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Stock Transactions and Unit Redemptions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract] |
Changes in Shares of Class A Common Stock Outstanding | Changes in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31, |
| 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Shares outstanding at beginning of period |  | 291,474,768 |  |  |  | 256,968,372 |
Share issuances: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemptions/Exchanges of limited partnership interests1 |  | 1,820,588 |  |  |  | 2,787,190 |
Vesting of restricted stock units (RSUs) |  | 240,335 |  |  |  | 280,884 |
Acquisition related issuances |  | 18,217 |  |  |  | 317,096 |
Other issuances of Class A common stock |  | 61,642 |  |  |  | 22,644 |
Issuance of Class A common stock for general corporate purposes |  | — |  |  |  | 17,923,714 |
Deferred stock awards |  | — |  |  |  | 979,344 |
Treasury stock repurchases |  | (233,172 | ) |  |  | — |
Shares outstanding at end of period |  | 293,382,378 |  |  |  | 279,279,244 |
1 | Because limited partnership units are included in the Company’s fully diluted share count, if dilutive, redemptions or exchanges in connection with the issuance of Class A common shares would not impact the fully diluted number of shares and units outstanding.
Gross Unit Redemptions and Share Repurchases of Class A Common Stock | The table below represents the gross unit redemptions and share repurchases of the Company’s Class A common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2019:
Period |  | Total Number of Units Redeemed or Shares Repurchased |  |  | Average Price Paid per Unit or Share |  |  | Approximate Dollar Value of Units and Shares That May Yet Be Redeemed/ Purchased Under the Plan |
Redemptions1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2019—March 31, 2019 |  |  | 1,202,948 |  |  | $ | 6.00 |  |  |  |  |
Repurchases2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
January 1, 2019—January 31, 2019 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
February 1, 2019—February 28, 2019 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
March 1, 2019—March 31, 2019 |  |  | 233,172 |  |  |  | 5.30 |  |  |  |  |
Total Repurchases |  |  | 233,172 |  |  |  | 5.30 |  |  |  |  |
Total Redemptions and Repurchases |  |  | 1,436,120 |  |  | $ | 5.88 |  |  | $ | 257,796,140 |
1 | During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company redeemed approximately 1.2 million limited partnership units at an aggregate redemption price of approximately $7.2 million for an average price of $6.00 per unit and approximately 2.3 thousand FPUs at an aggregate redemption price of approximately $14.1 thousand for an average price of $6.11 per unit. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company redeemed approximately 1.7 million limited partnership units at an aggregate redemption price of approximately $24.6 million for an average price of $14.34 per unit and approximately 5 thousand FPUs at an aggregate redemption price of approximately $74 thousand for an average price of $13.67 per unit. Of the 1.2 million units redeemed above, 0.9 million units were redeemed using cash from the Company’s CEO program, and therefore did not impact the fully diluted number of shares and units outstanding.
2 | During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company repurchased approximately 0.2 million shares of its Class A common stock at an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.2 million for an average price of $5.30 per share. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company did not repurchase any of its Class A common stock.
Summary of Changes in Carrying Amount of Redeemable Partnership Interest | The changes in the carrying amount of redeemable partnership interest for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 24,706 |  |  | $ | 46,415 |
Consolidated net income allocated to FPUs |  |  | 721 |  |  |  | 1,009 |
FPUs exchanged |  |  | (283 | ) |  |  | — |
FPUs redeemed |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | (21 | )
Other |  |  | — |  |  |  | 102 |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 25,140 |  |  | $ | 47,505 |

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