EQUITY

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

EQUITY

EQUITY

NOTE 12. EQUITY

SHELF REGISTRATION

On April 1, 2021, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, relating to the registration and potential issuance of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and units with a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $350.0 million (the “2021 Registration Statement”). The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the 2021 Registration Statement effective on April 19, 2021.

On October 11, 2022, the Company filed a new shelf registration statement on Form S-3, relating to the registration and potential issuance of its common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and units with a maximum aggregate offering price of up to $500.0 million (the “2022 Registration Statement”). The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the 2022 Registration Statement effective on October 26, 2022. The 2021 Registration Statement was terminated concurrently with the effectiveness of the 2022 Registration Statement.

EQUITY OFFERING

On December 5, 2022, the Company completed a follow-on public offering of 3,450,000 shares of common stock, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 450,000 shares of common stock. Upon closing, the Company issued 3,450,000 shares and received net proceeds of $62.4 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and expenses.

ATM PROGRAM

On April 30, 2021, the Company implemented a $150.0 million “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “2021 ATM Program”) pursuant to which the Company sold shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 961,261 shares under the 2021 ATM Program for gross proceeds of $21.1 million at a weighted average price of $21.99 per share, generating net proceeds of $20.8 million after deducting transaction fees totaling less than $0.3 million. The Company was not active under the 2021 ATM Program during the year ended December 31, 2021. The 2021 ATM Program was terminated in connection with the establishment of the 2022 ATM Program (hereinafter defined).

On October 28, 2022, the Company implemented a $150.0 million “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “2022 ATM Program”) pursuant to which the Company may sell, from time to time, shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 604,765 shares under the 2022 ATM Program for gross proceeds of $12.3 million at a weighted average price of $20.29 per share, generating net proceeds of $12.1 million after deducting transaction fees totaling $0.2 million. The Company was not active under the 2022 ATM Program during the year ended December 31, 2023. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 125,857 shares under the 2022 ATM Program for gross proceeds of $2.1 million at a weighted average price of $17.05 per share, generating net proceeds of $2.1 million after deducting transaction fees totaling less than $0.1 million. As of March 31, 2024, $135.6 million of availability remained under the 2022 ATM Program.

PREFERRED STOCK

On June 28, 2021, the Company priced a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its 6.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) at a public offering price of $25.00 per share. The offering closed on July 6, 2021 and generated total net proceeds to the Company of $72.4 million, after deducting the underwriting

discount and expenses. The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. The Series A Preferred Stock has no maturity date and will remain outstanding unless redeemed.

The Series A Preferred Stock is not redeemable by the Company prior to July 6, 2026 except under limited circumstances intended to preserve the Company’s qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes or upon the occurrence of a change of control, as defined in the Articles Supplementary designating the Series A Preferred Stock (the “Articles Supplementary”). Upon such change in control, the Company may redeem, at its election, the Series A Preferred Stock at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends up to, but excluding the date of redemption, and in limited circumstances, the holders of preferred stock shares may convert some or all of their Series A Preferred Stock into shares of the Company’s common stock at conversion rates set forth in the Articles Supplementary.

See Note 14, “Share Repurchases” for the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock repurchase activity.

See Note 23, “Subsequent Events” for a description of the Company’s follow-on public offering of 1,718,417 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.

DIVIDENDS

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes under the Code commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2020. In order to maintain its qualification as a REIT, the Company must annually distribute, at a minimum, an amount equal to 90% of its taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and must distribute 100% of its taxable income (including net capital gains) to eliminate U.S. federal income taxes payable by the Company. Because taxable income differs from cash flow from operations due to non-cash revenues and expenses (such as depreciation and other items), in certain circumstances, the Company may generate operating cash flow in excess of its dividends, or alternatively, may elect to make dividend payments in excess of operating cash flows.

The following table outlines dividends declared and paid for each issuance of CTO’s stock during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2024		March 31, 2023
Series A Preferred Stock
Dividends	$	1,187	$	1,195
Per Share	$	0.40	$	0.40
Common Stock
Dividends	$	8,601	$	8,658
Per Share	$	0.38	$	0.38