Pursuant to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation (the “Charter”), the Corporation is authorized to issue an aggregate of 100,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 80,000 shares designated as common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share (unrounded), and 20,000 shares designated as preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share (unrounded). The Board of Directors, without any action by the Corporation’s stockholders, may amend the Charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of capital stock or the number of shares of capital stock of any class or series that the Corporation has authority to issue.

The shares of the Corporation’s common stock entitle the holders to one vote per share on all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote, to receive dividends and other distributions as authorized by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law, and to all rights of a stockholder pursuant to the Maryland General Corporation Law. The common stock has no preferences or preemptive conversion or exchange rights.

Pursuant to the limited liability company agreement between the Corporation and the OP, each outstanding OP Unit is convertible into one share of the Corporation’s common stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the OP’s operating agreement.

The Charter also provides the Board of Directors with the authority to issue one or more classes or series of preferred stock, and prior to the issuance of such shares of preferred stock, the Board of Directors shall have the power from time to time to classify or reclassify, in one or more series, any unissued shares and designate the preferences, rights and privileges of such shares of preferred stock. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, no shares of the Corporation’s preferred stock were issued and outstanding.

The Board of Directors approved a share redemption program (“Share Redemption Program”) under which the Corporation could repurchase shares of its outstanding common stock after December 31, 2009. The Board of Directors approved and adopted an amended and restated Share Redemption Program effective as of June 28, 2017.

Under the Share Redemption Program, stockholders could request that the Corporation redeem shares after one year from the original investment date, subject to certain exceptions as set forth in the Share Redemption Program. Under the Share Redemption Program, the Corporation was not obligated to repurchase shares and, notwithstanding any other term of the Share Redemption Program, the Board of Directors or IDC could reject any share redemption request made by any stockholder at any time. Shares held for more than 12 months, but less than five years, were redeemed at a purchase price equal to 95% of the current share value established from time to time by the IDC (the “Determined Share Value”), and shares held for five years or more were redeemed at a purchase price equal to 100% of the current Determined Share Value, subject to certain exemptions as set forth in the Share Redemption Program.

Total shares redeemed pursuant to the Share Redemption Program in any quarter could not exceed 1% of the total number of shares outstanding at the beginning of the calendar year plus 50% of the total number of any additional shares issued during the prior calendar quarter under the DRIP (as defined below), provided that the total number of shares redeemed during any calendar year could not exceed 5% of the number of shares outstanding as of the first day of such calendar year. The Board of Directors or the IDC could amend, suspend, or terminate the Share Redemption Program at any time upon 30 days’ notice to the Corporation’s stockholders. On January 10, 2020, the Corporation announced that it would be terminating the Share Redemption Program, effective February 10, 2020.

	For the years ended December 31,
(in thousands, except number of redemptions)	2019		2018		2017
Number of redemptions requested		96		50		32
Number of shares		652		127		119
Aggregate redemption price	$	54,599	$	10,304	$	9,439

The 2019 redemption amounts include the redemption of shares from BRE, as discussed in Note 3.

The Corporation adopted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“DRIP”), pursuant to which the Corporation’s stockholders and holders of OP Units (other than the Corporation), could elect to have cash distributions reinvested in additional shares of the Corporation’s common stock. Cash distributions were reinvested in additional shares of common stock pursuant to the DRIP at a per share price equal to 98% of the Determined Share Value as of the applicable distribution date. The Corporation could amend the DRIP at any time upon written notice to each participant at least 10 days prior to the effective date of the amendment, and could terminate the DRIP upon written notice to each participant at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the termination. On January 10, 2020, the Corporation announced that it would be terminating the DRIP, effective February 10, 2020. At December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, a total of 3,005, 2,233, and 1,592, shares of common stock, respectively, have been issued under the DRIP.