{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-26-125247","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AHT","cik":"0001232582","company_name":"ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC","filed_at":"2026-11-10T21:31:11+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-11-10T21:32:00.204626+00:00","generated_at":"2026-11-10T21:32:07.446194+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ashford Trust CAO Justin Coe resigns; Randy Jones named principal financial officer, chief accounting officer","bullets":["Justin Coe notified Ashford Hospitality Trust on Nov 10, 2026 of his resignation as principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and Chief Accounting Officer, effective same day.","Company said the resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on matters relating to operations, policies or practices.","Board appointed Randy Jones, 48, to the same three roles effective Nov 10, 2026; he was Chief Accounting Officer at Remington Hospitality, an Ashford Inc. affiliate, from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026.","Jones previously was Vice President, Controller at Dave & Busters (Jul 2022-Dec 2024) and Director of Financial Reporting at Brinker International (Jan 2021-Jun 2022).","No arrangement or understanding with any other persons governs the appointment; no family ties to directors or officers and no Item 404(a) related-party transactions disclosed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-125247","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-125247.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-125247.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-125247.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465926125247/0001104659-26-125247-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465926125247/tm2629394d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-11-10T21:32:07.446194+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}