Stockholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

13. Stockholders’ Equity

Our authorized capital stock consists of 100.0 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 50.0 million shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were 33.0 million and 33.8 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding, respectively, and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

On May 10, 2017, our stockholders approved the adoption of the Century Communities, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (which we refer to as our “2017 Incentive Plan”), which replaced our First Amended & Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan.  We had reserved a total of 1.8 million shares of our common stock for issuance under our First Amended & Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, of which approximately 0.6 million shares rolled over into the 2017 Incentive Plan when it became effective. On May 8, 2019, our stockholders approved the Century Communities, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (which we refer to as our “Amended 2017 Incentive Plan”), which increased the number of shares of our common stock authorized for issuance under the 2017 Incentive Plan by an additional 1.6 million shares. We issued 0.5 million and 0.6 million shares of common stock related to the vesting and settlement of RSUs and PSUs during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of March 31, 2022, approximately 0.3 million shares of common stock remained available for issuance under the Amended 2017 Incentive Plan.  

On May 19, 2021, our Board of Directors announced the approval of the initiation of a quarterly cash dividend. The following table sets forth cash dividends declared by our Board of Directors to holders of record of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2022 (in thousands, except per share information):

			Cash Dividends Declared
Declaration Date	Record Date	Payable Date	Per Share		Amount
February 16, 2022	March 2, 2022	March 16, 2022	$	0.20	$	6,657

Under the Amended 2017 Incentive Plan, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, RSUs and PSUs granted under the plan have the right to earn dividend equivalents, which entitles the holders of such RSUs and PSUs to additional RSUs and PSUs equal to the same dividend value per share as holders of common stock. Dividend equivalents are subject to the same vesting and other terms and conditions as the underlying RSUs and PSUs.

On November 27, 2019, we entered into a Distribution Agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and Fifth Third Securities, Inc. (which we refer to as the “Distribution Agreement”), as sales agents pursuant to which we may offer and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million from time to time through any of the sales agents party thereto in “at-the-market” offerings, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Distribution Agreement. This Distribution Agreement, which superseded and replaced a prior similar distribution agreement, and was amended in July 2021 to acknowledge our filing of a new registration statement on Form S-3 registering the issuance and sale of shares of our common stock under the Distribution Agreement and replace Citigroup Global Markets Inc. with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as a sales agent, had all $100.0 million available for sale as of March 31, 2022.  We did not sell or issue any shares of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Distribution Agreement will remain in full force and effect until terminated by either party pursuant to the terms of the agreement or such date that the maximum offering amount has been sold in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

On November 6, 2018, we authorized a stock repurchase program, under which we may repurchase up to 4,500,000 shares of our outstanding common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, an aggregate of 1.0 million shares were repurchased for a total purchase price of approximately $62.4 million and a weighted average price of $61.52 per share. During the three months ended

March 31, 2021 we did not repurchase any shares of common stock. The maximum number of shares available to be purchased under the stock repurchase program as of March 31, 2022 was 2,799,552 shares.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, shares of common stock at a total cost of $12.1 million and $12.2 million, respectively, were netted and surrendered as payment for minimum statutory withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of outstanding stock-based compensation awards. Shares surrendered by the participants in accordance with the applicable award agreements and plan are deemed repurchased and retired by us but are not part of publicly announced share repurchase programs.