Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

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): March 15, 2018

ASHFORD HOSPITALITY PRIME, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND		001-35972		46-2488594
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100
Dallas, Texas		75254
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]  

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:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company     þ

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ¨

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ITEM 7.01     REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

On March 15, 2018, Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors:

a) declared a common stock dividend for the first quarter ending March 31, 2018, of $0.16 per diluted share, payable April 16, 2018, for shareholders of record as of March 30, 2018; and

b) declared a dividend for the first quarter ending March 31, 2018, of $0.3438 per diluted share, for the Company’s 5.5% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. This dividend is payable April 16, 2018, for shareholders of record as of March 30, 2018.

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.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit

Number      Exhibit Description

99.1	Press Release of the Company, dated March 15, 2018, furnished under Item 7.01, announcing the declaration of dividends

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SIGNATURE

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

Dated: March 15, 2018

 

	ASHFORD HOSPITALITY PRIME, INC.
	By:		/s/ DAVID A. BROOKS
			David A. Brooks
			Chief Transaction Officer and General Counsel