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Issuer:     ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC (AHT)
CIK:        0001232582
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-15T20:16:46+00:00
Accession:  0001232582-26-000122
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ashford Hospitality Trust fails to elect any director; board retains all nominees despite majority 'against' votes
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- All six director nominees received majority against votes; e.g., Monty Bennett had 529,791 for, 1,774,505 against.
- Board declined to accept resignations; nominees continue serving per Corporate Governance Guidelines evaluation.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation failed: 463,623 for, 1,807,515 against.
- Amendment No. 6 to 2021 Stock Incentive Plan not approved: 587,906 for, 1,662,867 against.
- Auditor BDO USA ratified: 2,648,938 for, 759,700 against, 386,364 abstain.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000122/0001232582-26-000122-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1232582/000123258226000122/aht-20260512.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001232582-26-000122

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