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Shareholders' Equity of the Company | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. [Member] |
Schedule of Shareholders' Equity of the Company [Line Items] |
Shareholders' Equity of the Company | Shareholders' Equity of the Company As discussed in Note 14, each Class A common limited partnership unit is exchangeable for one common share of the Company. The following table sets forth the number of Class A common limited partnership units exchanged for an equal number of common shares for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Exchange of Class A limited partnership units |  | 34,749 |  |  | 32,348 |  |  | 24,962 |
Share Repurchase Program In May 2017, the Company announced that our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $125.0 million of its outstanding common shares as market conditions warrant over a period commencing on May 19, 2017 and expiring on May 18, 2019. Repurchases may be made from time to time through open market, privately-negotiated, structured or derivative transactions (including accelerated share repurchase transactions), or other methods of acquiring shares. The Company intends to structure open market purchases to occur within pricing and volume requirements of Rule 10b-18. The Company may, from time to time, enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to facilitate the repurchase of its shares under this authorization. Shares repurchased during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Total number of shares purchased |  | 919,249 |  |  | 1,911,585 |
Average price paid per share |  | $ | 21.74 |  |  | $ | 25.80 |
Total price paid exclusive of commissions and related fees (in thousands) |  | $ | 19,980 |  |  | $ | 49,324 |
The remaining amount authorized to be repurchased under the program as of December 31, 2018 was approximately $55.7 million.

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