{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001232582-25-000107","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AHT","cik":"0001232582","company_name":"ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC","filed_at":"2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:47.754695+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-20T13:20:53.777046+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Ashford Hospitality Trust board changes: director Hays resigns, CEO Zsigray appointed","bullets":["Director J. Robison Hays, III resigned from the Board effective May 20, 2025, with no disagreement with the Company.","CEO Stephen Zsigray appointed to the Board effective May 23, 2025, to serve until the next annual meeting.","Mr. Zsigray will not serve on any Board committee and receives no additional compensation for Board duties."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-25-000107","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-25-000107.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-25-000107.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-25-000107.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258225000107/0001232582-25-000107-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258225000107/aht-20250520.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-20T13:20:53.777046+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":"23ca04c8ba","claim":"J. Robison Hays, III resigned as Director at ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On May 20, 2025, Mr. J. Robison Hays, III tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the “ Company ”) to be effective as of that date.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258225000107/0001232582-25-000107-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"2c520861ee","claim":"Stephen Zsigray was appointed as Director at ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On May 23, 2025, the Board appointed Mr. Stephen Zsigray, the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, as a member of the Board, effective immediately","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258225000107/0001232582-25-000107-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}