SEC Comment Letter for ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC (AHT, AHT-PD, AHT-PF, AHT-PG, AHT-PH, AHT-PI) (CIK 0001232582) (AHT) — Apr 21, 2015
ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC (AHT, AHT-PD, AHT-PF, AHT-PG, AHT-PH, AHT-PI) (CIK 0001232582)
Date: April 21, 2015 · CIK: 0001232582 · Accession: 0000000000-15-022352
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File numbers found in text: 001-31775
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April 21 , 2015 Via E -mail Ms. JJ Fueser UNITE HERE 243 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102
Re: Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Definitive Additional Soliciting Materials Filed April 20 , 2015 by UNITE HERE File No. 001-31775
Dear Ms. Fueser :
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments.
1. Please file future soliciting materials un der the cover of Schedule 14A. See Rule 14a - 6(m).
2. Please provide us with support for the following statement: “UNITE HERE’s proposals have won important protections for shareholders at Ashford companies in recent years: restoring the right of shareholders to initiate bylaw amendments at AHT, enshrining a majority standard for d irector elections, and establishing and strengthening a lead director role; restoring the right to a special meeting and a creating a pathway to board declassification at Ashford Inc.; and opting out of the provisions of the Maryland Unsolicited Takeover A ct at Ashford Hospitality Prime [NYSE: AHP].”
You may contact me at (202) 551 -3589 or Mellissa Campbell Duru, Special Counsel, at (202) 551 -3757 if you have any questions regarding our comments .
Sincerely,
/s/ Tiffany Piland Posil
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April 21 , 2015
Via E -mail
Ms. JJ Fueser
UNITE HERE
243 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Re: Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.
Definitive Additional Soliciting Materials
Filed April 20 , 2015 by UNITE HERE
File No. 001-31775
Dear Ms. Fueser :
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments.
1. Please file future soliciting materials un der the cover of Schedule 14A. See Rule 14a -
6(m).
2. Please provide us with support for the following statement:
“UNITE HERE’s proposals have won important protections for shareholders at
Ashford companies in recent years: restoring the right of shareholders to initiate
bylaw amendments at AHT, enshrining a majority standard for d irector elections, and
establishing and strengthening a lead director role; restoring the right to a special
meeting and a creating a pathway to board declassification at Ashford Inc.; and opting
out of the provisions of the Maryland Unsolicited Takeover A ct at Ashford
Hospitality Prime [NYSE: AHP].”
You may contact me at (202) 551 -3589 or Mellissa Campbell Duru, Special Counsel, at
(202) 551 -3757 if you have any questions regarding our comments .
Sincerely,
/s/ Tiffany Piland Posil
Tiffany Piland Posil
Special Counsel
Office of Mergers and Acquisitions