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EARNINGS PER SHARE AND UNIT AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND CAPITAL

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

EARNINGS PER SHARE AND UNIT AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND CAPITAL

EARNINGS PER SHARE AND UNIT AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND CAPITAL

17. EARNINGS PER SHARE AND UNIT AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND CAPITAL

Earnings per common share and shareholders’ equity

The following is a summary of the elements used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per common share:


	For the year ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019

	(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income	$	230,813	$	167,611	$	170,771
Noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership		(7,873)		(1,825)		(1,708)
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries		542		(165)		54
Net income attributable to the Company’s common shareholders	$	223,482	$	165,621	$	169,117

Weighted average basic shares outstanding		203,832		194,147		190,874
Share options and restricted share units		1,177		796		702
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding ⁽¹⁾		205,009		194,943		191,576

Basic earnings per share attributable to common shareholders	$	1.10	$	0.85	$	0.89
Diluted earnings per share attributable to common shareholders ⁽²⁾	$	1.09	$	0.85	$	0.88

Earnings per common unit and capital

The following is a summary of the elements used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per common unit:


	For the year ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019

	(dollars and units in thousands, except per unit amounts)
Net income	$	230,813	$	167,611	$	170,771
Operating Partnership interests of third parties		(7,873)		(1,825)		(1,708)
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries		542		(165)		54
Net income attributable to common unitholders	$	223,482	$	165,621	$	169,117

Weighted average basic units outstanding		203,832		194,147		190,874
Unit options and restricted share units		1,177		796		702
Weighted average diluted units outstanding ⁽¹⁾		205,009		194,943		191,576

Basic earnings per unit attributable to common unitholders	$	1.10	$	0.85	$	0.89
Diluted earnings per unit attributable to common unitholders ⁽²⁾	$	1.09	$	0.85	$	0.88

(1)

For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company declared cash dividends per common share/unit of $1.45, $1.33 and $1.29, respectively.

(2)

The amounts of anti-dilutive options that were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share/unit as the exercise price was higher than the average share price of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2020 were 0.8 million. There were no anti-dilutive options for the years ended December 31, 2021 or 2019.

The OP units and common units have essentially the same economic characteristics as they share equally in the total net income or loss and distributions of the Operating Partnership. An Operating Partnership unit may be redeemed for cash, or at the Company’s option, common units on a one-for-one basis. Outstanding noncontrolling interest units in the Operating Partnership were 1,901,595; 7,420,828 and 1,972,308 as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. There were 223,917,993; 197,405,989 and 193,557,024 common units outstanding as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Common Shares

On November 19, 2021, we closed an underwritten offering of 15.5 million common shares at a public offering price of $51.00 per share, resulting in net proceeds of $765.6 million, after deducting offering costs.

The Company maintains an at-the-market equity program that enables it to offer and sell up to 60.0 million common shares through sales agents pursuant to equity distribution agreements (the “Equity Distribution Agreements”). The Company’s sales activity under the program for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 is summarized below:


	For the year ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019

	(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts)
Number of shares sold		4,982		3,627		5,899
Average sales price per share	$	40.57	$	33.69	$	33.64
Net proceeds after deducting offering costs	$	199,977	$	120,727	$	196,304

The proceeds from the sales of common shares under the program during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were used to fund the acquisition and development of self-storage properties and for general corporate purposes. As of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, 5.9 million common shares, 10.9 million common shares and 4.6 million common shares, respectively, remained available for issuance under the Equity Distribution Agreements.