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Common Stock and Non-Controlling Interest | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract] |
Common Stock and Non-Controlling Interest | COMMON STOCK AND NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST Common stock The Company has 100,000,000 shares of common stock ($0.0001 par value) authorized, of which 45,447,751 were issued as of December 31, 2020. Restricted Securities On August 12, 2019, the Company's shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the 2014 Plan that was adopted by the Board on May 14, 2019. The PANGAEA LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS LTD. 2014 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN (as amended and restated by the Board of Directors on May 14, 2019), (the "Amended Plan"), increased the aggregate number of common shares with respect to which awards may be granted under the Amended Plan, such that the total number of shares made available for grant is 4,500,000. At December 31, 2020, shares issued to employees under the Amended Plan totaled 2,964,124 after forfeitures. These restricted shares vest at the rate of one-third of the total granted on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the vesting commencement date. Total non-cash compensation cost recognized during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is $2,314,940 and $1,737,315, respectively, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. A summary of activity related to outstanding restricted securities for fiscal years 2020 and 2019 is presented in the table below:
|  | Restricted Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Unvested shares at December 31, 2018 |  | 1,461,923 |  |  | $ | 2.89 |
Granted |  | 958,480 |  |  | $ | 2.94 |
Vested |  | (433,667) |  |  | $ | 2.83 |
Forfeited |  | (70,918) |  |  | $ | 3.20 |
Unvested shares at December 31, 2019 |  | 1,915,818 |  |  | $ | 2.97 |
Granted |  | 662,301 |  |  | $ | 2.78 |
Vested |  | (748,026) |  |  | $ | 2.84 |
Forfeited |  | (4,667) |  |  | $ | 2.79 |
Unvested shares at December 31, 2020 |  | 1,825,426 |  |  | $ | 2.96 |
|  | Fiscal Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Fair value of restricted shares vested |  | $ | 1,476,300 |  |  | $ | 1,406,552 |
Unrecognized compensation cost for restricted shares |  | $ | 4,048,729 |  |  | $ | 4,536,683 |
Weighted average remaining period to expense restricted shares (years) |  | 3.41 |  | 3.14
Dividends Dividends on common stock are recorded when declared by the Board of Directors. Dividends were declared and paid quarterly commencing in May 2019. In March 2020 the Company suspended its dividend due to the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 global pandemic, however it declared a quarterly cash divided in December 2020 which will be payable to shareholders of record as of March 1, 2021. Dividends payable consist of the following:
|  | 2013 common stock dividend (2) |  | Dividends payable on issued and outstanding common stock(1) |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 4,063,598 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,063,598 |
Accrued dividend |  | — |  |  | 4,658,576 |  |  | 4,658,576 |
Paid in cash |  | (3,585,239) |  |  | (4,504,974) |  |  | (8,090,213) |
Balance at December 31, 2019 |  | 478,359 |  |  | 153,602 |  |  | 631,961 |
Accrued dividend |  | — |  |  | 908,955 |  |  | 908,955 |
Paid in cash |  | (478,359) |  |  | (56,794) |  |  | (535,153) |
Balance at December 31, 2020 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,005,763 |  |  | $ | 1,005,763 |
(1) Accrued dividends on unvested restricted shares under the Company's incentive compensation plan, plus accrued dividends declared on December 2020 to all shareholders of record as of March 1, 2021. (2) Payable to related parties. Noncontrolling Interests Amounts pertaining to the non-controlling ownership interest held by third parties in the financial position and operating results of the Company’s subsidiaries and/or consolidated VIEs are reported as non-controlling interest in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The non-controlling ownership interest attributable to NBHC and its wholly-owned shipowning subsidiaries amounts to approximately $50,067,000 and $71,003,403 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Non-controlling interest attributable to VBC was approximately $1,598,000 and $1,822,000 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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