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Common and Preferred Stock
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Common and Preferred Stock  
Common and Preferred Stock

Note 6 – Common and Preferred Stock

Common Stock Authorization

In April 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to its charter to increase the total number of shares of common stock that the Company has the authority to issue from 45,000,000 shares to 90,000,000 shares.

Shelf Registration and Follow-on Public Offerings

The Company has filed with the SEC an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3, registering an unspecified amount of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants and guarantees of debt securities of the Operating Partnership, as well as an unspecified amount of debt securities of the Operating Partnership, at an indeterminate aggregate initial offering price. The Company may periodically offer one or more of these securities in amounts, prices and on terms

to be announced when and if these securities are offered. The specifics of any future offerings, along with the use of proceeds of any securities offered, will be described in detail in a prospectus supplement, or other offering materials, at the time of any offering.

In March 2018, the Company completed a follow-on public offering of 3,450,000 shares of common stock, which included the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 450,000 shares of common stock, in connection with a forward sale agreement.  The offering, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, was settled in its entirety in September 2018.  Upon settlement the Company issued 3,450,000 shares and received net proceeds of approximately $160.2 million after deducting fees and expenses.

In September 2018, the Company entered into a follow-on public offering of 3,500,000 shares of common stock in connection with a forward sale agreement (the “September 2018 Forward”).  The September 2018 Forward was settled in its entirety in April 2019.   Upon settlement the Company issued 3,500,000 shares and received net proceeds of approximately $186.0 million, after deducting fees and expenses.  

In April 2019, the Company entered into a follow-on public offering to sell an aggregate of 3,162,500 shares of common stock (the “April 2019 Forward”) which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 412,500 shares of common stock. The April 2019 Forward was settled in its entirety in December  2019. Upon settlement, the Company issued 3,162,500 share of common stock and received net proceeds of approximately $195.8 million, after deducting fees and expenses.

In April 2020, the Company completed a follow-on public offering of 2,875,000 shares of common stock, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 375,000 shares of common stock.  Upon closing, the Company issued 2,875,000 shares and received net proceeds of $170.4 million, after deducting fees and expenses.  

Also in April 2020, the Company entered into a follow-on public offering to sell an aggregate of 6,166,666 shares of common stock in connection with a forward sale agreement (the “April 2020 Forward”).  During the remainder of 2020, the Company settled the April 2020 Forward, realizing net proceeds of approximately $354.6 million, after deducting fees and expenses.  

Refer to Note 14 – Subsequent Events regarding the completion of a follow-on offering of common stock.

2018 ATM Program

In May 2018, the Company entered into a $250.0 million ATM program (the “2018 ATM Program”), through which the Company, from time to time sold shares of common stock and entered into forward sale agreements. During 2018 and 2019, the Company issued 3,057,263 and 886,768 shares of common stock, respectively, under the 2018 ATM Program, realizing net proceeds of approximately $180.3 million and $58.5 million, respectively.  The 2018 ATM Program was subsequently terminated, and no future issuances will occur under the 2018 ATM Program.

2019 ATM Program

In July 2019, the Company entered into a $400.0 million ATM program (the “2019 ATM Program”) through which the Company, from time to time, sold shares of common stock. During the third quarter of 2019, the Company issued 444,228 shares of common stock under the 2019 ATM Program, realizing net proceeds of $32.6 million. In addition to selling shares of common stock, the Company also entered into a forward sale agreement through the 2019 ATM Program, as described below.

During the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company entered into forward sale agreements in connection with the 2019 ATM Program to sell an aggregate of 2,003,118 shares of common stock. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2020, the Company entered into forward sale agreements in connection with the 2019 ATM Program to sell an aggregate of

3,169,754 shares of common stock. During 2020, the Company settled all forward sale agreements under the 2019 ATM Program realizing net proceeds of approximately $359.5 million.

The 2019 ATM Program was terminated simultaneously with the establishment of the 2020 ATM Program, which is discussed below. As a result, no future issuances will occur under the 2019 ATM Program.

2020 ATM Program

In March 2020, the Company entered into a new $400.0 million ATM program (the “2020 ATM Program”) through which the Company, from time to time, may sell shares of common stock. In addition to selling shares of common stock, the Company has entered into forward sale agreements through the 2020 ATM Program, as described below.

During 2020, the Company entered into forward sale agreements to sell an aggregate of 3,334,056 shares of common stock. The Company has since settled 204,074 shares of these forward sale agreements, realizing net proceeds of $12.5 million. The Company is required to settle the remaining outstanding shares of common stock under the 2020 ATM Program by various dates between May and December 2021.

After considering the 3,129,982 shares of common stock subject to forward sale agreements and including shares issued under the 2020 ATM Program, the Company had approximately $177.7 million of availability remaining under the 2020 ATM Program as of December 31, 2020.

Preferred Stock

During 2019, the Company redesignated and reclassified all 200,000 authorized but unissued shares of its Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as authorized but unissued and unclassified shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share, of the Company without further designation. The number of preferred shares the Company has the authority to issue remains at 4,000,000, all of which are unclassified and undesignated.  As of December 31, 2020, there were no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.