EQUITY

Common Stock

At-The-Market Offering—During the second quarter of 2017, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement to issue and sell, from time to time, up to $300.0 million in aggregate offering price of its common stock through an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “ATM Program”). The following table summarizes the quarterly ATM Program activity for 2018 (in thousands, except per share amounts):



	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2018		June 30, 2018		September 30, 2018		Total
Number of shares	—		2,989		4,772		7,761
Average sales price per share	$	—	$	16.13	$	17.62	$	17.04
Gross proceeds*	$	—	$	48,198	$	84,077	$	132,275

*Total gross proceeds is before $0.6 million and $1.1 million of commissions paid to the sales agents during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018, respectively.

As of September 30, 2018, the Company had approximately $103.8 million available for future issuances under the ATM Program.

Dividends on Common Stock—The following table summarizes the cash dividends per share of common stock declared by the Company’s Board of Directors for 2018:



	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2018		June 30, 2018		September 30, 2018
Dividends declared	$	0.205	$	0.205	$	0.205
Dividends payment date	April 13, 2018		July 13, 2018		October 15, 2018