{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001232582-24-000028","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AHT","cik":"0001232582","company_name":"ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC","filed_at":"2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:23.616698+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-05T05:18:42.342202+00:00","sec_items":["5.03","9.01"],"event_type":"other","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.2,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.2,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ashford Hospitality amends bylaws: cuts 2024 meeting quorum to 1/3, removes age-70 director limit","bullets":["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."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-24-000028","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-24-000028.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-24-000028.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-24-000028.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000028/0001232582-24-000028-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000028/aht-20240227.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-05T05:18:42.342202+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":[{"claim_id":"8a2ce8131635754b787ccdc5d634d9242324e3df","claim":"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).","evidence_excerpt":"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.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258224000028/0001232582-24-000028-index.htm","confidence":0.98,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"bylaw amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-02-27"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}