Common Stock and Preferred Stock

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Common Stock and Preferred Stock

Note 9 — Common Stock and Preferred Stock

The Company has 105,000,000 authorized shares of stock consisting of 100,000,000 shares of $.001 par value common stock and 5,000,000 shares of $.001 par value preferred stock.

In January 2013, the Company issued an aggregate of 285,543 shares of restricted stock at a value of $3.6 million to two executive officers, which vest, subject to certain company financial performance criteria, over a one to three year period. In addition, an aggregate of 54,227 shares of restricted stock were issued to its seven non-employee directors, which vest in January 2014, at an aggregate value of approximately $0.7 million. 

In July 2012, the Company completed a self-tender to its shareholders and purchased 4 million shares of its common stock at a price of $20.00 per share for a total of $80.0 million, excluding offering costs of approximately $0.6 million. The tendered shares were immediately retired.

All issuances of common stock, including those issued pursuant to stock option and warrant exercises, restricted stock grants and acquisitions, are issued from the Company’s authorized but not issued and outstanding shares.