-25-121398-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465925121398/tm2533452d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-121398

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