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Note 4 - Shareholders' Equity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
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4.

Shareholders’ Equity

 

Pillarstone equity. We have authority to issue up to 450,000,000 shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share, of which 400,000,000 are classified as common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share and 50,000,000 are classified as preferred shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share. Of the 50,000,000 preferred shares of beneficial interest, 1,518,000 shares are designated as Class A Cumulative Preferred Shares ("Class A Preferred Shares") and 300,000 shares are designated as Preferred Class C Convertible Preferred shares ("Class C Preferred Shares").

 

Preferred shares. The Company has outstanding 256,636 Class A Preferred Shares of which 95,226 Class A Preferred Shares were issued to the public. The Class A Preferred Shares bear a liquidation value of $10.00 per share. We have the right to redeem the Class A Preferred Shares.

 

Effective June 30, 2003, we issued 696,078 Class A Preferred Shares valued at approximately $2.4 million to James C. Mastandrea, our Chairman and previous Chief Executive Officer and President, and John J. Dee, our previous Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, pursuant to separate restricted share agreements. Under each restricted share agreement, the restricted shares vest upon the date our gross assets exceed $50 million. None of the restricted shares have vested. While the Company's gross assets exceed $50 million, when considering its 18.6% ownership of Pillarstone OP, its effective ownership of gross assets is less than $50 million.

 

In conjunction with a one-time incentive exchange offer for Class A Preferred shareholders, Messrs. Mastandrea and Dee exchanged 534,668 of these restricted Class A Preferred Shares into 163,116 restricted common shares. The restrictions described above are also applicable to their common shares. The 161,410 restricted Class A Preferred Shares continuing to be held by Messrs. Mastandrea and Dee can each be converted into 0.305 restricted common shares.

 

Holders of the remaining 95,226 Class A Preferred Shares did not participate in the one-time exchange offer above and, as a result, these Class A Preferred Shares are convertible into 0.046 common shares, subject to certain formulas.

 

Effective September 29, 2006, Pillarstone filed articles supplementary to its Declaration of Trust, as amended, restated and supplemented with the State Department of Assessment and Taxation of Maryland designating 300,000 Class C Preferred Shares. The Class C Preferred Shares have voting rights equal to the number of common shares into which they are convertible. Each Class C Preferred Share is convertible into common shares by dividing the sum of $10.00 and any accrued but unpaid dividends on the Class C Preferred Shares by the conversion price of $1.00. The Class C Preferred Shares have a liquidation preference of $10.00 per share, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends, and can be redeemed by the board of trustees at any time, with notice, at the same price per share.

 

Restricted Common Shares. The following table summarizes the activity of our unvested restricted common shares:

 

   

Unvested Restricted Common Shares

 
           

Weighted-Average

 
   

Number of

   

Grant-Date

 
   

Shares

   

Fair Value

 
                 

Unvested at December 31, 2023

    168,449     $ 11.44  

Vested

    -       -  

Unvested at December 31, 2024

    168,449     $ 11.44  

Vested

    -       -  

Unvested at June 30, 2025

    168,449     $ 11.44  

 

In the above table, 163,116 restricted shares vest upon meeting performance goals as discussed under “Preferred Shares.” Since the grant date, we have determined that meeting these performance goals is not probable, and no compensation expense has been recognized related to this grant. The grant date fair value of $1.8 million would be recognized at the point we deem it probable that we would meet the performance goals. The balance of 5,333 restricted shares had grant date fair values totaling $79 thousand, which was recognized in prior periods though the restrictions remain on the shares.