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CAPITAL STOCK
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Equity [Abstract]  
CAPITAL STOCK
13. CAPITAL STOCK
(A)    Common Stock
The following table provides a summary of the Company’s common shares authorized, and issued and outstanding at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023.
Shares authorizedShares issued and outstanding
September 30, 2024December 31, 2023September 30, 2024December 31, 2023Par Value
Common stock
1,468,250,000 1,468,250,000 558,047,743 500,080,287 $0.01
In January 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized the repurchase of up to $1.5 billion of its outstanding shares of common stock through December 31, 2024 (the “Share Repurchase Program”). During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, no shares were repurchased under the Share Repurchase Program.
On August 6, 2020, the Company entered into separate Amended and Restated Distribution Agency Agreements (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agency Agreements on August 6, 2021 and Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agency Agreements on November 3, 2022, collectively, the “Prior Sales Agreements”) with each of Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Prior Sales Agents”). Pursuant to the Prior Sales Agreements, the Company offered and sold shares of its common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $1.5 billion, from time to time through any of the Prior Sales Agents (the “Prior At-the-Market Sales Program”).
On September 20, 2024, the Company entered into new Distribution Agency Agreements (collectively, the “Sales Agreements”) with each of Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BofA Securities, Inc., Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Sales Agents”), which terminated and replaced the Prior Sales Agreements. Under the terms of the Sales Agreements, 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 "Current At-the-Market Sales Program" and, together with the Prior At-the-Market Sales Program, the "at-the-market sales program").
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, under the at-the-market sales program, the Company issued 57.0 million and 57.6 million shares for proceeds of $1.1 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively, each net of commissions and fees. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, under the at-the-market sales program, the Company issued 0.9 million and 26.2 million shares for proceeds of $17.8 million and $580.5 million, respectively, each net of commissions and fees.

(B)    Preferred Stock
The following is a summary of the Company’s cumulative redeemable preferred stock outstanding at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. In the event of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the Company’s then outstanding preferred stock takes precedence over the Company’s common stock with respect to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets.
Shares AuthorizedShares Issued And OutstandingCarrying ValueContractual Rate
Earliest Redemption Date (1)
Effective Date of Floating Rate Dividend Period
Floating Annual Rate (2)
September 30, 2024December 31, 2023September 30, 2024December 31, 2023September 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Fixed-to-floating rate
Series F28,800,000 28,800,000 28,800,000 28,800,000 696,910 696,910 6.95%9/30/20229/30/2022
3M Term SOFR + 4.993%
Series G17,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 411,335 411,335 6.50%3/31/20233/31/2023
3M Term SOFR + 4.172%
Series I17,700,000 17,700,000 17,700,000 17,700,000 428,324 428,324 6.75%6/30/20246/30/2024
3M Term SOFR + 4.989%
Total63,500,000 63,500,000 63,500,000 63,500,000 $1,536,569 $1,536,569 
(1) Subject to the Company’s right under limited circumstances to redeem preferred stock earlier in order to preserve its qualification as a REIT or under limited circumstances related to a change in control of the Company.
(2) For each series of fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable preferred stock, the floating rate is calculated as 3-month CME Term SOFR (plus a spread adjustment of 0.26161%) plus the spread specified in the prospectus.
Each series of preferred stock has a par value of $0.01 per share and a liquidation and redemption price of $25.00, plus accrued and unpaid dividends through their redemption date. Through September 30, 2024, the Company had declared and paid all required quarterly dividends on the Company’s preferred stock.
The Series F Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, Series G Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock and Series I Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock rank senior to the common stock of the Company.
On November 3, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a repurchase plan for all of its existing outstanding Preferred Stock (as defined below, the “Preferred Stock Repurchase Program”). Under the terms of the plan, the Company is authorized to repurchase up to an aggregate of 63,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock, comprised of up to (i) 28,800,000 shares of its 6.95% Series F Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series F Preferred Stock”), (ii) 17,000,000 shares of its 6.50% Series G Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series G Preferred Stock”), and (iii) 17,700,000 shares of its 6.75% Series I Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series I Preferred Stock”, and together with Series F Preferred Stock and Series G Preferred Stock, the “Preferred Stock”). The aggregate liquidation value of the Preferred Stock that may be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the Preferred Stock Repurchase Program, as of November 3, 2022, was approximately $1.6 billion. The Preferred Stock Repurchase Program became effective on November 3, 2022, and shall expire on December 31, 2024. No shares were repurchased with respect to the Preferred Stock Repurchase Program during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
(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
For the Nine Months Ended
 September 30, 2024September 30, 2023September 30, 2024September 30, 2023
 (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Dividends and dividend equivalents declared on common stock and share-based awards$364,914 $323,164 $1,019,527 $968,111 
Distributions declared per common share$0.65 $0.65 $1.95 $1.95 
Distributions paid to common stockholders after period end$362,731 $321,629 $362,731 $321,629 
Distributions paid per common share after period end$0.65 $0.65 $0.65 $0.65 
Date of distributions paid to common stockholders after period endOctober 31, 2024October 31, 2023October 31, 2024October 31, 2023
Dividends declared to series F preferred stockholders$19,055 $18,956 $57,142 $54,732 
Dividends declared per share of series F preferred stock$0.662 $0.658 $1.984 $1.900 
Dividends declared to series G preferred stockholders$10,606 $10,431 $31,804 $27,362 
Dividends declared per share of series G preferred stock$0.624 $0.614 $1.871 $1.610 
Dividends declared to series I preferred stockholders$11,967 $7,467 $26,901 $22,401 
Dividends declared per share of series I preferred stock$0.676 $0.422 $1.520 $1.266