Note 5 – Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company’s charter authorizes the issuance of 10,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 3,105 shares of Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”), issued and outstanding. The Series A Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $25 per share.

Preferred stock dividend activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is summarized in the following table:

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The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividend payments only when, as and if declared by the Board (or a duly authorized committee of the Board). Dividends will accrue or be payable in cash from the original issue date, on a cumulative basis, quarterly in arrears on each dividend payment date at a fixed rate per annum equal to 7.50% of the liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (equivalent to $1.875 per share on an annual basis). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will be cumulative and will accrue whether or not (i) funds are legally available for the payment of those dividends, (ii) the Company has earnings or (iii) those dividends are declared by the Board. The quarterly dividend payment dates on the Series A Preferred Stock are January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year. During each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid preferred dividends of $4,366 and $4,365 respectively.

Common Stock

The Company has 500,000 authorized shares of common stock, $0.001 par value. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 48,188 and 43,806 outstanding shares of common stock, respectively.

On August 17, 2020, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into a Sales Agreement with certain sales agents, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, up to $150,000 of its common stock (the “ATM Program”). During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company generated gross proceeds of $25,050 through ATM Program equity issuances of 1,930 shares of the Company’s common stock at an average offering price of $12.98 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company generated gross proceeds of $39,221 through ATM Program equity issuances of 3,170 shares of the Company’s common stock at an average offering price of $12.37 per share.

Common stock dividend activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is summarized in the following table:

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid total dividends on its common stock, LTIP Units and OP Units in the aggregate amount of $29,588 and $21,167, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had an accrued dividend balance of $516 and $580 for dividends payable on the aggregate annual and long-term LTIP Units that are subject to retroactive receipt of dividends on the amount of LTIP Units ultimately earned. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, $512 of dividends were accrued and $576 of dividends were paid related to these units. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, $265 of dividends were accrued and $85 of dividends were paid related to these units.

The amount of the dividends paid to the Company’s stockholders is determined by the Board and is dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for payment of dividends, the Company’s financial condition and capital expenditure requirements except that, in accordance with the Company’s organizational documents and Maryland law, the Company may not make dividend distributions that would: (i) cause it to be unable to pay its debts as they become due in the usual course of business; (ii) cause its total assets to be less than the sum of its total liabilities plus senior liquidation preferences; or (iii) jeopardize its ability to maintain its qualification as a REIT.

OP Units

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, three OP Unit holders redeemed an aggregate of 1,185 OP Units for shares of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate redemption value of $15,245. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 49 OP Units with a value of $506 in connection with a facility acquisition. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2019, two OP Unit holders redeemed an aggregate of 51 OP Units for shares of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate redemption value of $519. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, there were 1,958 and 3,143 OP Units issued and outstanding, respectively, with an aggregate value of $12,636 and $27,881, respectively. The OP Unit value at issuance and redemption is based on the Company’s closing share price on the date of the respective transaction and is included as a component of noncontrolling interest equity in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The Company has sufficient shares of common stock authorized pursuant to its charter to cover the redemption of outstanding OP Units.