UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): November 17, 2017

 

ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 490-9600

 

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following provisions:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 

Item 1.01  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On November 17, 2017, Ashford OP General Partner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), executed Amendment No. 4 to Seventh Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement Amendment”) of Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“Ashford Trust OP”), for the purpose of creating additional preferred units of Ashford Trust OP having substantially the same designations, preferences and other rights as the economic rights of the Company’s 7.50% Series I Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series I Preferred Stock”), described in Item 3.03 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 14, 2017, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The summary of the Partnership Agreement Amendment contained in this Item 1.01 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Partnership Agreement Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01  Other Events.

 

In connection with the settlement of the Company’s offering of Series I Preferred Stock occurring on November 17, 2017, a legal opinion is filed hereto as Exhibit 5.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
5.1		Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP regarding legality of the Series I Preferred Stock.
10.1		Amendment No. 4 to Seventh Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership, dated November 17, 2017.
23.1		Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: November 17, 2017
	ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST, INC.
	By:	/s/ David A. Brooks
		David A. Brooks
		Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel

 

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