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Distributions Paid and Payable
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Distributions Paid and Payable  
Distributions Paid and Payable

 

14.Distributions Paid and Payable

 

A.Common Stock

 

We pay monthly distributions to our common stockholders.  The following is a summary of monthly distributions paid per common share for the first three months of 2018 and 2017:

 

Month

 

2018

 

2017

 

January

 

$

0.2125

 

$

0.2025

 

February

 

0.2190

 

0.2105

 

March

 

0.2190

 

0.2105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

0.6505

 

$

0.6235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2018, a distribution of $0.2195 per common share was payable and was paid in April 2018.

 

B.Class F Preferred Stock

In April 2017, we redeemed all 16,350,000 shares of our Class F preferred stock. During the first three months of 2017, we paid three monthly dividends to holders of our Class F preferred stock totaling $0.414063 per share, or $3.9 million. In April 2017, we paid a final monthly dividend of $0.101215 per share, or $1.7 million, which was recorded as interest expense, since these dividends accrued subsequent to the March 2017 notice of redemption.