Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc.

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. On October 16, 2026, Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared fourth quarter 2026 dividends for its 5.5% Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, 8.25% Series D Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock and Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock. As of September 30, 2026, there were 8,150,132 shares of the Company's Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock and 1,269,981 shares of the Company's Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, and there were an additional 2,448,062 shares of the Company's Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock and 91,129 shares of the Company's Series M Redeemable Preferred Stock issued and outstanding for which redemption requests have been received but have not been fully processed. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.