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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): June 15, 2005

ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
MARYLAND
(State of Incorporation) 		  001-31775
(Commission File Number) 		  86-1062192
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number)
     
14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices) 		  75254
(Zip code)

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 registrant under any of the following provisions:

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

 

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On June 15, 2005, Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors:

a) declared a common stock dividend for its second quarter ended June 30, 2005, of approximately $0.17 per diluted share, payable July 15, 2005, for shareholders of record on June 30, 2005, and

b) declared a dividend for its second quarter ended June 30, 2005, of approximately $0.5344 per diluted share, for the Company’s 8.55% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock. This dividend is payable July 15, 2005, for shareholders of record on June 30, 2005.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     
Exhibit    
Number    
 
    
99.1
  Press Release of the Company, dated June 15, 2005, furnished under Item 7.01, announcing the declaration of dividends.

 

 

SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: June 16, 2005

         
  ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ DAVID A. BROOKS    
  David A. Brooks   
  Chief Legal Officer