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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001232582-26-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHT"
cik: "0001232582"
company_name: "ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T15:32:20.195519+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashford Hospitality Trust sells 333-room Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront for $96M cash, repays $94.7M mortgage debt

## Summary
- Gross sale price $96 million cash; net proceeds approximately $95.3 million after selling expenses.
- Approximately $94.7 million of proceeds used to repay mortgage loan secured by 12 hotels, including Hilton St. Petersburg.
- Pro forma net loss attributable to common stockholders improves from $82.5M to $5.3M for FY2024 after including one-time gain.
- Pro forma net loss for nine months ended Sep 30, 2025 widens from $136.7M to $137.6M after removing hotel's operations.
- Sale generated a preliminary non-recurring gain of approximately $79.6 million in the pro forma for FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001232582-26-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHT
- cik: 0001232582
- company_name: ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000041/0001232582-26-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000041/aht-20260305.htm

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## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC completed a disposition involving Kolter Group Acquisitions LLC for $96 million in cash (closed 2026-03-05).
  - Action: disposition
  - Counterparty: Kolter Group Acquisitions LLC
  - Consideration: $96 million in cash
  - Closing: 2026-03-05
  source text: On March 5, 2026, St. Petersburg Florida Hotel Limited Partnership, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), completed the sale of the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront located in St. Petersburg, Florida pursuant to an Agreement of Purchase and Sale, dated as of December 12, 2025, by and between St. Petersburg Florida Hotel Limited Partnership and Ashford TRS Lessee II LLC, as seller, and Kolter Group Acquisitions LLC, as purchaser, for $96 million in cash, subject to customary pro-rations and adjustments.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000041/0001232582-26-000041-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.