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EXHIBIT 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: | Deric Eubanks | Jordan Jennings | Joe Calabrese |
Chief Financial Officer | Investor Relations | Financial Relations Board | |
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ASHFORD TRUST COMPLETES REFINANCING OF HOTEL INDIGO ATLANTA
DALLAS, May 24, 2017 -- Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE: AHT) (“Ashford Trust” or the “Company”) announced today that it has successfully refinanced the mortgage loan secured by the Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown with an existing outstanding balance totaling approximately $15.6 million and a final maturity date in June 2017. The new non-recourse loan totals $16.1 million with a three-year term and two, one-year extension options subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The loan carries an interest rate of LIBOR + 2.90% and is interest only for the first two years with a 30-year amortization schedule based on a 6% interest rate starting in the third year.
“Having now refinanced all of our 2017 maturities on what we believe to be attractive debt terms, we are looking ahead and have already commenced work on the only loan we have coming due in 2018, ” said Douglas A. Kessler, Ashford Trust’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
Ashford Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing opportunistically in the hospitality industry in upper upscale, full-service hotels.
Ashford has created an Ashford App for the hospitality REIT investor community. The Ashford App is available for free download at Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store by searching “Ashford.”
Certain statements and assumptions in this press release contain or are based upon "forward-looking" information and are being made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. When we use the words "will likely result," "may," "anticipate," "estimate," "should," "expect," "believe," "intend,” or similar expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions and uncertainties, many of which are outside Ashford Trust’s control.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, without limitation: timing of closing of the transaction and satisfaction of conditions to closing, 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; and the degree and nature of our competition. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in Ashford Trust’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The forward-looking statements included in this press release are only made as of the date of this press release. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, changes in expectations or otherwise.
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