Capital Stock

Common Shares

We are authorized to issue up to 400 million shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share. Each outstanding share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends when authorized by our board of directors.

We have an “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “Current ATM Program”), pursuant to which we may issue and sell shares of our common stock from time to time, having an aggregate offering price of up to $200 million. Prior to the implementation of the Current ATM Program, the Company had a $200 million ATM program (the “Prior ATM Program”), which is no longer active. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, we sold 7,472,946 shares of common stock at an average price of $12.56 for net proceeds of $92.9 million under the Prior ATM Program. We did not sell any shares of common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2018, and the full amount remains available under the Current ATM Program.

Our board of directors has approved a share repurchase program authorizing us to repurchase up to $150 million in shares of our common stock. Repurchases under this program are made in open market or privately negotiated transactions as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal requirements. This authority may be exercised from time to time and in such amounts as market conditions warrant, and subject to regulatory considerations. The timing, manner, price and actual number of shares repurchased depends on a variety of factors including stock price, corporate and regulatory requirements, market conditions, and other corporate liquidity requirements and priorities. The share repurchase program may be suspended or terminated at any time without prior notice. On November 2, 2018, our board of directors increased the authorization under the share repurchase program from $150 million to $250 million. We have not repurchased any shares of our common stock during 2018 and we have full capacity remaining under our share repurchase program.

Dividends

We have paid the following dividends to holders of our common stock during 2018 as follows:



Payment Date	Record Date	Dividend per Share
January 12, 2018	December 29, 2017	$	0.125
April 12, 2018	March 29, 2018	$	0.125
July 12, 2018	June 29, 2018	$	0.125
October 12, 2018	September 28, 2018	$	0.125

Preferred Shares

We are authorized to issue up to 10 million shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. Our board of directors is required to set for each class or series of preferred stock the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, and terms or conditions of redemption. As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

Operating Partnership Units

Holders of Operating Partnership units have certain redemption rights, which would enable them to cause the Operating Partnership to redeem their units in exchange for cash per unit equal to the market price of our common stock, at the time of redemption, or, at our option, for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis. The number of shares issuable upon exercise of these redemption rights will be adjusted upon the occurrence of stock splits, mergers, consolidations or similar pro-rata share transactions, which otherwise would have the effect of diluting the ownership interests of the limited partners or our stockholders.

As of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were no Operating Partnership units held by unaffiliated third parties.

On September 6, 2018, we entered into a contribution agreement with the Operating Partnership and an unrelated third party (the "Contributor") under which the Contributor agreed to contribute its interest in a resort hotel in California to the Operating Partnership in exchange for approximately $150 million in a combination of cash and newly issued common limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“OP units”) at an agreed-upon value. The Contributor has elected to receive a maximum of approximately 1.2 million OP units at $11.76 per unit and the remaining amount in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, following the satisfaction of closing conditions. Upon closing, the Contributor's OP units will create a noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership. We will remain the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership.