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accession: "0001232582-26-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHT"
cik: "0001232582"
company_name: "ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:08:26.451323+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Sonny Sra retires from Ashford Hospitality Trust board; quorum reduced for 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Sonny Sra retired from the Board effective Feb 24, 2026 due to health reasons.
- Bylaw Amendment No. 9 reduces quorum for the 2026 annual meeting from a majority to at least one-third of votes entitled to be cast.
- Reduction addresses increasing retail holder base and broker policies prohibiting discretionary votes on auditor ratification.
- Amendment is limited solely to the 2026 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001232582-26-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHT
- cik: 0001232582
- company_name: ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000029/0001232582-26-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000029/aht-20260224.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC: Reduced quorum requirement solely for the 2026 annual meeting from a majority to at least one-third of all votes entitled to be cast (effective 2026-02-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-02-24
  source text: The Bylaw Amendment reduced the quorum required solely for the 2026 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000029/0001232582-26-000029-index.htm

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