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PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Equity [Abstract]  
PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK
Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue up to $50.0 million shares of preferred stock. In connection with an underwritten public offering in September 2021 (discussed below in detail), the Company issued 2.0 million shares of its Series A Preferred Stock. As of each March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, 1.7 million shares of Series A Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding.
Series A Preferred Stock - Terms
Holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to cumulative dividends in the amount of $1.84375 per share each year, which is equivalent to the rate of 7.375% of the $25 liquidation preference per share per annum. The Series A Preferred Stock has no stated maturity and will remain outstanding indefinitely unless redeemed, converted or otherwise repurchased. Except in limited circumstances relating to the Company’s qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and as described in
the articles supplementary governing the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Articles Supplementary”), the Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable prior to September 17, 2026.
On and after September 17, 2026, at any time and from time to time, the Series A Preferred Stock will be redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a cash redemption price of $25 per share, plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid (whether or not authorized or declared), if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. In addition, upon the occurrence of a Delisting Event or a Change of Control (each as defined in the Articles Supplementary), the Company may, subject to certain conditions, at its option, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, (i) after the first date on which the Delisting Event occurred or (ii) on, or within 120 days after, the first date on which the Change of Control occurred, as applicable, by paying the liquidation preference of $25 per share, plus an amount equal to all dividends accrued and unpaid (whether or not authorized or declared), if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control during a continuing Delisting Event, unless the Company has elected to exercise its redemption right, holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will have certain rights to convert the Series A Preferred Stock into shares of the Company’s Class C Common Stock. In addition, upon the occurrence of a Delisting Event, the dividend rate will be increased on the day after the occurrence of the Delisting Event by 2.00% per annum to the rate of 9.375% of the $25 liquidation preference per share per annum (equivalent to $2.34 per share each year) from and after the date of the Delisting Event. Following the cure of such Delisting Event, the dividend rate will revert to the rate of 7.375% of the $25 liquidation preference per share per annum. The necessary conditions to convert the Series A Preferred Stock into the Company’s Class C Common Stock have not been met as of March 31, 2026.
The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Company’s Class C Common Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
Voting rights for holders of Series A Preferred Stock exist primarily with respect to the ability to elect two additional directors to the board of directors if six or more quarterly dividends (whether or not authorized or declared or consecutive) payable on the Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears, and with respect to voting on amendments to the Company’s charter (which includes the Articles Supplementary) that materially and adversely affect the rights of the Series A Preferred Stock or create additional classes or series of shares of the Company’s capital stock that are senior to the Series A Preferred Stock. Other than the limited circumstances described above and in the Articles Supplementary, holders of Series A Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights.
Series A Preferred Stock Dividends
Dividends on the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock accrue in an amount equal to $1.84375 per share each year ($0.460938 per share per quarter) to holders of Series A Preferred Stock, which is equivalent to 7.375% of the $25 liquidation preference per share per annum. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are cumulative and payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of January, April, July and October of each year (or, if not a business day, the next succeeding business day) to holders of record on the applicable record date. Any accrued and unpaid dividends payable with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock become part of the liquidation preference thereof.
On March 17, 2026, the Company’s board of directors declared Series A Preferred Stock dividends payable of $0.8 million for the first quarter of 2026, which was paid on April 15, 2026.
Preferred Stock Repurchase Program
On March 4, 2025, the Company’s board of directors authorized the Company to repurchase shares of its Series A Preferred Stock up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of proceeds from sales of the Company’s Class C Common Stock during the trailing twelve month period (the “Repurchase Program”). Repurchases under the Repurchase Program may be made through open market purchases, block purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other methods of acquiring shares permitted by applicable law, and the amount and timing of any repurchases will be dependent on various factors, including market conditions and corporate and regulatory considerations. Repurchases under the Repurchase Program may also be made pursuant to a plan adopted under Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Repurchase Program was scheduled to expire on December 31, 2026, and it may be suspended or discontinued at any time. On January 16, 2026, the Company’s board approved an amendment to the Repurchase Program to (1) extend the expiration date of the Repurchase Program from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2027 and (2) set the maximum amount of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that may be repurchased under the Repurchase Program at $49.6 million, including shares of Series A Preferred Stock that had been repurchased as of January 16, 2026.
From March 4, 2025 through March 31, 2026, the Company repurchased a total of 319,609 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, representing 16.0% of shares issued, for a total of $7.6 million at an average cost of $23.90 per share.
Common Stock Distributions
Aggregate distributions declared per share of Class C Common Stock were $0.30 and $0.29 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.