On March 25, 2024, Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc announced that on March 10, 2024, it has received a notice from Blackwells Capital LLC asking the Company to nominate 4 candidates to the Company's board of directors at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and the Company has unanimously determined that the Blackwells nomination notice is invalid due to numerous deficiencies, most notably a failure to disclose the Company's true objectives ? which Company believes include an underhanded attempt to effectuate a takeover of the Company without paying an adequate price. In addition, the Company stated that it has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in order to prevent Blackwells from moving forward with its proxy contest and continuing its actions against the Company and its shareholders.