SERIES B MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Other Liabilities and Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption [Abstract]
SERIES B MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK	SERIES B MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCKDuring the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company redeemed all of its remaining 16,900 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock for $16.9 million. As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no Series B Preferred Stock remained outstanding. Amortization expense totaling approximately $61,000 was included in interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. The unamortized deferred costs totaled zero as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Disclosure of the nature and terms of the financial instruments and the rights and obligations embodied in those instruments, information about settlement alternatives, if any, in the contract and identification of the entity that controls the settlement alternatives including: a. The amount that would be paid, or the number of shares that would be issued and their fair value, determined under the conditions specified in the contract if the settlement were to occur at the reporting date b. How changes in the fair value of the issuer's equity shares would affect those settlement amounts (for example, "the issuer is obligated to issue an additional x shares or pay an additional y dollars in cash for each $1 decrease in the fair value of one share") c. The maximum amount that the issuer could be required to pay to redeem the instrument by physical settlement, if applicable d. The maximum number of shares that could be required to be issued, if applicable e. That a contract does not limit the amount that the issuer could be required to pay or the number of shares that the issuer could be required to issue, if applicable f. For a forward contract or an option indexed to the issuer's equity shares, the forward price or option strike price, the number of issuer's shares to which the contract is indexed, and the settlement date or dates of the contract, as applicable. g. The components of the liability that would otherwise be related to shareholders' interest and other comprehensive income (if any) subject to the redemption feature (for example, par value and other paid in amounts of mandatorily redeemable instruments are disclosed separately from the amount of retained earnings or accumulated deficit).

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