Company: BHR-PD
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001574085-25-000024
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Company: Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
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 on April 3, 2024 to solicit proxies from stockholders of the Company to vote in favor of the Blackwells Parties’ director nominees and proposals. 

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The Blackwells Parties have also agreed to specified standstill restrictions with respect to the Company Group, which will expire on July 2, 2034. During the standstill period, the Blackwells Parties are required to (i) appear in person or by proxy at each meeting of stockholders of the members of the Company Group in which they beneficially own shares of stock and vote any Blackwells Parties’ shares then beneficially owned by them in accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors of such member of the Company Group on any proposals considered at such meeting and (ii) deliver consents or consent revocations in any action by written consent by stockholders of any member of the Company Group in which they beneficially own shares in accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors of such member of the Company Group. 

The Agreement also provides for the voluntary dismissal, with prejudice, of the consolidated action previously pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to which the Company, Blackwells Capital LLC and certain of their respective related parties are parties (the “Consolidated Litigation”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Consolidated Litigation was voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice, on July 3, 2024. The Company has agreed to reimburse Blackwells Capital LLC, in an amount agreed upon by the parties, for the Blackwells Parties’ reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Consolidated Litigation and related matters. 

Additionally, pursuant to the Agreement, the Board was required to take steps to identify and select one additional individual to be appointed to the Board as an independent director (the “Additional Board Member”). The Board was required to promptly notify Blackwells Capital LLC of its selection of the Additional Board Member and to consider any input Blackwells Capital LLC may have with respect to the Additional Board Member. In accordance with the Cooperation Agreement, on October 4, 2024, the Board increased the number of directors of the Company from eight to nine and appointed Mr. Jay H. Shah as the Additional Board Member to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.

The Agreement contains various other obligations and provisions applicable to the Company Group and the Blackwells Parties, including a mutual release of claims and mutual non-dis