Braemar Hotels & Resorts

BHR

Market cap $170M

Issues Open Letter to the Outside Directors Urging Them to Promptly Call the 2026 Annual Meeting and Allow Shareholders to Elect New Directors PEMBROKE, Bermuda, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Al Shams Investments Limited ("Al Shams" or "we"), the largest shareholder of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) ("Braemar" or the "Company"), today sent a letter to Braemar's outside directors urging them to promptly call the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to allow shareholders to elect new directors. This letter follows Al Shams' open letter of 8 May 2026, in which it urged the outside directors to pause further hotel divestitures pending the election of a new Board of Directors.

DALLAS, June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) ("Braemar" or the "Company") announced today that it has closed on the previously announced sale of the 193-room Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa for $176 million ($912,000 per key). The sale price represents a 4.6% capitalization rate on net operating income for the trailing 12 months ended March 2026.

DALLAS, May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) ("Braemar" or the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") declared, and the Company set aside a partial cash dividend for the Company's 5.5% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock equal to: $0.1146 per diluted share, which will be paid on July 15, 2026 to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2026. This amount represents the monthly portion, or one-third, of the full quarterly dividend, which is being set aside each month but will be paid on a quarterly basis.

Braemar Hotels & Resorts remains a 'Sell' due to severe balance sheet and liquidity challenges, despite strong Q1 2026 operational results. BHR's $480 million Ashford 'Company Sale Fee' and $1.1 billion debt severely limit potential common shareholder recovery, even with premium asset sales. Recent hotel sales validate a private-public valuation gap, but forced asset sales may hinder BHR's ability to command high prices.

Intends to Seek the Election of New Directors at the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting Urges the Independent Directors to Pause Deal-Making Until Shareholders Have the Opportunity to Elect a New Board PEMBROKE, Bermuda, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Al Shams Investments Limited ("Al Shams" or "we"), the largest shareholder of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) ("Braemar" or the "Company") today issued a letter to Braemar's independent directors announcing Al Shams' intention to seek the election of new directors at the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). In the letter, Al Shams warns that further hotel divestitures risk triggering a termination payment of more than $480 million to Ashford Inc., the external advisor controlled by Braemar's Chairman, Monty Bennett.

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DALLAS, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) ("Braemar" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the 193-room Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort & Spa for $176 million ($912,000 per key) and has received a $6.5 million non-refundable earnest money deposit. The sale price represents a 5.1% capitalization rate on net operating income for the trailing 12 months ended December 2025.

DALLAS, April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) ("Braemar" or the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") declared, and the Company set aside a partial cash dividend for the Company's 5.5% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock equal to: $0.1146 per diluted share, which will be paid on July 15, 2026 to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2026. This amount represents the monthly portion, or one-third, of the full quarterly dividend, which is being set aside each month but will be paid on a quarterly basis.

DALLAS, April 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) ("Braemar" or the "Company") today announced details regarding the release of its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. Braemar plans to issue its earnings release for the 2026 first quarter after the market closes on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

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