On October 20, 2020, our Board of Directors declared the 2020 fourth quarter cash dividend of $0.625 per share of common stock, payable on December 4, 2020 to stockholders of record as of November 20, 2020.

During the third quarters of 2020 and 2019, we declared and paid quarterly dividends of $0.625 and $0.55 per share, or $39.8 million and $36.7 million in total, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we declared and paid quarterly dividends of $1.875 and $1.65 per share, or $120.7 million and $110.6 million in total,

respectively. In addition, we paid $2.1 million and $2.7 million in dividend equivalents with respect to vested restricted stock units (“RSUs”) during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

We make annual grants of long-term incentive awards to officers and key employees in the forms of service-based and performance-based RSUs that have approximately 3-year vesting periods. The performance-based RSU awards are subject to both service and performance goal criteria. We also make annual grants of stock to the non-employee members of the Board of Directors that vest immediately upon grant. The fair value of the RSUs and stock grants is determined based on the closing stock price of our common stock on the grant date.

On May 20, 2020, our stockholders approved an amendment to the Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Amended and Restated 2015 Incentive Award Plan to, in part, increase the number of shares available for issuance under the plan by 1.5 million. In addition, our stockholders approved extending the term of the Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Directors Equity Plan for ten years until December 31, 2030.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we made payments of $14.9 million and $9.6 million, respectively, to tax authorities on our employees’ behalf for shares withheld related to net share settlements. These payments are reflected in the Stock-based compensation, net caption of our consolidated statements of equity.

A summary of the status of our unvested service-based and performance-based RSUs as of September 30, 2020 and changes during the nine-month period then ended is as follows:

(1)	Comprised of 330,144 service-based RSUs and 210,403 performance-based RSUs granted in March 2020 with a fair value of $82.81 per RSU. The service-based RSUs cliff vest on December 1, 2022 and the performance-based RSUs are subject to a three-year performance period ending December 31, 2022.

Share Repurchase Plan

On October 23, 2018, our Board of Directors amended our share repurchase plan, increasing the total authorized number of shares available to be repurchased by 5.0 million and extending the duration of the plan through December 31, 2021. As of September 30, 2020, we had authorization under the plan to repurchase approximately 3.1 million shares, or about 5% of our current outstanding shares. Repurchased and subsequently retired shares are restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares. During the third quarter of 2020, we repurchased 2,466 shares at an average cost of $100.00 per share, for a total of $0.2 million, compared to no repurchases in the third quarter of 2019. In the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we repurchased approximately 3.3 million shares at an average cost of $90.10, for a total of $300.2 million, compared to repurchases of approximately 0.6 million shares at an average cost of $84.33 per share, for a total of $50.0 million, in the same period in 2019.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated other comprehensive loss included the following:


			Pension and		Accumulated
	Foreign Currency		Postretirement		Other
	Translation		Benefit Adjustments,		Comprehensive
	Loss		Net of Tax		(Loss) Income
			(in millions)
Balance as of January 1, 2020	$	(64.4)	$	(40.7)	$	(105.1)
Current-period change		(11.2)		19.5		8.3
Balance as of September 30, 2020	$	(75.6)	$	(21.2)	$	(96.8)

Foreign currency translation adjustments have not been adjusted for income taxes. Pension and postretirement benefit adjustments are net of taxes of $4.5 million and $7.9 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Income tax effects are released from accumulated other comprehensive loss as defined benefit plan and supplemental executive retirement plan obligations are settled.

Noncontrolling Interest Transaction

On March 31, 2020, through our wholly owned subsidiary, Feralloy Corporation, we purchased the remaining 49% noncontrolling interest of Feralloy Processing Company (“FPC”), a toll processor in Portage, Indiana. The increase in our ownership from 51% to 100% was accounted for as an equity transaction. The difference between the $8.0 million consideration paid for the noncontrolling interest with a carrying amount of $1.1 million was recognized as a decrease in total Reliance stockholders’ equity.