10. Equity

In June 2013, the Company settled 175,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) granted in 2009, 2010 and 2011 to Michael B. Targoff, Vice Chairman of the Company and former Chief Executive Officer and President. In connection with this settlement, the Company issued to Mr. Targoff 91,204 shares of its voting common stock, net of 83,796 shares to satisfy withholding taxes. The grant date fair value of these RSUs was previously recorded as stock-based compensation as the RSUs vested, and the stock issuance had no effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Special Dividend and Special Distribution

On March 28, 2012, our Board of Directors declared a special dividend of $13.60 per share for an aggregate dividend of $417.6 million. The dividend was paid on April 20, 2012 to holders of record of Loral voting and non-voting common stock as of April 10, 2012. In accordance with Loral’s stock incentive plan, an equitable adjustment was made to outstanding stock-based awards to reflect the special dividend. As a result, options outstanding increased by 19,058 and RSUs increased by 6,875. This equitable adjustment had no effect on our consolidated financial statements. Mr. Targoff, who elected to receive the dividend on his RSUs at the $13.60 per share value, received 19,368 shares of Loral voting common stock, net of 18,774 shares to satisfy withholding taxes, in lieu of cash payments totaling $2.4 million on his RSU settlement date in June 2013.

On November 7, 2012, in connection with the receipt of the proceeds from the Sale, our Board of Directors declared a special distribution of $29.00 per share for an aggregate distribution of $892.1 million. The special distribution was paid on December 4, 2012 to holders of record of Loral voting and non-voting common stock as of November 19, 2012. In accordance with Loral’s stock incentive plan, an equitable adjustment was made to outstanding stock-based awards to reflect the special distribution. This equitable adjustment had no effect on our consolidated financial statements. Mr. Targoff, who elected to receive the special distribution related to his RSUs at the $29.00 per share value, received 41,300 shares of Loral voting common stock, net of 40,033 shares to satisfy withholding taxes, in lieu of cash payments totaling $5.1 million on his RSU settlement date in June 2013.

Treasury Stock

In November 2011, our Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to 800,000 shares of our voting common stock. These purchases may be made from time to time in the open market or private transactions, as conditions may warrant. We intend to hold repurchased shares of our voting common stock in treasury. We account for the treasury shares using the cost method.

The following is a summary of common stock purchases under this repurchase program (total cost in thousands):


	Shares Repurchased	Total Cost		Average Cost
Year ended December 31,
2012	18,000	$	1,192	$	66.22
2011	136,494		8,400		61.54
Total program	154,494	$	9,592	$	62.04