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Common Stock (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
11. Common Stock |
Common Stock |
Authorized: Unlimited number of non-par value common shares. |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019
Issued and outstanding: | millions of shares | millions of Canadian dollars |  | millions of shares | millions of Canadian dollars
Balance, December 31, 2019 | 242.48 | $ | 6,216 |  | 234.12 | $ | 5,816
Conversion of Convertible Debentures | - |  | - |  | 0.03 |  | 1
Issuance of common stock (1)(2) | 4.54 |  | 251 |  | 1.77 |  | 99
Issued under Purchase Plans at market rate | 3.99 |  | 219 |  | 3.99 |  | 202
Discount on shares purchased under Dividend Reinvestment Plan | - |  | (4) |  | - |  | (7)
Options exercised under senior management share option plan | 0.42 |  | 20 |  | 2.57 |  | 104
Employee Share Purchase Plan | - |  | 3 |  | - |  | 1
Balance, December 31, 2020 | 251.43 | $ | 6,705 |  | 242.48 | $ | 6,216
(1) As at December 31, 2019, a total of 1,768,120 common shares were issued under Emera's at-the-market program ("ATM program") at an average price of $56.56 per share for gross proceeds of $100 million ($99 million net of issuance costs).
(2) For the year ended December 31, 2020, 4,544,025 common shares were issued under Emera's ATM program at an average price of $56.04 per share for gross proceeds of $255 million ($251 million net of issuance costs).

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