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Related Party Transactions | 9 Months Ended
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Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions Ashford Inc. Advisory Agreement Ashford LLC, a subsidiary of Ashford Inc., acts as our advisor. Our chairman, Mr. Monty Bennett, also serves as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Ashford Inc. Under our advisory agreement, we pay advisory fees to Ashford LLC. We pay a monthly base fee equal to 1/12 th of the sum of (i) 0.70% of the total market capitalization of our company for the prior month, plus (ii) the Net Asset Fee Adjustment (as defined in our advisory agreement), if any, on the last day of the prior month during which our advisory agreement was in effect; provided, however in no event shall the base fee for any month be less than the minimum base fee as provided by our advisory agreement. The base fee is payable on the 5 th business day of each month. The minimum base fee for Braemar for each month will be equal to the greater of: ▪90% of the base fee paid for the same month in the prior year; and ▪1/12 th of the G&A Ratio (as defined) multiplied by the total market capitalization of Braemar. We are also required to pay Ashford LLC an incentive fee that is measured annually (or for a stub period if the advisory agreement is terminated at other than year-end). Each year that our annual total stockholder return exceeds the average annual total stockholder return for our peer group we pay Ashford LLC an incentive fee over the following three years, subject to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (“FCCR”) Condition, as defined in the advisory agreement, which relates to the ratio of adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges. We also reimburse Ashford LLC for certain reimbursable overhead and internal audit, risk management advisory and asset management services, as specified in the advisory agreement. We also recorded equity-based compensation expense for equity grants of common stock and LTIP units awarded to officers and employees of Ashford LLC in connection with providing advisory services. The following table summarizes the advisory services fees incurred (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  |
Advisory services fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Base advisory fee | $ | 2,758 |  |  | $ | 2,386 |  |  | $ | 7,981 |  |  | $ | 7,579 |  |  |
Reimbursable expenses (1) | 694 |  |  | 404 |  |  | 1,696 |  |  | 1,360 |  |  |
Equity-based compensation (2) | 2,994 |  |  | 1,785 |  |  | 6,666 |  |  | 5,606 |  |  |
Incentive fee | (1,637) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Total | $ | 4,809 |  |  | $ | 4,575 |  |  | $ | 16,343 |  |  | $ | 14,545 |  |  |
________ (1)Reimbursable expenses include overhead, internal audit, risk management advisory and asset management services. (2) Equity-based compensation is associated with equity grants of Braemar’s common stock, PSUs, LTIP units and Performance LTIP units awarded to officers and employees of Ashford LLC. Pursuant to the Company's hotel management agreements with each hotel management company, the Company bears the economic burden for casualty insurance coverage. Under the advisory agreement, Ashford Inc. secures casualty insurance policies to cover Braemar, Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (“Ashford Trust”), their hotel managers, as needed, and Ashford Inc. The total loss estimates included in such policies are based on the collective pool of risk exposures from each party. Ashford Inc.'s risk management department manages the casualty insurance program. At the beginning of each year, Ashford Inc.'s risk management department collects funds from Braemar, Ashford Trust and their respective hotel management companies, to fund the casualty insurance program as needed, on an allocated basis. Lismore On March 20, 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with Lismore, a subsidiary of Ashford Inc., to engage Lismore to seek modifications, forbearances or refinancings of the Company’s loans (the “Lismore Agreement”). The Lismore Agreement was terminated effective March 20, 2021. Upon entering into the agreement with Lismore, the Company made an initial payment of approximately $1.4 million. The Company paid approximately $1.4 million related to periodic installments of which $683,000 was expensed in accordance with the agreement. The remaining $681,000 was set off against the cash payment of the base advisory fee per the agreement upon contract termination in March 2021. Further, the Company paid approximately $1.4 million in success fees in connection with signed forbearance or other agreements. In total, the Company paid approximately $4.1 million under the Lismore Agreement. