Equity

Common Stock

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, the Company issued approximately 84.4 million shares of common stock upon the exercise of conversion options by holders of approximately $232.1 million in par value of the Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes. The Company recorded the issuance of common shares at fair value on the various dates the exchanges occurred. See Note 7 for additional discussion of the Convertible Senior Unsecured Notes transactions.

Preferred Stock Dividends

Dividends on the Company’s 8.5% and 7.0% convertible perpetual preferred stock may be paid in cash or with shares of the Company’s common stock at the Company’s election. In the first quarter of 2015, dividends of $11.3 million on the Company’s 8.5% convertible perpetual preferred stock were paid in cash. In the first quarter of 2016, prior to the February semi-annual dividend payment date, the Company announced the suspension of payment of the semi-annual dividend on its 8.5% convertible perpetual preferred stock. The Company suspended payment of the cumulative dividend on its 7.0% convertible perpetual preferred stock during the third quarter of 2015. At March 31, 2016, the Company had dividends in arrears of $11.3 million and $10.5 million on its 8.5% and 7.0% convertible perpetual preferred stock, respectively.

Paid and unpaid dividends included in the calculation of loss applicable to the Company’s common stockholders and the Company’s basic loss per share calculation for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 are presented in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

See Note 13 for discussion of the Company’s loss per share calculation.

Treasury Stock

The Company makes required statutory tax payments on behalf of employees when their restricted stock awards vest and then withholds a number of vested shares of common stock having a value on the date of vesting equal to the tax obligation. The following table shows the number of shares withheld for taxes and the associated value of those shares for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015. These shares were accounted for as treasury stock when withheld and then immediately retired.



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
	(In thousands)
Number of shares withheld for taxes	853		719
Value of shares withheld for taxes	$	37	$	1,218

Stockholder Receivable

The Company is party to a settlement agreement relating to a third-party claim against its former CEO under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based on the nature of the settlement as well as the former CEO’s position as an officer of the Company at the time of the settlement, the receivable is classified as a component of additional paid-in capital in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The remaining amount receivable under the agreement as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 was $1.3 million and is due in October 2016.

See Note 14 for discussion of the Company’s share-based compensation.