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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): March 27, 2017

ASHFORD INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

MARYLAND
 
001-36400
 
46-5292553
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
 or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS employer
identification number)
 
 
 
 
 
14185 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1100
 
 
 
 
Dallas, Texas
 
 
 
75254
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(Zip code)

    Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 490-9600


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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

(e)    Entry into Material Contract with Named Executive Officer and Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers    
Cash Incentive Bonuses. On March 27, 2017, the independent members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ashford Inc. (the “Company”) approved the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board with respect to the 2016 annual cash incentive bonuses for the following executive officers of the Company, each as set forth in the following table:
Executive Officer
 
Cash Incentive Bonus 1
Monty J. Bennett, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
$
1,283,333
Douglas A. Kessler, President
$
740,385
David A. Brooks, Chief Operating Officer
$
466,566
Deric S. Eubanks, Chief Financial Officer
$
302,077
J. Robison Hays, Chief Strategy Officer
$
302,077
Jeremy Welter, Executive Vice President
$
302,077
_________________________
1 Payable by the Company on or about April 7, 2017





SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 30, 2017

ASHFORD INC.
By: /s/ David A. Brooks
David A. Brooks
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel