Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Note 20 — Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

In December 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a plan to repurchase up to $20,000 of the Company’s common shares before commissions and fees. The repurchase plan allows the Company to repurchase shares from time to time through December 31, 2019. The shares may be purchased for cash in open market purchases, block transactions and privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable federal securities laws. The share repurchase plan may be modified, suspended, terminated or extended by the Company any time without prior notice.

For each of the last two years, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a

one-year

plan to repurchase up to $20,000 of the Company’s common shares before commissions and fees. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company repurchased and retired 511,628 and 433,175 shares, respectively, at weighted average prices per share of $39.09 and $34.94, respectively. The total costs of shares repurchased, inclusive of fees and commissions, during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were $20,015 and $15,155, respectively, or $39.12 and $34.98 per share, respectively.

Series B Junior Participating Preferred Share Purchase Right

On April 18, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors terminated the Company’s shareholder rights plan by amending the share purchase right’s expiration date to April 18, 2017. Prior to the amended expiration date, one preferred share purchase right entitled a common shareholder to purchase from the Company one

one-hundredth

of a share of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, no par value, at a price of $125.00 per one

one-hundredth

of such preferred share.

Share Repurchase Agreements

In conjunction with the issuance of the 4.25% Convertible Notes as described in Note 14 — “Long-Term Debt” under

Convertible Senior Notes

, the Company used $20,345 of the net proceeds to repurchase and retire an aggregate of 413,600 shares of its common stock at a price of $49.19 per share from institutional investors.

Prepaid Share Repurchase Forward Contracts

The Company has one outstanding prepaid share repurchase forward contract entered into with Societe Generale, a forward counterparty. The Company entered into this forward contract in conjunction with the March 2017 issuance of the

4.25

% Convertible Notes as described in

Note 14 — “Long-Term Debt” under

Convertible Senior Notes

. Under the forward contract, the Company made an initial upfront payment of

$9,400 in exchange for the future delivery of 191,000 shares of the Company’s common stock over a settlement period in 2022.

The forward contract is subject to early settlement, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the final settlement date at the option of the forward counterparty, as well as early settlement or settlement with alternative consideration in the event of certain corporate transactions. In the event the Company pays any cash dividends on its common shares, the forward counterparty will pay an equivalent amount to the Company. The shares to be purchased under the forward contract will be treated as retired for financial statement purposes as of the effective date of the forward contract, but will remain outstanding for corporate law purposes, including for purposes of any future stockholders votes.

The Company determined that the forward contract does not meet the characteristics of a derivative instrument and, as such, the transaction resulted in an immediate reduction of the outstanding shares used to calculate the weighted-average common shares outstanding for both basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share.

In November 2018, the Company’s share repurchase forward contract with Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, entered into in conjunction with the 2013 issuance of the

3.875

% Convertible Notes, was settled with the delivery of

622,751

shares of the Company’s common stock.

Preferred Stock

Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were no Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock issued or outstanding.

Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock (“Series B Preferred”)

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were no Series B Preferred issued or outstanding.

Undesignated Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to an additional 18,100,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value. The authorized but unissued and undesignated preferred stock may be issued in one or more series and the shares of each series shall have such rights as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors subject to the rights of the holders of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred.