Note 5 - Stock and Debt Repurchases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 5— STOCK AND DEBT REPURCHASES:

In December 2017, CONSOL Energy’s Board of Directors approved a program to repurchase, from time to time, the Company's outstanding shares of common stock or its 11.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2025. Prior to the CCR Merger, the Company was also authorized to purchase the Partnership's outstanding common units under this program. As a result of the CCR Merger, the Partnership's common units are no longer publicly traded. Since its inception, the Company's Board of Directors has subsequently amended the program several times, the most recent of which amendment in April 2021 raised the aggregate limit of the Company's repurchase authority to $320,000 and extended the program until December 31, 2022.

Under the terms of the program, CONSOL Energy is permitted to make repurchases in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, accelerated repurchase programs or in structured share repurchase programs. CONSOL Energy is also authorized to enter into one or more 10b5-1 plans with respect to any of the repurchases. Any repurchases of common stock or notes are to be funded from available cash on hand or short-term borrowings. The program does not obligate CONSOL Energy to acquire any particular amount of its common stock or notes, and the program can be modified or suspended at any time at the Company’s discretion. The program is conducted in compliance with applicable legal requirements and within the limits imposed by any credit agreement, receivables purchase agreement, indenture, or the tax matters agreement between the Company and its former parent, and is subject to market conditions and other factors.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company spent $17,092 to retire $18,040, spent $32,064 to retire $54,481 and spent $53,698 to retire $52,648 of its 11.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2025, respectively. No shares of common stock were repurchased under this program during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company repurchased and retired 1,717,497 shares of the Company's common stock at an average price of $19.06 per share and 26,297 of the Partnership's common units were purchased at an average price of $14.05 per unit.