Stock Transactions and Unit Redemptions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

As of March 31, 2020, Newmark has two classes of authorized common stock: Class A common stock and Class B common stock.

Class A Common Stock

Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote. Newmark has 1.0 billion authorized shares of Class A common stock at $0.01 par value per share.

Changes in shares of Newmark’s Class A common stock outstanding were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020	2019
Shares outstanding at beginning of period	156,265,461	156,916,336
Share issuances:
LPU redemption/exchange ⁽¹⁾	181,872	374,930
Issuance of Class A common stock for Newmark RSUs	254,413	123,199
Other	—	8,451
Shares outstanding at end of period	156,701,746	157,422,916


⁽¹⁾	Because they were included in the Newmark’s fully diluted share count, if dilutive, any exchange of LPUs into Class A common stock would not impact the fully diluted number of shares and units outstanding.

Class B Common Stock

Each share of Class B common stock is entitled to 10 votes and is convertible at any time into one share of Class A common stock.

As of March 31, 2020 and 2019, there were 21.3 million shares of Newmark’s Class B common stock outstanding.

Share Repurchases

On August 1, 2018, the Newmark Board of Directors and Audit Committee authorized repurchases of shares of Newmark's Class A common stock and purchases of limited partnership interests or other equity interests in Newmark's subsidiaries up to $200 million. This authorization includes repurchases of shares or purchase of units from executive officers, other employees and partners, including of BGC and Cantor, as well as other affiliated persons or entities. From time to time, Newmark may actively continue to repurchase shares and/or purchase units. As of March 31, 2020, Newmark has repurchased 4.6 million shares of Class A common stock at an average price of $9.32. As of March 31, 2020, Newmark had $157.4 million remaining from its share repurchase and unit purchase authorization.

The following table details Newmark's share repurchase activity during 2020, including the total number of shares purchased, the average price paid per share, the number of shares repurchased as part of Newmark's publicly announced repurchase program and the approximate value that may yet be purchased under such program (in thousands except share and per share amounts):



Period	Total Number of Shares Repurchased/Purchased	Average Price Paid per Unit or Share		Total Number of Shares Repurchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program	Approximate Dollar Value of Units and Shares That May Yet Be Repurchased/ Purchased Under the Program
Balance, January 1, 2020	4,568,002	$	9.32	4,568,002	$	157,413
January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020	—	—		—	—
Total	4,568,002	$	—	4,568,002	$	157,413

Redeemable Partnership Interests

The changes in the carrying amount of FPUs as of March 31, 2020 and 2019, were as follows (in thousands):



	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Balance at beginning of period:	$	21,517		$	26,170
Income allocation	—			5,288
Distributions of income	—			(5,355		)
Redemptions	(138		)	(927		)
Issuance and other	—			(3,659		)
Balance at end of period	$	21,379		$	21,517