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TREASURY STOCK
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
TREASURY STOCK  
TREASURY STOCK

NOTE 14.       TREASURY STOCK

In January 2019 and November 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved two equal increases totaling $20.0 million to the open market stock repurchase program. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company repurchased 691,102 shares of its common stock for a total cost of approximately $41.1 million, or an average price per share of $59.46, which includes both open market purchases and the Block Share Repurchase (hereinafter defined). The shares of the Company’s common stock repurchased during the year ended December 31, 2019 were returned to the Company’s treasury and substantially completed the aggregate $20.0 million buyback program.

 

On April 10, 2019, the Company repurchased 320,741 shares of common stock, or approximately 6% of the Company’s outstanding shares, for approximately $18.4 million (the “Block Share Repurchase”). The shares were purchased from investment vehicles managed by Wintergreen Advisers, LLC (collectively, the “Wintergreen Entities”) in connection with the disposition of their entire position in the Company’s common stock (approximately 28% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock at the time of the Block Share Repurchase). The shares that were sold by the Wintergreen Entities and not repurchased by the Company were acquired by multiple third-party investors. The Block Share Repurchase was completed outside of the Company’s aggregate $20.0 million buyback program, which was substantially complete as of December 31, 2019.