SEC Form 4 · accession 0000909143-17-000024
ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC · AHT
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
A later amendment supersedes this filing — read the amendment. The figures below are kept as originally reported (version chain, not an overwrite).
Reporting owner
Jeremy Welter
Officer — EVP-Asset Management
Period of report
Mar 24, 2017
Accepted (ET)
Mar 28, 2017 · 7:24 pm EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001232582
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock | holding | — | — | — | 2,255 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Performance LTIP Units (2017)F1,F2,F7,F4 | $0.00 | Mar 24, 2017 | A | 242,000 | A | Mar 24, 2020 | Mar 24, 2020 | Common Stock | 242,000 | 242,000 | D |
| Special Limited Partnership UnitsF4,F7,F8,F5,F6 | $0.00 | Mar 24, 2017 | A | 121,000 | A | — | — | Common Stock | — | 466,084 | D |
| Performance LTIP Units (2016)F1,F2,F4 | $0.00 | holding | — | — | — | Mar 31, 2019 | Mar 31, 2019 | Common Stock | 170,854 | 170,854 | D |
| Common Limited Partnership UnitsF9,F10,F6 | $0.00 | holding | — | — | — | — | — | Common Stock | — | 275,000 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Each performance LTIP unit ("Performance LTIP Unit") award represents an LTIP Unit (as defined below) subject to specified performance-based vesting criteria.
- F10Reflects the aggregate number of Common Units currently held directly or indirectly, as noted, by the Reporting Person, some of which may have been converted from LTIP Units by the Reporting Person since the Reporting Person's most recent Form 4 or Form 5 filing. See Footnote 9 discussing the convertibility of the Common Units
- F2Represents the maximum number of LTIP Units that may vest pursuant to such award of Performance LTIP Units, which is 200% of the target number of LTIP Units of 121,000. The actual number of Performance LTIP Units that may vest can range from 0% to 200% of the target number of Performance LTIP Units, based on achievement of specified relative and total stockholder returns of the Issuer. Assuming continued service through the vesting date and achievement of the specified relative and total stockholder return, the Performance LTIP Units, will generally vest on March 31, 2019 (with respect to the 2016 Performance LTIP Unit award), and on March 24, 2020 (with respect to the 2017 Performance LTIP Unit award). See Footnote 4 discussing the convertibility of Vested LTIP Units.
- F3The Reporting Person received the LTIP Units and Performance LTIP Units awards reported herein under the Issuer's 2011 Stock Incentive Plan.
- F4Special long-term incentive partnership units ("LTIP Units") in Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership, the Issuer's operating subsidiary ("Subsidiary"). Vested LTIP Units, upon achieving parity with the Common Units (as defined below), are convertible into Common Units at the option of the Reporting Person. See Footnote 9 discussing the convertibility of the Common Units.
- F5The LTIP Units acquired by the Reporting Person, as reported herein, vest in three (3) substantially equal installments on the first three (3) anniversaries of the date of grant. See Footnote 4 discussing the convertibility of Vested LTIP Units.
- F6Neither the Common Units nor the LTIP Units have an expiration date.
- F7Per newly acquired LTIP Unit and Performance LTIP Unit purchase price.
- F8Reflects the aggregate number of LTIP Units held directly or indirectly by the Reporting Person following the LTIP Units award reported herein, and includes LTIP Units comprising awards previously granted to, and reported by, the Reporting Person. Such LTIP Units have different grant and vesting dates and include those which (i) may have achieved parity with the Common Units, (ii) have not yet achieved parity with the Common Units, (iii) are currently vested, or (iv) have not yet vested. Such LTIP Units have been combined herein solely for reporting purposes.
- F9Common Limited Partnership Units of the Subsidiary ("Common Units"). Common Units are redeemable for cash or, at the option of the Issuer, convertible into shares of the Issuer's common stock based on a conversion ratio described in the partnership agreement of Subsidiary, which, on March 20, 2017, was 0.9376156105 shares of the Issuer's common stock for each Common Unit.