STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Common Stock

At both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, common stock amounted to $59.9 million.

Additional Paid-in Capital

Additional paid-in capital represents contributed capital in excess of par value of common stock, net of the costs of issuance. At both March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accumulated common stock issuance costs charged against additional paid-in capital amounted to $13.6 million.

Legal Surplus

The Puerto Rico Banking Act requires that a minimum of 10% of the Bank’s net income for the year be transferred to a reserve fund until such fund (legal surplus) equals the total paid-in capital on common and preferred stock. At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Bank’s legal surplus amounted to $155.7 million and $151.0 million, respectively. During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, OFG transferred $4.8 million to the legal surplus account. The amount transferred to the legal surplus account is not available for the payment of dividends to shareholders.

Treasury Stock

In January 2024, OFG announced the approval by the Board of Directors of a stock repurchase program for the purchase of up to $50 million of its outstanding shares of common stock. The new stock repurchase program, which is open-ended, replaces the prior stock repurchase program of $100 million, which had a remaining balance of $17.2 million and had been approved by the Board of Directors in January 2022. The shares of common stock repurchased are held by OFG as treasury shares. OFG records treasury stock purchases under the cost method whereby the entire cost of the acquired stock is recorded as treasury stock. There were no repurchases of stock under the new program during the quarter ended March 31, 2024. Under the prior stock program, OFG repurchased 104,800 shares for a total of $2.9 million at an average price of $27.61 per share during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

OFG did not repurchase any shares of its common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, other than through its publicly announced stock repurchase program.

The activity in connection with common shares held in treasury by OFG for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is set forth below:


	Quarter Ended March 31,
	2024			2023
	Shares	Dollar Amount		Shares	Dollar Amount
	(In thousands, except shares data)
Beginning of period	12,820,078	$	228,350	12,303,859	$	211,135
Common shares used upon lapse of restricted stock units and options	(151,415)	(1,454)		(134,827)	(1,235)
Common shares repurchased as part of the stock repurchase programs	—	—		104,800	2,894
End of period	12,668,663	$	226,896	12,273,832	$	212,794