Company: BHR-PD
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001574085-25-000111
Chunk: 5

Company: Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: DEF 14A
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ford LLC together serve as our external advisor. In this proxy statement, we refer to Ashford Inc. and Ashford LLC collectively as our " advisor. "

2025 Proxy Statement 1

#### TABLE OF CONTENTS

#### Annual Meeting of Stockholders
| Place                            |     | Number of Common Shares, Series E Preferred Stock and Series M Preferred Stock Eligible to Vote at the Annual Meeting as of the Record Date |
| Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.    
 14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1200 
 Dallas, Texas 75254              |     |                                                                                                                                  82,048,960 |

#### Voting Matters
| Matter                                          |     | Board Recommendation                          |     |    Page Reference 
 (for more detail) |
| Election of Directors                           |     | ✔ For each of the Company's director nominees |     |                 6 |
| Advisory Approval of Our Executive Compensation |     | ✔ For                                         |     |                37 |
| Ratification of Appointment of BDO USA, P.C.    |     | ✔ For                                         |     |                38 |

#### Board Nominees
The following table provides summary information about each of the Company's director nominees. All directors of the Company are elected annually, in an uncontested election, by a majority of the votes cast at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders.

| Name; Age                 |     | Director Since |     | Principal Occupation                                                                                      |     | Committee Memberships* |     | Other U.S. Public                                                              
 Company Boards                                                                 |
| A                         |     |             CC |     | NCG                                                                                                       |     | RPT                    |     |                                                                                |
| Monty J. Bennett, 60      |     |           2013 |     | Chairman and CEO of Ashford Inc.; Chairman of Ashford Trust                                               |     |                        |     | Ashford Trust                                                                  |
| Stefani D. Carter, 47 (L) |     |           2013 |     | Attorney and Consultant                                                                                   |     |                        |     | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.; Axos Bank and Axos Financial, Inc. |
| Candace Evans, 71         |     |           2019 |     | Founder and Publisher of CandysDirt.com and SecondShelters.com, Real Estate investment consultant         |     |                        |     |                                                                                |
| Bob Ghassemieh, 49        |     |           2025 |     | Executive Vice President and Director