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Stockholders' Equity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Stockholders' Equity  
Stockholders' Equity

6.  Stockholders’ Equity

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had 103,151,781 shares of common stock outstanding. The Company declared and paid dividends as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

Dividends Per

Total

 

Quarter Paid

    

Share

    

Dividends

 

Special dividend declared in December 2021 and paid January 2022

 

$

0.32

 

$

33,280

First quarter of 2022

 

$

0.09

 

$

9,360

First quarter of 2021

 

$

0.09

 

$

9,660

Equity-Based Compensation

On May 20, 2002, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan is an equity-based incentive compensation plan, and provides for the grants of up to a maximum of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (“Awards”). All of the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors are eligible to be granted Awards. Awards under the Plan are made at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors, and have no vesting requirements. Upon granting an Award, the Company will recognize compensation cost equal to the fair value of the Company’s common stock, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, on the date of the grant.

On June 4, 2020 and May 20, 2021, the Company granted shares under the Plan to non-employee directors at a compensation cost of approximately $337,500 at each grant date, which was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses for such periods. Such shares were fully vested on the date of issuance.

    

Shares Available

Compensation

for Grant

Cost

Balance December 31, 2020

1,847,384

$

675,000

Shares granted 2021

(66,564)

337,500

Balance December 31, 2021

1,780,820

1,012,500

Shares granted 2022

-

-

Balance March 31, 2022

1,780,820

$

1,012,500

Repurchase of Common Stock

On June 23, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million of the Company’s common stock from time to time in the open market, privately negotiated transactions or other manners as permitted by federal securities laws. The repurchase authorization may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The Company subsequently repurchased 3,396,243 shares of common stock during the third and fourth quarters of 2021 at an aggregate cost of approximately $18.2 million at an average cost of approximately $5.37 per share, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The Company subsequently repurchased 846,739 shares of common stock during the first quarter of 2022 at an aggregate cost of approximately $4.8 million at an average cost of approximately $5.72 per share, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The excess of the purchase price over the par value of the shares repurchased is applied to reduce additional paid-in capital.

A summary of the repurchase of common stock by the Company is shown in the following table:

(Cost in thousands)

Shares Repurchased

Cost

Balance December 31, 2020

    

1,017,498

    

$

18,775

Repurchase of shares

3,396,243

18,244

Balance, December 31, 2021

4,413,741

37,019

Repurchase of shares

846,739

4,843

Balance, March 31, 2022

5,260,480

$

41,862