At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had the following series of Cumulative Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shares”) outstanding:


			At June 30, 2020			At December 31, 2019
Series	Earliest Redemption Date	Dividend Rate	Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference		Shares Outstanding	Liquidation Preference

			(Dollar amounts in thousands)
Series V	9/20/2017	5.375%	-	$	-	19,800	$	495,000
Series W	1/16/2018	5.200%	20,000		500,000	20,000		500,000
Series X	3/13/2018	5.200%	9,000		225,000	9,000		225,000
Series B	1/20/2021	5.400%	12,000		300,000	12,000		300,000
Series C	5/17/2021	5.125%	8,000		200,000	8,000		200,000
Series D	7/20/2021	4.950%	13,000		325,000	13,000		325,000
Series E	10/14/2021	4.900%	14,000		350,000	14,000		350,000
Series F	6/2/2022	5.150%	11,200		280,000	11,200		280,000
Series G	8/9/2022	5.050%	12,000		300,000	12,000		300,000
Series H	3/11/2024	5.600%	11,400		285,000	11,400		285,000
Series I	9/12/2024	4.875%	12,650		316,250	12,650		316,250
Series J	11/15/2024	4.700%	10,350		258,750	10,350		258,750
Series K	12/20/2024	4.750%	9,200		230,000	9,200		230,000
Series L	6/17/2025	4.625%	22,600		565,000	-		-
Total Preferred Shares			165,400	$	4,135,000	162,600	$	4,065,000

The holders of our Preferred Shares have general preference rights with respect to liquidation, quarterly distributions and any accumulated unpaid distributions. Except as noted below, holders of the Preferred Shares do not have voting rights. In the event of a cumulative arrearage equal to six quarterly dividends, holders of all outstanding series of preferred shares (voting as a single class without regard to series) will have the right to elect two additional members to serve on our board of trustees (our “Board”) until the arrearage has been cured. At June 30, 2020, there were no dividends in arrears. The affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding shares of a series of Preferred Shares is required for any material and adverse amendment to the terms of such series. The affirmative vote of at least 66.67% of the outstanding shares of all of our Preferred Shares, voting as a single class, is required to issue shares ranking senior to our Preferred Shares.

Except under certain conditions relating to the Company’s qualification as a REIT, the Preferred Shares are not redeemable prior to the dates indicated on the table above. On or after the respective dates, each of the series of Preferred Shares is redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, at $25.00 per depositary share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends. Holders of the Preferred Shares cannot require us to redeem such shares.

Upon issuance of our Preferred Shares, we classify the liquidation value as preferred equity on our balance sheet with any issuance costs recorded as a reduction to Paid-in capital.

On March 11, 2019, we issued 11.4 million depositary shares, each representing 0.001 of a share of our 5.600% Series H Preferred Shares, at an issuance price of $25.00 per depositary share, for a total of $285.0 million in gross proceeds, and we incurred $8.3 million in issuance costs.

On March 28, 2019, we redeemed our 6.375% Series Y Preferred Shares, at par. We recorded an $8.5 million allocation of income from our common shareholders to the holders of our Preferred Shares in the six months ended June 30, 2019 in connection with this redemption.

On June 27, 2019, we redeemed our 6.000% Series Z Preferred Shares, at par. We recorded an $8.9 million allocation of income from our common shareholders to the holders of our Preferred Shares in the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 in connection with this redemption.

On June 17, 2020, we issued 22.6 million depositary shares, each representing 0.001 of a share of our 4.625% Series L Preferred Shares, at an issuance price of $25.00 per depositary share, for a total of $565.0 million in gross proceeds, and we incurred $15.8 million in issuance costs.

In June 2020, we called for redemption of, and on July 10, 2020, we redeemed our 5.375% Series V Preferred Shares, at par. The liquidation value (at par) of $495.0 million was reclassified as a liability at June 30, 2020, and is not included in the table above. We recorded a $15.1 million allocation of income from our common shareholders to the holders of our Preferred Shares in the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 in connection with this redemption.