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Equity
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity Equity
Common Stock and General Partner OP Units
The General Partner is authorized to issue up to 1.5 billion shares of Common Stock. As of September 30, 2020, the General Partner had approximately 1.1 billion shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. Additionally, the Operating Partnership had approximately 1.1 billion General Partner OP Units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020, corresponding to the General Partner’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Common Stock Continuous Offering Program
The Company has a continuous equity offering program pursuant to which the Company may sell shares of Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $750.0 million from time to time through April 15, 2022 in “at-the-market” offerings or certain other transactions (the “ATM Program”). The proceeds from any sale of shares under the ATM Program have been or will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include funding potential acquisitions and repurchasing or repaying outstanding indebtedness.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 13.3 million shares under the ATM Program, at a weighted average price per share of $6.81, for gross proceeds of $90.6 million. The weighted average price per share, net of commissions, was $6.73, for net proceeds of $89.4 million. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had $572.7 million available to be sold under the ATM Program. The Company incurred $0.1 million of other offering expenses.
Series F Preferred Stock and Series F Preferred OP Units
The Series F Preferred Stock pays cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 6.70% per annum on their liquidation preference of $25.00 per share (equivalent to $1.675 per share on an annual basis). The General Partner may, at its option, redeem shares of the Series F Preferred Stock, in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus, subject to exceptions, any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for redemption. The shares of Series F Preferred Stock have no stated maturity, are not subject to any sinking fund or mandatory redemption and will remain outstanding indefinitely unless the General Partner redeems or otherwise repurchases them or they become convertible and are converted into Common Stock (or, if applicable, alternative consideration). The Series F Preferred Stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol VER PRF. The Series F Preferred Units contain the same terms as the Series F Preferred Stock.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company redeemed a total of 12.0 million shares of Series F Preferred Stock, representing approximately 38.87% of the issued and outstanding shares of Series F Preferred Stock as of the beginning of the year. The shares of Series F Preferred Stock were redeemed at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends. As of September 30, 2020, there were approximately 18.9 million shares of Series F Preferred Stock, approximately 18.9 million corresponding General Partner Series F Preferred Units and 49,766 Limited Partner Series F Preferred Units issued and outstanding.
Limited Partner OP Units
As of September 30, 2020 the Operating Partnership had approximately 0.8 million Limited Partner OP Units outstanding.
Common Stock Dividends
On August 5, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.077 per share of Common Stock for the third quarter of 2020 to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2020, which was paid on October 15, 2020. An equivalent distribution by the Operating Partnership is applicable per OP Unit.
Share Repurchase Program
The Company has a share repurchase program (the “2019 Share Repurchase Program”) that permits the Company to repurchase up to $200.0 million of its outstanding Common Stock through May 6, 2022. Under the 2019 Share Repurchase Program, repurchases can be made through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, structured or derivative transactions, including accelerated stock repurchase transactions, or other methods of acquiring shares in accordance with applicable securities laws and other legal requirements. The 2019 Share Repurchase Program does not obligate the Company to make any repurchases at a specific time or in a specific situation and repurchases are influenced by prevailing market conditions, the trading price of the Common Stock, the Company’s financial performance and other conditions. Shares of Common Stock repurchased by the Company under the 2019 Share Repurchase Program, if any, will be returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock.
There were no share repurchases under the 2019 Share Repurchase Program during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had $200.0 million available for share repurchases under the 2019 Share Repurchase Program.