EQUITY

Common stock

The par value of common stock reflected on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2017 is summarized below:



	Class A
Shares accounted for at December 31, 2014	43,614,054
Issuance of shares under employee and director compensation programs⁽¹⁾	184,803
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan	24,882
Shares accounted for at December 31, 2015	43,823,739
Issuance of common shares in public offering	8,625,000
Shares issued for Merger	13,140,020
Issuance of shares under employee and director compensation programs⁽¹⁾	170,772
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan	46,836
Shares accounted for at December 31, 2016	65,806,367
Shares issued for HFOTCO acquisition	12,383,900
Issuance of shares under employee and director compensation programs⁽¹⁾	149,961
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan	39,545
Shares accounted for at December 31, 2017⁽²⁾	78,379,773

(1) Of these vested shares, recipients sold back to the Company 42,347, 46,941 and 62,291 shares during the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, to satisfy tax withholding obligations. These repurchased shares are being recognized at cost as treasury stock on the consolidated balance sheet.

(2) In addition to the shares in the table above, there are shares of unvested restricted stock outstanding which are considered legally issued and outstanding and have been included in the number of shares presented on the consolidated balance sheets. The par value of unvested restricted stock has not yet been reflected in common stock on the consolidated balance sheet, as these shares have not yet vested and could be forfeited. There are also shares of restricted stock that were returned to treasury upon forfeiture. The par value of these shares is not reflected in the consolidated balance sheet, as no accounting recognition is given to forfeited shares.

The common stock includes Class A and Class B stock. Class A stock is eligible to be listed on an exchange, whereas Class B stock is not. Any share of Class B stock may be converted to Class A at the election of the holder. Both classes of stock have full voting rights. Both classes of stock have a par value of $0.01 per share. No Class B stock is currently issued. The total number of shares authorized for issuance is 90,000,000 shares of Class A stock and 10,000,000 shares of Class B stock.

On May 17, 2017, our stockholders voted to approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to authorize 4,000,000 shares of preferred stock. See below for issuance of preferred stock subsequent to December 31, 2017.

Equity issuances

On June 22, 2016, we issued and sold 8,625,000 shares of our Class A common stock, valued at $27.00 per share, to the public for proceeds of $228.5 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs of $4.3 million. Proceeds were used to repay borrowings on our revolving credit facility and for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.

On September 30, 2016, we completed the Merger with Rose Rock. We issued 13.1 million common shares in exchange for the outstanding common limited partner units of Rose Rock which we did not already own. Issuance costs of $5.3 million were recorded as a reduction to additional paid in capital. In addition, we recorded a reduction to our deferred tax liabilities and offsetting increase to additional paid-in capital of $143.3 million associated with the transaction. This non-cash adjustment represents the deferred tax impact of the difference between the book value of the noncontrolling interests acquired and the tax basis which is stepped-up to the fair market value of the consideration which includes the common shares issued and the assumption of liabilities associated with the noncontrolling interests. See Note 5 for further information on the Merger.

On July 17, 2017, we completed the acquisition of HFOTCO. We issued 12.4 million common shares with an acquisition date fair value of $330 million, based on $26.68 per common share market price at issuance. See Note 5 for further information on the acquisition.

On January 19, 2018, we issued and sold 350,000 shares of 7% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Shares"), par value of $.01 per share, in a private placement for proceeds of $342.5 million, net of fees and other offering costs of $7.5 million. The Preferred Shares are convertible into our Class A common stock based on a conversion price of $33.00 per share after 18 months, at the purchasers’ option, and after three years at our option, subject to certain conditions. The Preferred Shares will pay quarterly dividends which, at SemGroup’s option, may be paid by having the amount that would have been payable if such dividend had been paid in cash added to the liquidation preference in respect of any fiscal quarter ending on or prior to June 30, 2020. Holders of the Preferred Shares ("Holders") are entitled to the same voting rights as those of the holders of our Class A common stock. Each Holder shall be entitled to a number of votes equal to the number of votes such Holder would have had if all shares of Preferred Stock held by such Holder had been converted into shares of our Class A common stock.

Dividends

The following table sets forth the quarterly dividends per share declared and paid to shareholders for the periods indicated:



Quarter Ending	Dividend Per Share		Date of Record	Date Paid
March 31, 2015	$	0.34	March 9, 2015	March 20, 2015
June 30, 2015	$	0.38	May 18, 2015	May 29, 2015
September 30, 2015	$	0.42	August 17, 2015	August 25, 2015
December 31, 2015	$	0.45	November 16, 2015	November 24, 2015

March 31, 2016	$	0.45	March 7, 2016	March 17, 2016
June 30, 2016	$	0.45	May 16, 2016	May 26, 2016
September 30, 2016	$	0.45	August 15, 2016	August 25, 2016
December 31, 2016	$	0.45	November 18, 2016	November 28, 2016

March 31, 2017	$	0.45	March 7, 2017	March 17, 2017
June 30, 2017	$	0.45	May 15, 2017	May 26, 2017
September 30, 2017	$	0.45	August 18, 2017	August 28, 2017
December 31, 2107	$	0.45	November 20, 2017	December 1, 2017

March 31, 2018	$	0.4725	March 9, 2018	March 19, 2018

Rose Rock Midstream, L.P.

The following table shows the distributions paid by Rose Rock Midstream, L.P., prior to the Merger, related to the earnings for each of the following periods (in thousands, except for per unit amounts):



	Distribution Per Unit		Distributions Paid
Quarter Ended			SemGroup								Noncontrolling Interest Common Units		Total Distributions
Quarter Ended			General Partner		Incentive Distributions		Common Units		Subordinated Units		Noncontrolling Interest Common Units		Total Distributions
December 31, 2014	$	0.6200	$	485	$	3,487	$	6,551	$	5,202	$	8,544	$	24,269

March 31, 2015	$	0.6350	$	568	$	4,450	$	13,148	$	—	$	10,213	$	28,379
June 30, 2015	$	0.6500	$	590	$	4,979	$	13,458	$	—	$	10,456	$	29,483
September 30, 2015	$	0.6600	$	604	$	5,333	$	13,665	$	—	$	10,619	$	30,221
December 31, 2015	$	0.6600	$	604	$	5,333	$	13,665	$	—	$	10,622	$	30,224

March 31, 2016	$	0.6600	$	605	$	5,338	$	13,665	$	—	$	10,643	$	30,251
June 30, 2016	$	0.6600	$	605	$	5,339	$	13,665	$	—	$	10,648	$	30,257