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Issuer:     ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC (AHT)
CIK:        0001232582
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-10T21:31:11+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-125247
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Ashford Trust CAO Justin Coe resigns; Randy Jones named principal financial officer, chief accounting officer
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- 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.

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  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000110465926125247/0001104659-26-125247-index.htm
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