DALLAS, Sept. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ashford
Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) ("Ashford Trust" or the
"Company") today announced that its Board of Directors
declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per diluted share for the Company's common
stock for the third quarter ending September
30, 2013. The dividend, which equates to an annual rate of
$0.48 per share, is payable on
October 15, 2013, to shareholders of
record as of September 30, 2013.
The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5344 per diluted share for the Company's 8.55%
Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter ending
September 30, 2013. The dividend,
which equates to an annual rate of $2.1375 per share, is payable on October 15, 2013, to shareholders of record as of
September 30, 2013.
The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5281 per diluted share for the Company's 8.45%
Series D Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter ending
September 30, 2013. The dividend,
which equates to an annual rate of $2.1125 per share, is payable on October 15, 2013, to shareholders of record as of
September 30, 2013.
The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $ 0.5625 per diluted share for the Company's
9.00% Series E Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter
ending September 30, 2013. The
dividend, which equates to an annual rate of $2.25 per share, is payable on October 15, 2013, to shareholders of record as of
September 30, 2013.
Ashford Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment trust
(REIT) focused on investing opportunistically in the hospitality
industry across all segments and at all levels of the capital
structure primarily within the United
States.
Follow Chairman and CEO Monty
Bennett on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MBennettAshford or
@MBennettAshford.
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to differ materially from those anticipated, including, without
limitation: general volatility of the capital markets and the
market price of our common stock; changes in our business or
investment strategy; availability, terms and deployment of capital;
availability of qualified personnel; changes in our industry and
the market in which we operate, interest rates or the general
economy; the degree and nature of our competition; and the
satisfaction of the condition to the completion of the spin-off
. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in
Ashford's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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expectations or otherwise.
SOURCE Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.