Note 12 - Preferred Stock and Common Stock

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

12.

Preferred Stock

and Common Stock

The Company’s outstanding Preferred Stock is detailed below:

As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 201 6
Series of Preferred Stock	Shares Authorized		Shares Issued and Outstanding		Liquidation Preference (in thousands)		Dividend Rate			Annual Dividend per Depositary Share		Par Value		Optional Redemption Date
Series I		18,400		16,000	$	400,000		6.00	%	$	1.50000	$	1.00	3/20/2017
Series J		9,000		9,000		225,000		5.50	%	$	1.37500	$	1.00	7/25/2017
Series K		8,050		7,000		175,000		5.625	%	$	1.40625	$	1.00	12/7/2017
		35,450		32,000	$	800,000

During

February 2015,

the Company established an at the market continuous offering program (the “ATM program”) which is effective for a term of

three

years, pursuant to which the Company

may

offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value

$0.01

per share, with an aggregate gross sales price of up to

$500.0

million through a consortium of banks acting as sales agents. Sales of the shares of common stock

may

be made, as needed, from time to time in “at the market” offerings as defined in Rule

415

of the Securities Act of

1933,

including by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) or otherwise (i) at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, (ii) at prices related to prevailing market prices or (iii) as otherwise agreed to with the applicable sales agent. The Company did

not

sell any shares of common stock under the ATM program during the

six

months ended

June 30, 2017.

As of

June 30, 2017,

the Company had

$211.9

million available under this ATM program.