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COMMON STOCK
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK
Share Repurchase Program - Over the past twenty years, our Board of Directors has annually renewed the Company’s share repurchase program, which permits the Company to repurchase, in accordance with SEC rules, up to 5 million shares of our outstanding common stock (i) in the open market, (ii) in privately negotiated transactions, or (iii) under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Board of Directors authorized the Share Repurchase Program on February 11, 2026, permitting repurchases through March 31, 2027.
Common Stock Issued for the Transaction - Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 30, 2024, by and among the Company, Marcum and the other parties thereto (the “Merger Agreement”) and as part of the total purchase price consideration, we issued shares of our common stock to the selling shareholders in the Transaction. Refer to Note 2, Business Combinations, for more detail.
Right of First Refusal Program - Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company and selling shareholders entered into a Right of First Refusal Agreement (the “ROFR Agreement”). Under the ROFR Agreement, the selling shareholders granted the Company a right of first refusal to repurchase all or any portion of our common stock issued to the selling shareholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement. The Company holds the right of first refusal until November 1, 2028.
The Share Repurchase Program does not obligate us to acquire any specific number of shares and may be suspended at any time. Repurchased shares are held in treasury and may be reserved for future use in connection with acquisitions, employee share plans and other general purposes. Under the 2024 Credit Facilities, described in Note 10, Debt and Financing Arrangements, share repurchases are unlimited when total leverage is less than 3.0x on a proforma basis including such share repurchases, so long as no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing, and no default or event of default would occur as a result of such share repurchases. When leverage is greater than 3.0x but less than the Adjusted Total Leverage Ratio (defined as the maximum leverage ration less 0.25x) on a proforma basis including share repurchases, the annual share repurchase is limited to the greater of $50.0 million and 10% of Pro Forma EBITDA.
In addition, share repurchases and other restricted payments may also be made provided that the aggregate amount of all restricted payments permitted under the 2024 Credit Facilities do not exceed the available amount, which is the sum of, among other customary grower components, (a) the greater of $145 million and 35% of EBITDA and (b) an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, equal to 50% of net income for the period commencing with January 1, 2025 and ending on the then most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the agent, calculated on a pro forma basis. The foregoing is permitted only so long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing at the time of the consummation of any such share repurchase and other restricted payments and no event of default would occur after giving effect to such share repurchase and other restricted payments, and so long as the borrower, on a pro forma basis, would be in compliance with each of the total net leverage ratio covenant and the interest coverage ratio covenant.
Under the Share Repurchase Program, we repurchased 1.5 million shares of our common stock for a total cost of $109.1 million under the ROFR Agreement and 0.9 million shares of our common stock in the open market during the year ended December 31, 2025 for a total cost of $50.9 million. We repurchased no shares on the open market during the year ended December 31, 2024. Shares repurchased to settle statutory employee withholding related to vesting of stock awards were 0.1 million shares at a cost of $7.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2025 and 0.2 million shares at a cost of $11.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2024.