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recognized expense of $0 and $341,000, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized expense of $1.2 million and $2.7 million, respectively. These expenses are included in “write-off of loan costs and exit fees” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company engaged Lismore to negotiate, on the Company’s behalf, one or more modifications to the terms of the mortgage loan assumed in connection with the acquisition of the Mr. C Beverly Hills Hotel. Upon closing of the hotel, the Company paid Lismore a debt placement fee of $150,000. Ashford Securities On September 25, 2019, Ashford Inc. announced the formation of Ashford Securities LLC (“Ashford Securities”) to raise retail capital in order to grow its existing and future platforms. In conjunction with the formation of Ashford Securities, Braemar has entered into a contribution agreement (the “Initial Contribution Agreement”) with Ashford Inc. pursuant to which Braemar has agreed to contribute, with Ashford Trust, up to $15.0 million to fund the operations of Ashford Securities. Costs for all operating expenses of Ashford Securities that were contributed by Ashford Trust and Braemar will be expensed as incurred. These costs were allocated initially to Ashford Trust and Braemar based on an allocation percentage of 75% to Ashford Trust and 25% Braemar. Upon reaching the earlier of $400 million in aggregate non-listed preferred equity offerings raised or June 10, 2023, there will be a true up (the “Initial True-up Date”) between Ashford Trust and Braemar, whereby the actual capital contributions contributed by each company will be based on the actual amount of capital raised by Ashford Trust and Braemar, respectively. After the Initial True-Up Date, the capital contributions will be allocated between Ashford Trust and Braemar quarterly based on the actual capital raised through Ashford Securities. On December 31, 2020, an Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement”) was entered into by Ashford Inc., Ashford Trust and Braemar with respect to expenses to be reimbursed by Ashford Securities. The Initial True-Up Date did not occur, and beginning on the effective date of the Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement, costs will be allocated based upon an allocation percentage of 50% to Ashford Inc., 50% to Braemar and 0% to Ashford Trust. Upon reaching the earlier of $400 million in aggregate non-listed preferred equity offerings raised, or June 10, 2023, there will be an Amended and Restated true up (the “Amended and Restated True-up Date”) among Ashford Inc., Ashford Trust and Braemar whereby the actual expense reimbursement paid by each company will be based on the actual amount of capital raised by Ashford Inc., Ashford Trust and Braemar, respectively. After the Amended and Restated True-Up Date, the expense reimbursements will be allocated among Ashford Inc., Ashford Trust and Braemar quarterly based on the actual capital raised through Ashford Securities. Additionally, Braemar’s aggregate Capital Contributions under the Initial Contribution Agreement and the Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement shall not exceed $3.75 million unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Braemar. As of September 30, 2021, Braemar has funded approximately $2.8 million. Additionally, as of September 30, 2021, $144,000 of the pre-funded amount was included in “other assets” on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. The table below summarizes the amount Braemar has expensed related to reimbursed operating expenses of Ashford Securities (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
Line Item |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  |
Corporate, general and administrative |  | $ | 642 |  |  | $ | 228 |  |  | $ | 1,505 |  |  | $ | 558 |  |  |
Enhanced Return Funding Program Concurrent with Amendment No. 1 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with Ashford Inc. (“Amendment No. 1”), on January 15, 2019, the Company also entered into the Enhanced Return Funding Program Agreement (the “ERFP Agreement”) with Ashford Inc. The “key money investments” concept previously contemplated by our advisory agreement was replaced with the ERFP Agreement. The Fifth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement was also amended to name Ashford Inc. and its subsidiaries as the Company’s sole and exclusive provider of asset management, design and construction and other services offered by Ashford Inc. or any of its subsidiaries. The independent members of our board of directors and the independent members of the board of directors of Ashford Inc., with the assistance of separate and independent legal counsel, engaged to negotiate the ERFP Agreement on behalf of Ashford Inc. and Braemar, respectively. The ERFP Agreement generally provides that Ashford LLC will provide funding to facilitate the acquisition of properties by Braemar OP that are recommended by Ashford LLC, in an aggregate amount of up to $50 million (subject to increase to up to $100 million by mutual agreement). Each funding will equal 10% of the property acquisition price and will be made either at the time of the property acquisition or at any time generally within the two-year period following the date of such acquisition, in exchange for FF&E for use at the acquired property or any other property owned by Braemar OP. The initial term of the ERFP Agreement was two years (the “Initial Term”). At the end of the Initial Term, the ERFP Agreement automatically renewed for one year and shall automatically renew for successive one-year periods (each such period a “Renewal Term”) unless either Ashford Inc. or Braemar provides written notice to the other at least sixty days in advance of the expiration of the Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable, that