COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK

At March 31, 2018, the Company’s authorized shares of capital stock, par value of $0.01 per share, consisted of 1,909,750,000 shares classified as common stock, 12,000,000 shares classified as 7.625% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”), 18,400,000 shares classified as 7.50% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”), 11,500,000 shares of Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”), 28,800,000 shares classified as 6.95% Series F Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series F Preferred Stock”) and 19,550,000 shares classified as 6.50% Series G Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series G Preferred Stock”).

(A)Common Stock

At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had issued and outstanding 1,159,657,350 and 1,159,585,078 shares of common stock, respectively, with a par value of $0.01 per share.

No options were exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company raised $0.7 million, by issuing 70,000 shares of common stock, through the Direct Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Program. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company raised $0.6 million, by issuing 56,000 shares of common stock, through the Direct Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Program.

In January 2018, the Company entered into separate Distribution Agency Agreements (collectively, the “Sales Agreements”) with each of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and UBS Securities LLC (the “Sales Agents”). The Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $1.5 billion from time to time through any of the Sales Agents. The Company did not make any sales under the Sales Agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

(B)Preferred Stock

On August 25, 2017, the Company redeemed all 7,412,500 of its issued and outstanding shares of 7.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) for $187.5 million. The cash redemption amount for each share of Series A Preferred Stock was $25.00 plus accrued and unpaid dividends to, and including, the redemption date of August 25, 2017.

At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had issued and outstanding 7,000,000 and 12,000,000 shares, respectively, of Series C Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared). The Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to a dividend at a rate of 7.625% per year based on the $25.00 liquidation preference before the common stock is entitled to receive any dividends. The Series C Preferred Stock is redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option commencing on May 16, 2017 (subject to the Company’s right under limited circumstances to redeem the Series C Preferred Stock earlier in order to preserve its qualification as a REIT or under limited circumstances related to a change of control of the Company). During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company redeemed 5,000,000 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock for $125.0 million. Through March 31, 2018, the Company had declared and paid all required quarterly dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock, including $1.0 million, or $0.196 per share, for the 5,000,000 shares that were redeemed.

At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had issued and outstanding 18,400,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared). The Series D Preferred Stock is entitled to a dividend at a rate of 7.5% per year based on the $25.00 liquidation preference before the common stock is entitled to receive any dividends. The Series D Preferred Stock is redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option commencing on September 13, 2017 (subject to the Company’s right under limited circumstances to redeem the Series D Preferred Stock earlier in order to preserve its qualification as a REIT or under limited circumstances related to a change of control of the Company). Through March 31, 2018, the Company had declared and paid all required quarterly dividends on the Series D Preferred Stock.

At December 31, 2017, the Company had issued and outstanding 11,500,000 shares of 7.625% Series E Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared). During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company redeemed all 11,500,000 of its issued and outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock for $287.5 million.

At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had issued and outstanding 28,800,000 shares of its Series F Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared). The Series F Preferred Stock is redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option commencing from and including the original issue date to, but excluding September 30, 2022 (subject to the Company’s right under limited circumstances to redeem the Series F Preferred Stock earlier in order to preserve its qualification as a REIT or under limited circumstances related to a change of control of the Company), at a fixed rate equal to 6.95% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, and from and including September 30, 2022, at a floating rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 4.993% per annum of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference. Through March 31, 2018, the Company had declared and paid all required quarterly dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company issued 17,000,000 shares of its 6.50% Series G Preferred Stock, liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $425.0 million before deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses. The Series G Preferred Stock is redeemable at $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) exclusively at the Company’s option commencing from and including the original issue date to, but excluding March 31, 2023 (subject to the Company’s right under limited circumstances to redeem the Series G Preferred Stock earlier in order to preserve its qualification as a REIT or under limited circumstances related to a change of control of the Company), at a fixed rate equal to 6.50% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference, and from and including March 31, 2023, at a floating rate equal to three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 4.172% per annum of the $25.00 per share liquidation preference. Through March 31, 2018, the Company had declared and paid all required quarterly dividends on the Series G Preferred Stock.

The Series C Preferred Stock, Series D Preferred Stock, Series F Preferred Stock and Series G Preferred Stock rank senior to the common stock of the Company.

(C)Distributions to Stockholders

The following table provides a summary of the Company’s dividend distribution activity for the periods presented:



	For the Three Months Ended:
	March 31, 2018		March 31, 2017
	(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Distributions declared to common stockholders	$	347,897	$	305,691
Distributions declared per common share	$	0.30	$	0.30
Distributions paid to common stockholders after period end	$	347,897	$	305,691
Distributions paid per common share after period end	$	0.30	$	0.30
Date of distributions paid to common stockholders after period end	April 30, 2018		April 28, 2017
Dividends declared to Series A Preferred stockholders	$	—	$	3,648
Dividends declared per share of Series A Preferred Stock	$	—	$	0.492
Dividends declared to Series C Preferred stockholders	$	4,316	$	5,719
Dividends declared per share of Series C Preferred Stock ⁽¹⁾	$	0.477	$	0.477
Dividends declared to Series D Preferred stockholders	$	8,625	$	8,625
Dividends declared per share of Series D Preferred Stock	$	0.469	$	0.469
Dividends declared to Series E Preferred stockholders	$	2,253	$	5,481
Dividends declared per share of Series E Preferred Stock	$	0.196	$	0.477
Dividends declared to Series F Preferred stockholders	$	12,510	$	—
Dividends declared per share of Series F Preferred Stock	$	0.434	$	—
Dividends declared to Series G Preferred stockholders	$	6,062	$	—
Dividends declared per share of Series G Preferred Stock	$	0.357	$	—

(1) Includes dividends declared per share for shares outstanding at March 31, 2018.