Common Stock and Units

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Equity [Abstract]

Common Stock and Units

7. Common Stock and Units

Common Stock – As of June 30, 2024, the Company was authorized to issue up to 69,000,000 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 the Company’s common stock are entitled to receive distributions when authorized by the Company’s board of directors out of assets legally available for the payment of distributions.

The following is a schedule of issuances, since January 1, 2023, of the Company’s common stock and related partnership units of the Operating Partnership:

On January 12, 2023, the Company was issued 15,000 units in the Operating Partnership and the Company issued 15,000 restricted shares of common stock to its independent directors and 64,278 vested shares of common stock to its independent directors and one officer.

On January 23, 2023, the Company was issued 205,000 units in the Operating Partnership and the Company issued 205,000 restricted shares of common stock to certain its officers and employees pursuant to their employment agreements.

On April 28, 2023, one holder of partnership units in the Operating Partnership converted 75,000 units for an equivalent number of shares in the Company's stock.

On August 18, 2023, one holder of partnership units in the Operating Partnership converted 252,903 units for an equivalent number of shares in the Company's stock.

On August 30, 2023, one holder of partnership units in the Operating Partnership converted 133,099 units for an equivalent number of shares in the Company's stock.

On January 18, 2024, the Company was issued 152,360 units in the Operating Partnership and the Company issued 12,750 restricted shares of common stock to its independent directors and 139,610 vested shares of common stock to its officers and employees.

As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had 19,849,165 and 19,696,805 shares of common stock outstanding, respectively.

Operating Partnership Units – Holders of Operating Partnership units, other than the Company as general partner, have certain redemption rights, which enable them to cause the Operating Partnership to redeem their units in exchange for shares of the Company’s common stock on a one-for-one basis or, at the option of the Company, cash per unit equal to the average of the market price of the Company’s common stock for the 10 trading days immediately preceding the notice date of such redemption. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of the redemption rights will be adjusted upon the occurrence of stock splits, mergers, consolidations or similar pro-rata share transactions, which otherwise would have the effect of diluting the ownership interests of the limited partners or the stockholders of the Company.

Since January 1, 2022, there have been no issuances or redemptions, of partnership units in the Operating Partnership other than the issuances of partnership units in the Operating Partnership to the Company described above. In connection with the exchange agreements described in this section, an equivalent number of preferred units held by the Company were exchanged for partnership units in the Operating Partnership.

As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the total number of Operating Partnership units outstanding was 20,213,351 and 20,060,991, respectively.

As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the total number of outstanding Operating Partnership units not owned by the Company was 364,186 and 364,186, respectively, with a fair market value of approximately $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively, based on the price per share of the common stock on such respective dates.

As of June 30, 2024, there are unpaid common dividends and distributions to holders of record as of March 13, 2020, in the amount of $2,088,160.