---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001232582-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AHT"
cik: "0001232582"
company_name: "ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T10:08:44.180967+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ashford Hospitality Trust waives advisory agreement limits to award cash incentives for Q1-Q2 2026

## Summary
- Limited Waiver allows AHT to grant cash incentive compensation to Advisor employees during first two fiscal quarters of 2026.
- Company adopted Form of 2026 Deferred Cash Award Agreement for employees, officers, and representatives of the Advisor.
- No specific award amounts or participant names disclosed; awards subject to Board discretion.
- Waiver is one-time and does not affect other provisions of the Advisory Agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001232582-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AHT
- cik: 0001232582
- company_name: ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000050/0001232582-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000050/aht-20260313.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC entered into Limited Waiver Under Advisory Agreement with Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership, Ashford TRS Corporation, Ashford Inc., and Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC (effective 2026-03-13).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership, Ashford TRS Corporation, Ashford Inc., and Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC
  - Effective: 2026-03-13
  source text: On March 13, 2026, Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“Ashford Trust” or the “Company”) entered into a Limited Waiver Under Advisory Agreement (the “Limited Waiver”) with Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), Ashford TRS Corporation (“TRS”), Ashford Inc. (“AINC”) and Ashford Hospitality Advisors LLC (together with AINC, the “Advisor”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000050/0001232582-26-000050-index.htm

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