Edgar Filing: ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Welter Jeremy

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC [AHT]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
EVP-Asset Management

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

14185 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 1100

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2016

(Street)

DALLAS, TX 75254

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Stock Units ⁽¹⁾

$ 0 ⁽¹⁾

03/31/2016

85,427 ⁽²⁾

03/31/2019

03/31/2026

Common Stock ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

85,427 ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

$ 0 ⁽³⁾

85,427 ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

Special Limited Partnership Units ⁽⁴⁾

$ 0 ⁽⁴⁾

03/31/2016

85,428 ⁽⁴⁾

⁽⁴⁾

⁽⁵⁾

Common Stock ⁽⁴⁾

⁽⁴⁾

$ 0.05 ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁶⁾

470,084 ⁽⁷⁾

Common Limited Partnership Units ⁽⁸⁾

$ 0 ⁽⁸⁾

⁽⁸⁾

⁽⁵⁾

Common Stock ⁽⁸⁾

⁽⁸⁾

150,000 ⁽⁸⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Welter Jeremy 14185 DALLAS PARKWAY SUITE 1100 DALLAS, TX 75254			EVP-Asset Management

Signatures

/s/ JEREMY WELTER		04/01/2016
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each performance stock unit ("Performance Stock Unit") award represents a right to receive one LTIP Unit (as defined below) if and when the applicable vesting criteria have been achieved.
(2)	Represents the target amount of LTIP Units that may be issued pursuant to an award of Performance Stock Units. The actual number of Performance Stock Units to be issued upon vesting can range from 0% to 200% of the number of Performance Stock Units reported, based on achievement of a specified relative total stockholder return, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer. Assuming continued service through the vesting date and achievement of the specified relative total stockholder return, the Performance Stock Units, as adjusted, will generally vest on March 31, 2019.
(3)	The Reporting Person received the awards under the Issuer's 2011 Stock Incentive Plan.
(4)	Special long-term incentive partnership units ("LTIP Units") in the Subsidiary. Vested LTIP Units, upon achieving parity with the Common Units, are convertible into Common Units at the option of the Reporting Person. 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 31, 2016, was 0.9543908329 shares of the Issuer's common stock for each Common Unit.
(5)	Neither the LTIP Units nor the Common Units have an expiration date.
(6)	Per LTIP Unit purchase price.
(7)	Includes LTIP Units previously reported by, the Reporting Person having different grant and vesting dates, some of 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 for reporting purposes.
(8)	Common Units currently held by the Reporting Person, some of which may have been converted from LTIPs by the Reporting Person. 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 31, 2016, was 0.9543908329 shares of the Issuer's common stock for each Common Unit.

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