CAPITAL STOCK (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Schedule of completed public offerings of shares of common stock

Common Stock Issuances

During 2017 and 2016, the Company completed the following public offerings of shares of its common stock. There were no common stock issuances through public offerings during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017.

($ in thousands, except per share amounts)
			Weighted
			Average
			Price
			Received			Net
Type of Offering	Period		Per Share⁽¹⁾	Shares		Proceeds⁽²⁾
2017
At the Market Offering Program⁽³⁾	First Quarter	$	10.13	1,286,196	$	12,792
At the Market Offering Program⁽³⁾	Second Quarter		10.17	11,012,836		110,065
				12,299,032	$	122,857
2016
At the Market Offering Program⁽³⁾	Second Quarter	$	10.48	646,753	$	6,591
At the Market Offering Program⁽³⁾	Third Quarter		10.80	3,818,802		40,525
At the Market Offering Program⁽³⁾	Fourth Quarter		10.79	6,707,101		71,212
				11,172,656	$	118,328

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Schedul of cash dividends declared on the Company's common stock

Cash Dividends

The table below presents the cash dividends declared on the Company’s common stock.

(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Year		Per Share Amount		Total
2013	$	1.395	$	4,662
2014		2.160		22,643
2015		1.920		38,748
2016		1.680		41,388
2017 - YTD⁽¹⁾		1.400		56,027
Totals	$	8.555	$	163,468

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[1]	The Company has entered into five e quity d istribution a greements, all of which have either been terminated because all shares were sold or were replaced with a subsequent agreement .
[2]	Net proceeds are net of the underwriters’ discount, if applicable, and other offering costs.
[3]	Weighted average p rice received per share is gross of underwriters’ discount, if applicable, and other offering costs.
[4]	On October 11, 2017 , the Company declared a dividend of $0.14 per share to be paid on November 10, 2017 . The effect of this dividend is included in the table above but is not reflected in the Company’s financial statements as of September 30, 2017 .