Preferred Stock and Stockholder’s Equity

Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock

In 2007, the Company completed a public offering of 1,610,000 shares of 9.25% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) at a price to the public of $25.00 per share.

		Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, dividends at a rate of 9.25% per annum ($2.3125 per annum per share). The Series A Preferred Stock does not have any stated maturity date and will not be subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption provisions, except, under some circumstances, upon a change of ownership or control. Except pursuant to the special redemption upon a change of ownership or control, the Company may not redeem the Series A Preferred Stock prior to June 30, 2012. On or after June 30, 2012, the Company may redeem the Series A Preferred Stock for cash at its option, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared) to the redemption date. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock are classified outside of permanent equity on the consolidated balance sheets due to the following change of control redemption provision. Following a change of ownership or control of the Company by a person or entity, other than by a “Qualifying Public Company,” the Company will be required to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock within 90 days after the date on which the change of ownership or control occurred for cash. In the event of liquidation, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have the right to receive $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, before any payments are made to the holders of the Company’s common stock.

		ATM Offering

In August 2011, the Company entered into an at market issuance sales agreement (“ATM”), which allows the Company to offer and sell shares of its common stock from time to time at an aggregate offering price of up to $20 million. The Company’s sales agent may make sales of the Company’s common stock in privately negotiated transactions or in any method permitted by law deemed to be an ATM offering as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, at negotiated prices, at prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market prices, including sales made directly on the NASDAQ Global Select Market or sales made through a market maker other than on an exchange. The Company’s sales agent will make all sales using commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal sales and trading practices. The Company has no obligation to sell any shares in the ATM offering and may terminate the ATM offering at any time. No shares were sold in the third quarter of 2011.