such notifying party intends not to renew the ERFP Agreement. During the second quarter of 2021, the Company sold approximately $1.6 million of hotel FF&E from Braemar hotel properties to Ashford LLC, which was subsequently leased back to the Company rent-free. In accordance with ASC 842, the Company evaluated the transactions and concluded that the transactions qualified as sales. As a result, the Company recorded an aggregate gain of $0 and $197,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The gains are recorded in “gain (loss) on insurance settlement, disposition of assets and sale of hotel properties” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. In the second quarter of 2021, upon expiration of an ERFP lease, the Company purchased the underlying FF&E from Ashford Inc. at fair value for $144,000, which was paid during the third quarter of 2021. Design and Construction Services In connection with Ashford Inc.’s August 8, 2018 acquisition of Remington Lodging’s design and construction business, we entered into a design and construction services agreement with Ashford Inc.’s subsidiary, Premier Project Management LLC (“Premier”), pursuant to which Premier provides design and construction services to our hotels, including construction management, interior design, architectural services, and the purchasing, freight management, and supervision of installation of FF&E and related services. Pursuant to the design and construction services agreement, we pay Premier: (a) design and construction fees of up to 4% of project costs; and (b) for the following services: (i) architectural (6.5% of total construction costs); (ii) construction management for projects without a general contractor (10% of total construction costs); (iii) interior design (6% of the purchase price of the FF&E designed or selected by Premier); and (iv) FF&E purchasing (8% of the purchase price of FF&E purchased by Premier; provided that if the purchase price exceeds $2.0 million for a single hotel in a calendar year, then the purchasing fee is reduced to 6% of the FF&E purchase price in excess of $2.0 million for such hotel in such calendar year). On March 20, 2020, we amended the design and construction services agreement to provide that Premier’s fees shall be paid by the Company to Premier upon the completion of any work provided by third-party vendors to the Company. Hotel Management Services On November 6, 2019, Ashford Inc. completed the acquisition of Remington Lodging’s hotel management business. Following the acquisition, hotel management services are provided by Remington Hotels, a subsidiary of Ashford Inc., under the respective hotel management agreement with each customer, including Ashford Trust and Braemar. At September 30, 2021, Remington Hotels managed four of our 14 hotel properties. We pay monthly hotel management fees equal to the greater of approximately $14,000 per hotel (increased annually based on consumer price index adjustments) or 3% of gross revenues as well as annual incentive management fees, if certain operational criteria were met and other general and administrative expense reimbursements primarily related to accounting services. Pursuant to the terms of the Letter Agreement dated March 13, 2020 (the “Hotel Management Letter Agreement”), in order to allow Remington Hotels to better manage its corporate working capital and to ensure the continued efficient operation of our hotels, we agreed to pay the base fee and to reimburse all expenses on a weekly basis for the preceding week, rather than on a monthly basis. The Hotel Management Letter Agreement went into effect on March 13, 2020 and will continue until terminated by us. We also have a mutual exclusivity agreement with Remington Hotels, pursuant to which: (i) we have agreed to engage Remington Hotels to provide management services with respect to any hotel we acquire or invest in, to the extent we have the right and/or control the right to direct the management of such hotel; and (ii) Remington Hotels has agreed to grant us a right of first refusal to purchase any opportunity to develop or construct a hotel that it identifies that meets our initial investment guidelines. We are not, however, obligated to engage Remington Hotels if our independent directors either: (i) unanimously vote to hire a different manager or developer; or (ii) by a majority vote elect not to engage such related party because either special circumstances exist such that it would be in the best interest of our Company not to engage such related party, or, based on related party’s prior performance, it is believed that another manager could perform the management or other duties materially better. Ashford Trust As of September 30, 2021, the Company has an $800,000 receivable from Ashford Trust, included in “due from related parties, net.” The receivable relates to a legal settlement between Ashford Trust and the City of San Francisco regarding a transfer tax matter associated with the transfer of The Clancy from Ashford Trust to Braemar upon Braemar’s 2013 spin-off from Ashford Trust. The transfer taxes were initially paid by Braemar at the time of the spin-off. The $800,000 gain is included in “(gain) loss on legal settlements” on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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