Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

10. Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had 110,000,000 authorized shares of voting common stock and 10,000,000 authorized shares of non-voting common stock. Voting common stock entitles the holder to one vote per share of common stock held.

The following is a summary of the changes in the Company’s outstanding shares of voting common stock:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021			2020
	(In thousands)
Outstanding shares of voting common stock at the beginning of year		37,919			38,005			37,936
Exercise of stock options		29			92			177
Issuance of restricted stock, net of cancellations		66			48			56
Shares withheld for withholding tax payments		(86	)		(75	)		(125	)
Repurchases		(280	)		(151	)		(39	)
Outstanding shares of voting common stock at the end of year		37,648			37,919			38,005

In January 2019, the Board of Directors authorized a new two-year share repurchase program for up to $100.0 million, which commenced in April 2019 and expired in March 2021. In January 2021, the Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to $100.0 million that commenced in April 2021 and was exhausted in January 2022. In January 2022, the Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for up to $150.0 million. Shares repurchased under each program will be held in treasury for future use.

Dividends

During 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Company paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.70 per share, $0.66 per share and $0.60 per share, respectively. Any future declaration and payment of dividends will be at the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may take into account such matters as general business conditions, the Company’s financial results and condition, capital requirements, contractual obligations, and legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends to the Company’s stockholders or by the Company’s subsidiaries to their respective parent entities, and any such other factors as the Board of Directors may deem relevant.