STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Ownership and Warrants

As a result of the May 2012 and March 2013 private offerings of common stock to XL Investments Ltd, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of XL Group Ltd, XL Investments Ltd owns a significant minority investment in the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the May 2012 private offering, the Company agreed to issue to XL Investments Ltd warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock. The warrants were subsequently issued, effective as of September 29, 2012, and entitled XL Investments Ltd, commencing on July 25, 2013 (120 days following the closing of the Company’s IPO) to purchase an aggregate of 3,125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a per share exercise price equal to 105% of the $15.00 IPO price, or $15.75. Pursuant to the terms of the warrants and as a result of the deficiency dividend paid on December 27, 2016, the exercise price of the warrants was adjusted to $13.11 per share of common stock, and the number of shares of common stock purchasable upon exercise of the warrants increased to 3,753,492. XL Global, Inc., a subsidiary of XL Group Ltd, holds a minority stake in the Manager.

Common Stock

The Company has 450,000,000 authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, with 22,139,258 and 17,539,258 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

On December 27, 2016, the Company paid a deficiency dividend in the amount of $19,384,684 representing $1.33 for each common share, payable in a combination of cash and stock with an aggregate payment of 20% of the deficiency dividend, or $3,878,042, in cash and 80% of the deficiency dividend, or $15,506,642, in stock. Pursuant to this deficiency dividend, the Company issued 2,936,864 shares of common stock for $5.28 per share.

On June 16, 2017, the Company issued 4,600,000 shares of common stock, including the concurrent exercise of the underwriters' overallotment option, for $4.60 per share. Net estimated proceeds to the Company were $19.8 million.

Stock Repurchase Program

On December 15, 2015, the Company’s board of directors authorized a stock repurchase program (or the “Repurchase Program”), to repurchase up to $10 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Shares of the Company’s common stock may be purchased in the open market, including through block purchases, or through privately negotiated transactions, or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b 18(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases will be determined at the Company’s discretion and the program may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason. Among other factors, the Company intends to only consider repurchasing shares of the Company’s common stock when the purchase price is less than the Company’s estimate of the Company’s current net asset value per common share. Shares of common stock repurchased by the Company under the Repurchase Program, if any, will be canceled and, until reissued by the Company, will be deemed to be authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s common stock. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had repurchased 126,856 shares of common stock at a weighted average share price of $5.09. No share repurchases were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. As of September 30, 2017, $9.4 million of common stock remained authorized for future share repurchase under the Repurchase Program.

Preferred Stock

The Company has 50,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, with 1,610,000 shares of 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), par value of $0.01 per share and liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, issued and outstanding as of both September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. The Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to receive a dividend rate of 8.75% per year on the $25 liquidation preference and is senior to the common stock with respect to distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. The Company declares quarterly and pays monthly dividends on the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, in arrears, on the 27th day of each month to holders of record at the close of business on the 15th day of each month. No dividends may be paid on the Company's common stock unless full cumulative dividends have been paid on the preferred stock. The Company has paid full cumulative dividends on its preferred stock on a monthly basis since it was first issued in December 2013.

Distributions to stockholders

For the 2017 taxable year to date, the Company has declared dividends to common stockholders totaling $8,582,666, or $0.45 per share. The following table presents cash dividends declared by the Company on its common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:



Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend Amount		Cash Dividend Per Weighted Average Share
December 27, 2016	January 17, 2017	January 30, 2017	$	876,963	$	0.04534
December 27, 2016	February 15, 2017	February 27, 2017	$	876,963	$	0.04534
December 27, 2016	March 15, 2017	March 30, 2017	$	876,963	$	0.04534
March 16, 2017	April 17, 2017	April 27, 2017	$	876,963	$	0.04534
March 16, 2017	May 15, 2017	May 30, 2017	$	876,963	$	0.04534
March 16, 2017	June 15, 2017	June 29, 2017	$	876,963	$	0.04534
June 14, 2017	July 17, 2017	July 28, 2017	$	1,106,963	$	0.05723
June 14, 2017	August 15, 2017	August 30, 2017	$	1,106,963	$	0.05723
June 14, 2017	September 15, 2017	September 28, 2017	$	1,106,963	$	0.05723

The following table presents cash dividends declared by the Company on its Series A Preferred Stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:



Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend Amount		Cash Dividend Per Weighted Average Share
December 27, 2016	January 17, 2017	January 27, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
December 27, 2016	February 15, 2017	February 27, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
December 27, 2016	March 15, 2017	March 27, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
March 16, 2017	April 17, 2017	April 27, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
March 16, 2017	May 15, 2017	May 30, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
March 16, 2017	June 15, 2017	June 27, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
June 14, 2017	July 17, 2017	July 27, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
June 14, 2017	August 15, 2017	August 28, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230
June 14, 2017	September 15, 2017	September 27, 2017	$	293,503	$	0.18230