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Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.: 5%+ holders

Who has reported owning 5% or more of Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc., from Schedule 13D and 13G filings: each holder's stake as filed, the timeline, and the purpose each 13D states, quoted.

At 5% or more5
Filings25
Latest filing2026-09-15
Stated intents1

Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. has 25 Schedule 13D or 13G filings on record since 2025-08-14. 5 holders' latest filing reports 5% or more of common stock. Each figure below is the holder's own, as filed, with the filing linked.

Stated intent

Intent stated in Item 4 Al Shams Investments LTD

The Reporting Persons also reiterated that ASIL intends to nominate several candidates for election to the Board at the 2026 Annual Meeting and has been preparing to submit its notice of nominations.From Item 4 of the SCHEDULE 13D/A filed 2026-06-10

Holders

HolderPercentSharesLatestEvent date
Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, a Series of ETFis Series Trust I21.9%674,435SCHEDULE 13G/A, 2026-08-142026-06-30
Al Shams Investments LTD9.48%6,513,000SCHEDULE 13D/A, 2026-09-152026-09-13
Zazove Associates LLC8%247,866SCHEDULE 13G, 2026-08-142026-07-31
BlackRock, Inc.7.5%5,196,210SCHEDULE 13G/A, 2026-07-272026-06-30
Blackwells Capital LLC6.9%1,735,000SCHEDULE 13D/A, 2025-12-232025-12-23
Ghassemieh Babak3.6%2,595,949SCHEDULE 13D/A, 2026-03-172026-03-13
The Vanguard Group0%0SCHEDULE 13G/A, 2026-03-262026-03-13

Purpose of Transaction (Item 4)

Ghassemieh Babak

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following: On March 13, 2026, the Issuer notified Mr. Bob Ghassemieh that it had filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland (the "Issuer Complaint") against the Reporting Persons and certain other third parties. The following description of the Issuer Complaint is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Issuer Complaint, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Issuer Complaint alleges, among other things, that the Reporting Persons (i) breached the Cooperation Agreement (as defined and described in Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D) and (ii) violated the reporting requirements of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), by failing to disclose the formation of a group on a Schedule 13D with a third party. The Issuer Complaint also alleges that Mr. Bob Ghassemieh violated Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act as a controlling person of the third party in connection with certain filings that third party made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Issuer seeks injunctive relief and damages. The Reporting Persons believe the allegations set forth in the Issuer Complaint are without merit and intend to defend themselves vigorously. Reference is also made to the Reporting Persons' Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D for disclosure regarding Mr. Bob Ghassemieh's reasons for resigning from the Issuer's board …The first part of Item 4 of the SCHEDULE 13D/A filed 2026-03-17; the filing has the rest

Blackwells Capital LLC

No amendment to this Item is being made.Item 4 of the SCHEDULE 13D/A filed 2025-12-23

Al Shams Investments LTD

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following: On September 13, 2026, ASIL delivered a notice of nomination (the "Nomination Notice") to the Issuer by email nominating a slate of five highly qualified director candidates--Jennifer L. Bitterman, Jonathan Klein, Anna Massion, Sir Michael Peat and Wayne R. Walker (each, a "Nominee" and collectively, the "Nominees")--for election to the Board at the 2026 Annual Meeting, which is scheduled to be held on November 13, 2026. A copy of the Nomination Notice was hand delivered to the Issuer on September 14, 2026. As evidenced by their biographies below, the Nominees collectively possess deep expertise in real estate, finance, investing, law, accounting and corporate governance. Jennifer L. Bitterman is an experienced real estate finance executive and public-company director with more than 20 years of experience in real estate investment, asset management, capital markets, financial reporting, strategic transactions, REIT compliance and corporate governance. Ms. Bitterman currently serves as Global Chief Financial Officer of the GSA Group, a subsidiary of The DOT Group, since June 2025. Ms. Bitterman also serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Franklin Street Properties Corp. (NYSE American: FSP), a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on office properties in U.S. Sunbelt and Mountain West markets, since October 2025. From July 2023 to May 2025, Ms. Bitterman served as Chief Financial …The first part of Item 4 of the SCHEDULE 13D/A filed 2026-09-15; the filing has the rest

Timeline

FiledHolderPercentFiling
2025-08-14Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, a Series of ETFis Series Trust I14.69%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2025-08-27Ghassemieh Babak3.7%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2025-10-17BlackRock, Inc.6.5%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2025-11-14Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, a Series of ETFis Series Trust I15.74%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2025-11-18Blackwells Capital LLC5.8%SCHEDULE 13D
2025-12-23Blackwells Capital LLC6.9%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-02-17Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, a Series of ETFis Series Trust I17.64%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2026-02-23Ghassemieh Babak3.7%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-03-10Al Shams Investments LTD9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-03-17Ghassemieh Babak3.6%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-03-26The Vanguard Group0%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2026-05-08Al Shams Investments LTD9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-05-15Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, a Series of ETFis Series Trust I19.52%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2026-05-22Al Shams Investments LTD9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-06-02Al Shams Investments LTD9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-06-10Al Shams Investments LTD intent stated9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-06-15Al Shams Investments LTD9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-06-29Al Shams Investments LTD9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-07-23Al Shams Investments LTD9.55%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-07-27BlackRock, Inc.7.5%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2026-08-14Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, a Series of ETFis Series Trust I21.9%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2026-08-14Zazove Associates LLC7.6%SCHEDULE 13G/A
2026-08-14Zazove Associates LLC8%SCHEDULE 13G
2026-09-08Al Shams Investments LTD9.48%SCHEDULE 13D/A
2026-09-15Al Shams Investments LTD9.48%SCHEDULE 13D/A

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Anyone who comes to own more than 5% of a class of a listed company's voting shares has to tell the SEC. A holder who may seek to change or influence the company files Schedule 13D, and has to say in Item 4, "Purpose of Transaction", what it intends to do. A holder with no such intent, such as many index and passive funds, may file the shorter Schedule 13G. Both are amended when the stake changes, including when it falls below 5%.

Every row here is one of those filings, linked to the filing itself. Percentages and share counts are exactly as the holder filed them, for the holder the filing names; an amendment showing a lower figure is shown as filed. Item 4 text is quoted word for word. Where a 13D's Item 4 contains a sentence stating a definite intent to influence the company, that sentence is marked and quoted; the page does not describe the holder or its motives beyond the words it filed. Nothing here is investment advice.

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Last updated 2026-09-27
Primary record: SEC filing 1 · SEC filing 2 · SEC filing 3 · SEC filing 4
Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. 5%+ holders: 5 at 5% or more, largest Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, a Series of ETFis Series Trust I 21.9%. MentionFox, 2026-09-27. https://mentionfox.com/stakes/braemar-hotels-and-resorts