Equity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

EQUITY

Common Stock

At-The-Market Offering—On March 10, 2020, the Company entered into a new equity distribution agreement to issue and sell, from time to time, up to $500.0 million in aggregate offering price of its common stock through an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “New ATM Program”). In connection with the entry into the equity distribution agreement and the commencement of the New ATM Program, the Company’s “at-the-market” equity offering program pursuant to the Company’s prior equity distribution agreement, dated as of March 4, 2019, was terminated (the “Prior ATM Program”).

There was no New ATM Program or Prior ATM Program activity (or activity under any predecessor at-the-market equity offering programs) for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 or for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The following table summarizes predecessor at-the-market equity offering program activity for the six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands, expect per share amounts):


	For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2019
Number of shares	2,459
Average sales price per share	$	19.48
Gross proceeds*	$	47,893

*Total gross proceeds is before $0.6 million of commissions paid to the sales agents during the six months ended June 30, 2019 under the predecessor at-the-market equity offering program.

As of June 30, 2020, the Company had $500.0 million available for future issuances under the New ATM Program.

Share Repurchase Program—On March 20, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to repurchase up to $150.0 million of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Repurchase Program”). Repurchases under the Repurchase Program, which expires on March 31, 2023, may be made through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, structured or derivative transactions, including accelerated share repurchase transactions, or other methods of acquiring shares, in each case subject to market conditions and at such times as shall be permitted by applicable securities laws and determined by management. Repurchases under the Repurchase Program may also be made pursuant to a plan adopted under Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Company expects to finance any share repurchases under the Repurchase Program using available cash and may also use short-term borrowings under the Revolving Facility. The Company did not repurchase any shares of common stock under the Repurchase Program during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. The Repurchase Program may be modified, discontinued or suspended at any time.

Dividends on Common Stock—The following table summarizes the cash dividends on the Company’s common stock declared by the Company’s Board of Directors for the first six months of 2020 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):


	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2020		June 30, 2020
Dividends declared per share	$	0.25	$	0.25
Dividends payment date	April 15, 2020		July 15, 2020
Dividends payable as of record date	$	23,931	$	23,931
Dividends record date	March 31, 2020		June 30, 2020