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Issuer:     ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC (AHT)
CIK:        0001232582
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001232582-24-000023
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ashford Trust to sell Hilton Boston Back Bay for $171M; net proceeds ~$70M to pay down strategic financing
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- Sale price of $171M ($438k per key); expected to close in March 2024.
- Net proceeds estimated at ~$70M after repaying underlying mortgage debt and closing costs.
- Proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes including paydown of strategic financing.
- For TTM Dec 2023: Hotel EBITDA $16.7M, NOI $14.9M; sale implies 12.3x EBITDA / 7.3% cap rate (after capex).
- Company has multiple other assets in sales process as part of plan to pay off strategic financing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000023/0001232582-24-000023-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000023/aht-20240228.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-24-000023

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