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Shareholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract]  
Shareholders' Equity Stockholders’ Equity
Stock Repurchase

The Board has authorized three stock repurchase programs for the Company. The Company may purchase shares on the open market from time to time, up to a total of 5.7 million shares. The Board must authorize the timing and amount of these purchases and all repurchases are in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC allowing the Company to repurchase shares from the open market.

Our open market repurchase programs are as follows:

Agreement Execution DateAuthorized Repurchase $Expiration Date
May 16, 2018 1
$15 millionMarch 1, 2019
March 5, 2019 1
$20 millionMarch 4, 2020
March 13, 2020$20 million
** 2
1 The 2018 and 2019 purchase authorizations were executed under 10b5-1 programs.
2 Expiration Date is at Board's discretion. The Company is authorized to effectuate repurchases of the Company's common stock on terms and conditions approved in advance by the Board.

The Company also has a stock repurchase arrangement by which employee-participants in our 401(k) savings and investment plan are entitled to have shares of AAON, Inc. stock in their accounts sold to the Company. The maximum number of shares to be repurchased is contingent upon the number of shares sold by employee-participants.

Lastly, the Company repurchases shares of AAON, Inc. stock from certain of its directors and employees for
payment of statutory tax withholdings on stock transactions. All other repurchases from directors or employees are contingent upon Board approval. All repurchases are done at current market prices.

Our repurchase activity is as follows:
202020192018
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
ProgramSharesTotal $$ per shareSharesTotal $$ per shareSharesTotal $$ per share
Open market103,689 $4,987 $48.10 5,799 $200 $34.46 252,272 $8,374 $33.19 
401(k)438,921 25,073 57.12 419,963 19,386 46.16 497,753 18,472 37.11 
Directors & employees23,272 1,169 50.23 28,668 1,207 42.11 33,751 1,097 32.49 
     Total565,882 $31,229 $55.19 454,430 $20,793 $45.76 783,776 $27,943 $35.65 

Inception to Date
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
ProgramSharesTotal $$ per share
Open market4,205,255 $74,793 $17.79 
401(k)7,906,660 145,000 18.34 
Directors & employees2,005,201 20,751 10.35 
     Total14,117,116 $240,544 $17.04 

Dividends

At the discretion of the Board of Directors, we pay semi-annual cash dividends. Board approval is required to determine the date of declaration and amount for each semi-annual dividend payment.

Our recent dividends are as follows:
Declaration DateRecord DatePayment DateDividend per Share
May 18, 2018June 8, 2018July 6, 2018$0.16
November 8, 2018November 29, 2018December 20, 2018$0.16
May 20, 2019June 3, 2019July 1, 2019$0.16
November 6, 2019November 27, 2019December 18, 2019$0.16
May 15, 2020June 3, 2020July 1, 2020$0.19
November 10, 2020November 27, 2020December 18, 2020$0.19

We paid cash dividends of $19.8 million, $16.6 million, and $16.7 million in 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.