Ashford Hospitality amends bylaws: cuts 2024 meeting quorum to 1/3, removes age-70 director limit

ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC

Bylaw Amendment reduces quorum for 2024 annual meeting from majority to at least one-third of votes entitled to be cast.
Change addresses retail brokers' no-discretionary-vote polices and increased retail shareholder base.
Remove requirement that directors age 70 or older must obtain Board waiver to serve; effective immediately.
Amendment No. 7 adopted February 27, 2024; full text filed as Exhibit 3.1 and 3.2.

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Governance Changes SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06 confidence 0.98

ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC: Adopted Amendment No. 7 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws to reduce the quorum requirement solely for the 2024 annual meeting from a majority to at least one-third of all votes entitled to be cast, and to remove the age-70 mandatory retirement limitation for directors (effective 2024-02-27).

Change: bylaw amendment
Effective: 2024-02-27

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On February 27, 2024, Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), by resolution of its board of directors (the “Board”), adopted Amendment No. 7 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaw Amendment”). The Bylaw Amendment reduced the quorum required solely for the 2024 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders from a majority to at least one-third of all votes entitled to be cast at such meeting, as permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law.

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