Stockholders' Deficit

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Deficit

Stockholders’ Deficit

Common Stock Repurchase Program

On March 1, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a share buyback program. Under this program, the Company may purchase in the public market or in off-market transactions up to $100.0 million of the Company’s common stock through February 2025. The timing and amounts of purchases will be determined by the Company, depending on market conditions and other factors it deems relevant. The Company entered into Rule 10b-18 and Rule 10b5-1 trading plans under this program. There were no shares repurchased during the three months ended June 30, 2024 under this program. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company repurchased 68,362 shares under this program at an aggregate cost of $2.1 million, inclusive of excise tax of $0.1 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company repurchased 42,962 and 338,554 shares, respectively, at an aggregate cost of $0.7 million and $11.3 million, respectively, inclusive of excise tax of zero and $0.1 million, respectively. Cumulatively as of June 30, 2024, 1,071,624 shares have been repurchased under this program at an aggregate cost of $32.0 million (inclusive of excise tax of $0.2 million). The excise tax is assessed at 1% of the fair market value of net stock repurchases after December 31, 2022.

Vested Restricted Stock

At the time of certain vesting events related to restricted stock units or restricted stock awards that are held by participants in Consensus’ Equity Incentive Plan, a portion of the awards subject to vesting are withheld by the Company to satisfy the employees’ tax withholding obligations that arise upon the vesting of restricted stock. As a result, the number of shares issued upon vesting for these awards is net of the statutory withholding requirements that the Company pays on behalf of its employees. Although shares withheld are not issued, they are treated as common share repurchases in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements, as they reduce the number of shares that would have been issued upon vesting. These shares do not count against the authorized capacity under the Company’s share repurchase program described above. During the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company withheld shares on its vested restricted stock units and restricted stock awards relating to its share-based compensation plans of 21,567 shares and 21,538 shares, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company withheld shares on its vested restricted stock units and restricted stock awards relating to its share-based compensation plans of 36,907 shares and 32,956 shares, respectively.

Dividends

The Company currently does not issue dividends to Consensus shareholders. Future dividends are subject to Board approval. Our current debt agreements could trigger restrictions on dividend payments under certain circumstances (see Note 7 - Long-Term Debt).