Equity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Equity

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 “ATM Program”).

There was no ATM Program activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. The following table summarizes the ATM Program activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except per share amounts).

	For the Three Months Ended		For the Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2021		June 30, 2021
Number of shares	288		990
Average sales price per share	$	24.05	$	23.74
Gross proceeds(1)	$	6,926	$	23,505

(1) Total gross proceeds is before $0.1 million and $0.3 million of commissions paid to the sales agents during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, under the ATM Program.

As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $476.5 million available for future issuances under the ATM Program.

Share Repurchase Program—On March 20, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program for 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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. Through June 30, 2022, the Company has not repurchased any shares of common stock under the Repurchase Program. As of June 30, 2022, $150.0 million remained available under the Repurchase Program. The Repurchase Program may be modified, discontinued or suspended at any time.

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 the first six months of 2022 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2022		June 30, 2022
Dividends declared per share	$	0.275	$	0.275
Dividends payment date	April 15, 2022		July 15, 2022
Dividends payable as of record date(1)	$	26,691	$	26,683
Dividends record date	March 31, 2022		June 30, 2022

(1)    Dividends payable includes dividends on performance stock awards that will be paid if and when the shares subject to such awards vest.