SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Dividend Equivalents

The following table presents the amounts accrued and unpaid dividends on unvested RSUs as of the dates indicated:

		Dividend Equivalent Liabilities
	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020
		(amounts in thousands)
Short-term	Other current liabilities	$	212	$	437
Long-term	Other long-term liabilities	101		477
Total		$	313	$	914

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Following the purchase of shares under the ESPP for the first quarter of 2020, the Company temporarily suspended the ESPP. The ESPP resumed on July 1, 2021. The following table presents the amount of shares purchased and non-cash compensation expense recognized in connection with the ESPP as of the periods indicated:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020
	(amounts in thousands)
Number of shares purchased	39		166
Non-cash compensation expense recognized	$	21	$	43

Share Repurchase Program

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company did not repurchase any shares under the 2017 Share Repurchase Program. As of September 30, 2021, $41.6 million is available for future share repurchases under the 2017 Share Repurchase Program.

Shareholder Rights Agreement

On April 20, 2020, the Company entered into a Rights Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent (as amended from time to time, the "Rights Agreement"), which was previously approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors").

In connection with the Rights Agreement, a dividend was declared of one preferred stock purchase right (each, a "Class A Right") for each share of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), and one preferred stock purchase right (each, a "Class B Right" and, together with the Class A Rights, the "Rights") for each share of the Company's Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class B Common Stock" and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the "Common Stock"), outstanding at the close of business on May 5, 2020 (the "Record Date").

Once the Rights become exercisable, each Right entitled the holder of each Class A Right to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of the Company's Series A Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series A Preferred"), and, with respect to each Class B Right, one one-thousandth of a share of the Company's Series B Junior Participating Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Series B Preferred"), at a price of $6.06 per one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable (in each case, the "Purchase Price"). At the election of the Board of Directors, shares of Series A Preferred and Series B Preferred are convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, respectively.

The Rights expired on April 20, 2021.