STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock Dividend

Our Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.07 per share on November 6, 2018. The dividend of $2.3 million was paid on January 18, 2019 to stockholders of record as of January 2, 2019.

Treasury Stock

From December 6, 2017 through March 6, 2018, we had the ability through our stock purchase program to re-purchase our common stock at prevailing market prices either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions up to $2.0 million. On March 6, 2018, we reached the limit of $2.0 million and share re-purchases were ceased. From the inception of the plan through March 6, 2018, we purchased 495,091 shares of our common stock for $2.0 million or an average price of $4.04 per share.

On May 14, 2018, our Board of Directors approved a new program to buy back an additional $2.0 million of our common stock at prevailing market prices either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions through May 13, 2019. For the three months ending March 31, 2019, the Company purchased 52,000 shares of our common stock for $0.2 million for an average price of $3.29 per share, related to the new program. From May 14, 2018 through March 31, 2019, the Company purchased 576,129 shares of our common stock for $1.8 million or an average price $3.20 per share.