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DISTRIBUTIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Distributions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Payable | The following table provides the tax characteristics of the 2019, 2018 and 2017 distributions paid:
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (in thousands, except per share amounts)
Common Share Distributions: |  |  |  |  |  |
Ordinary income |  | $ | 0.62 |  |  | $ | 0.55 |  |  | $ | 0.38 |
Capital gain |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.26 |
Non-taxable distributions |  | 0.14 |  |  | 0.17 |  |  | — |
Distributions per share |  | $ | 0.76 |  |  | $ | 0.72 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |
Percentage classified as ordinary income |  | 81.00 | % |  | 76.20 | % |  | 60.00 | %
Percentage classified as capital gain |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | 40.00 | %
Percentage classified as non-taxable distribution |  | 19.00 | % |  | 23.80 | % |  | — | %
Preferred Share Distributions: |  |  |  |  |  |
Total distributions paid |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,032 |
Percentage classified as ordinary income |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | 60.00 | %
Percentage classified as capital gain |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | 40.00 | %
Percentage classified as non-taxable distribution |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | %

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