Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure

6. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

2021 Share Repurchase Program

On March 1, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized a new $50.0 million stock repurchase program (the “Repurchase Plan”). The Repurchase Plan authorizes the Company to purchase from time to time on or prior to December 31, 2022, up to $50.0 million of our outstanding common stock through open market repurchases in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act and/or in privately negotiated transactions at management’s discretion based on market

and business conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. Shares repurchased can be retired. The Repurchase Plan may be modified or terminated by our Board at any time in its sole discretion.

During the period ended March 31, 2022, the Company completed discrete open market repurchases under the Repurchase Plan of 1,193,037 shares for approximately $25.8 million. As of March 31, 2022, the remaining dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the Repurchase Plan was $24.2 million.

2022 Share Repurchase Program

On April 27,2022, the Board approved a new stock repurchase program that authorizes the Company to purchase, from time to time, up to an additional $100.0 million of our outstanding common stock through open market repurchases in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act and/or in privately negotiated transactions at management’s discretion based on market and business conditions, applicable legal requirements and other factors. Shares repurchased will be retired. The new plan has no time deadline and will continue until otherwise modified or terminated by the Company’s board at any time in its sole discretion.

Preferred Stock

The table below presents a summary of the perpetual preferred stock outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Series	Description	Initial date of issuance	Total Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference per Share (in dollars)		Carrying Value (in thousands)		Per Annum Dividend Rate		Redemption Period
Series A(1)	5.75% Cumulative Perpetual	December 2021	2,000	$	25	$	50,000	5.75	%	n/a

(1)     Ownership is held in the form of Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of preferred stock, paying a quarterly cash dividend, if and when declared.

Dividends

According to the terms of the preferred stock offering, the Company will pay cumulative cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, when and as declared by the Board, on a quarterly basis in arrears. On April 27, 2022, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0359 per depositary share on the Company’s preferred stock. The dividend is payable on June 15, 2022 to shareholders of record as of June 1, 2022.

Preferred share dividends paid totaled $0.7 million and $0.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.