Stockholders' Equity of the Company

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity of the Company

Stockholders’ Equity of the Company

Common Stock

Our authorized capital stock consists of 260,000,000 shares, $0.01 par value per share, consisting of 160,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 75,000,000 shares of excess stock, at $0.01 par value per share, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of September 30, 2017, 97,445,509 shares of common stock and no shares of excess stock were issued and outstanding.

In August 2016, our board of directors approved a stock repurchase plan under which we can buy up to $1.0 billion of shares of our common stock. At September 30, 2017, repurchases made under the stock repurchase plans were as follows:

Period	Total number of shares purchased	Average price paid per share	Total number of shares purchased as part of the repurchase plan or programs	Maximum approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plan (in millions)
First quarter 2017	982	$103.89	982	$999.9
Second quarter 2017	2,447,153	$103.41	2,448,135	$746.8
Third quarter 2017	951,866	$101.67	3,400,001	$650.0

Perpetual Preferred Stock

We have 9,200,000 shares of our 6.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, or the Series I Preferred Stock, outstanding with a mandatory liquidation preference of $25.00 per share. The Series I Preferred stockholders receive annual dividends of $1.625 per share paid on a quarterly basis and dividends are cumulative, subject to certain provisions. We are entitled to redeem the Series I Preferred Stock at par for cash at our option. In August 2012, we received $221.9 million in net proceeds from the issuance of the Series I Preferred Stock, which were recorded net of underwriters' discount and issuance costs, and contributed the net proceeds to the Operating Partnership in exchange for 9,200,000 units of 6.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units of limited partnership interest, or the Series I Preferred Units.

Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan

In February 2015, the Company filed a registration statement with the SEC for our dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan, or DRSPP, which automatically became effective upon filing. The Company registered 3,500,000 shares of SL Green's common stock under the DRSPP. The DRSPP commenced on September 24, 2001.

Earnings per Share

SL Green's earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 are computed as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Numerator	2017		2016		2017		2016
Basic Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	38,869	$	34,252	$	58,442	$	190,930
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Redemption of units to common shares	1,812		1,663		2,707		8,171
Diluted Earnings:
Income attributable to SL Green common stockholders	$	40,681	$	35,915	$	61,149	$	199,101

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
Denominator	2017	2016	2017	2016
Basic Shares:
Weighted average common stock outstanding	97,783	100,233	99,431	100,140
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Operating Partnership units redeemable for common shares	4,543	4,497	4,570	4,272
Stock-based compensation plans	244	413	279	349
Diluted weighted average common stock outstanding	102,570	105,143	104,280	104,761

SL Green has excluded 1,175,708 and 1,076,695 common stock equivalents from the diluted shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, as they were anti-dilutive. SL Green has excluded 673,298 and 753,344 common stock equivalents from the diluted shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, as they were anti-dilutive.