16.	Preferred Stock, Common Stock and Convertible Unit Transactions :

Preferred Stock

The Company’s outstanding Preferred Stock is detailed below (in thousands, except share data and par values):

As of December 31, 2018
Class 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
Class I		18,400		7,000	$	175,000		6.000	%	$	1.50000	$	1.00	3/20/2017
Class J		9,000		9,000		225,000		5.500	%	$	1.37500	$	1.00	7/25/2017
Class K		8,050		7,000		175,000		5.625	%	$	1.40625	$	1.00	12/7/2017
Class L		10,350		9,000		225,000		5.125	%	$	1.28125	$	1.00	8/16/2022
Class M		10,580		10,580		264,500		5.250	%	$	1.31250	$	1.00	12/20/2022
				42,580	$	1,064,500

As of December 31, 2017
Class 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
Class I		18,400		7,000	$	175,000		6.000	%	$	1.50000	$	1.00	3/20/2017
Class J		9,000		9,000		225,000		5.500	%	$	1.37500	$	1.00	7/25/2017
Class K		8,050		7,000		175,000		5.625	%	$	1.40625	$	1.00	12/7/2017
Class L		10,350		9,000		225,000		5.125	%	$	1.28125	$	1.00	8/16/2022
Class M		10,580		9,200		230,000		5.250	%	$	1.31250	$	1.00	12/20/2022
				41,200	$	1,030,000

The following Preferred Stock classes were issued during the year ended

December 31, 2017:

Class of Preferred Stock	Date Issued	Depositary Shares Issued		Fractional Interest per Share	Net Proceeds, Before Expenses (in millions)		Offering Price
Class L	8/16/2017		9,000,000	1/1000	$	218.1		25.00
Class M (1)	12/20/2017		9,200,000	1/1000	$	222.8		25.00

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)

Additionally, during

January 2018,

the underwriting financial institutions for the Class M issuance elected to exercise the over-allotment option and as a result, the Company issued an additional

1,380,000

Class M Depositary Shares, each representing a

one

-thousandth fractional interest in a share of the Company's

5.250%

Class M Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock,

$1.00

par value per share. The Company received net proceeds before expenses of

$33.4

million from this offering.

The following Preferred Stock class was partially redeemed during the year ended

December 31, 2017:

Class of Preferred Stock		Redemption Date		Depositary Shares Redeemed				Redemption Price				Redemption Amount (in millions)				Redemption Charges (in millions) (1)
Class I (2)		9/6/2017			9,000,000			$	25.00			$	225.0			$	7.0

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)

Redemption charges resulting from the difference between the redemption amount and the carrying amount of the respective preferred stock class on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets are accounted for in accordance with the FASB’s guidance on Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. These charges were subtracted from net income attributable to the Company to arrive at net income available to the Company’s common shareholders and used in the calculation of earnings per share.

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)

The Company partially redeemed

9,000,000

depositary shares of its issued and outstanding Class I Preferred Stock, representing

56.25%

of the issued and outstanding Class I Preferred Stock.

The Company’s Preferred Stock Depositary Shares for all classes are

not

convertible or exchangeable for any other property or securities of the Company.

Voting Rights - The Class I, J, K, L and M Preferred Stock rank pari passu as to voting rights, priority for receiving dividends and liquidation preference as set forth below.

As to any matter on which the Class I, J, K, L or M Preferred Stock

may

vote, including any actions by written consent, each share of the Class I, J, K, L or M Preferred Stock shall be entitled to

1,000

votes, each of which

1,000

votes

may

be directed separately by the holder thereof. With respect to each share of Class I, J, K, L or M Preferred Stock, the holder thereof

may

designate up to

1,000

proxies, with each such proxy having the right to vote a whole number of votes (totaling

1,000

votes per share of Class I, J, K, L, or M Preferred Stock). As a result, each Class I, J, K, L or M Depositary Share is entitled to

one

vote.

Liquidation Rights

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, preferred stock holders are entitled to be paid, out of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to its stockholders, a liquidation preference of

$25,000

Class I Preferred Stock per share,

$25,000

Class J Preferred Stock per share,

$25,000

Class K Preferred Stock per share,

$25,000

Class L Preferred Stock per share and

$25,000

Class M Preferred Stock per share (

$25.00

per each Class I, Class J, Class K, Class L and Class M Depositary Share), plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends to the date of payment, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of the Company’s common stock or any other capital stock that ranks junior to the preferred stock as to liquidation rights.

Common Stock

During

February 2018,

the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program, which is effective for a term of

two

years, pursuant to which the Company

may

repurchase shares of its common stock, par value

$0.01

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

$300.0

million. During the year ended

December 31, 2018,

the Company repurchased

5,100,000

shares for an aggregate purchase price of

$75.1

million (weighted average price of

$14.72

per share). As of

December 31, 2018,

the Company had

$224.9

million available under this share repurchase program.

During

February 2015,

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

three

years and expired in

February 2018,

pursuant to which the Company

may

have offered and sold 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

have been 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. During

2016,

the Company issued

9,806,377

shares and received proceeds of

$285.2

million, net of commissions and fees of

$2.9

million. The Company did

not

offer for sale any shares of common stock under the ATM program during

2018

and

2017.

The Company, from time to time, repurchases shares of its common stock in amounts that offset new issuances of common stock relating to the exercise of stock options or the issuance of restricted stock awards. These repurchases

may

occur in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise subject to prevailing market conditions, the Company’s liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. During

2018,

2017

and

2016,

the Company repurchased

278,566

shares,

232,304

shares and

257,477

shares, respectively, relating to shares of common stock surrendered to the Company to satisfy statutory minimum tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting of restricted stock awards under the Company’s equity-based compensation plans.

Convertible Units

The Company has various types of convertible units that were issued in connection with the purchase of operating properties (see Footnote

of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). The amount of consideration that would be paid to unaffiliated holders of units issued from the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries which are

not

mandatorily redeemable, as if the termination of these consolidated subsidiaries occurred on

December 31, 2018,

$14.6

million. The Company has the option to settle such redemption in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock. If the Company exercised its right to settle in common stock, the unit holders would receive

0.9

million shares of common stock.

Dividends Declared

The following table provides a summary of the dividends declared per share:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Common Stock	$	1.12000	$	1.09000	$	1.03500
Class I Depositary Shares	$	1.50000	$	1.50000	$	1.50000
Class I Depositary Shares Redeemed	$	-	$	0.96250	$	-
Class J Depositary Shares	$	1.37500	$	1.37500	$	1.37500
Class K Depositary Shares	$	1.40625	$	1.40625	$	1.40625
Class L Depositary Shares	$	1.28125	$	0.48047	$	-
Class M Depositary Shares	$	1.31250	$	0.04010	$	-