Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Equity

EquityCommon Shares

We are authorized to issue up to 400 million shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share. Each outstanding share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends when authorized by our board of directors.

We have an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “ATM Program”), pursuant to which we may issue and sell shares of our common stock from time to time, having an aggregate offering price of up to $200 million. In June 2020, we sold 135,481 shares of common stock at an average price of $7.56 per share for proceeds of $1.0 million, net of approximately $10 thousand in fees paid to the applicable sales agent. We did not sell any shares during the three months ended September 30, 2020. As of November 6, 2020, shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $199.0 million remained available for sale under the ATM Program.

Our board of directors has approved a share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”) authorizing us to repurchase shares of our common stock having an aggregate price of up to $250 million. Repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program are made in open market or privately negotiated transactions as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal requirements. This authority may be exercised from time to time and in such amounts as market conditions warrant, and subject to regulatory considerations. The timing, manner, price and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including stock price, corporate and regulatory requirements, market conditions, and other corporate liquidity requirements and priorities. The Share Repurchase Program may be suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice. During the first quarter of 2020, we repurchased 1,119,438 shares of our common stock at an average price of $8.91 per share for a total purchase price of $10.0 million. These shares were all repurchased prior to March 4, 2020. We retired all repurchased shares on their respective settlement dates. We have suspended share repurchases and, pursuant to our Amended Credit Agreements (as defined in Note 8), may not repurchase shares while our financial covenant requirements are waived on our senior unsecured credit facility and unsecured term loans. The Share Repurchase Program expired on November 5, 2020. At the time of expiration, we had $165.2 million of unused repurchase capacity under the Share Repurchase Program.

Preferred Shares

We are authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. Our board of directors is required to set for each class or series of preferred stock the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, and terms or conditions of redemption.

In August and September 2020, we issued a total of 4,760,000 shares of 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series A Preferred Stock") with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $119.0 million. In connection with the offering, we incurred $4.5 million of offering costs. On or after August 31, 2025, the Series A Preferred Stock will be redeemable at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends up to, but not including, the redemption date.

Operating Partnership Units

In connection with our acquisition of Cavallo Point in December 2018, we issued 796,684 common OP units to third parties, otherwise unaffiliated with the Company, at $11.76 per unit. Each common OP unit is redeemable at the option of the holder. Holders of common OP units have certain redemption rights, which enable them to cause our operating partnership to redeem their units in exchange for cash per unit equal to the market price of our common stock, at the time of redemption, or, at our option, for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of stock splits, mergers, consolidations or similar pro-rata share transactions.

Long-Term Incentive Partnership units (“LTIP units”), which are also referred to as profits interest units, may be issued to eligible participants under the 2016 Plan (as defined in Note 6 below) for the performance of services to or for the benefit of our operating partnership. LTIP units are a class of partnership unit in our operating partnership and will receive, whether vested or not, the same per-unit distributions as the outstanding common OP units, which equal per-share dividends on shares of our common stock. Initially, LTIP units have a capital account balance of zero, do not receive an allocation of operating income (loss), and do not have full parity with common OP units with respect to liquidating distributions. If such parity is reached, vested LTIP units are converted into an equal number of common OP units, and thereafter will possess all of the rights and interests of common OP units, including the right to exchange the common OP units for cash per unit equal to the market price of our common stock, at the time of redemption, or, at our option, for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of stock splits, mergers, consolidations or similar pro-rata share transactions. See Note 6 for additional disclosures related to LTIP units.

There were 855,191 and 792,131 common OP units held by unaffiliated third parties and executive officers of the Company as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. There were 243,809 and 244,366 LTIP units outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. All vested LTIP units have reached economic parity with common OP units and have been converted into common OP units.

Dividends and Distributions

We have paid the following dividends to holders of our common stock and distributions to holders of common OP units and LTIP units during 2020:

Payment Date	Record Date	Dividend per Share
January 13, 2020	January 2, 2020	$	0.125

Our board of directors has suspended the quarterly common dividend commencing with the first quarter dividend that would have been paid in April 2020. The resumption in quarterly common dividends will be determined by our board of directors after considering our projected taxable income, obligations under our financing agreements, expected capital requirements, and risks affecting our business.

We have paid the following dividends to holders of our Series A Preferred Stock during 2020:

Payment Date	Record Date	Dividend per Share
September 30, 2020	September 20, 2020	$	0.178