Shareholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

We have a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), whereby shareholders may use their dividends and optional cash payments to purchase shares. In 2019, 2018 and 2017, 15,909 shares, 17,952 shares and 17,911 shares, respectively, were issued under the Plan.

On September 29, 2017, we issued 6,000,000 Depositary Shares, each representing 1/1000th interest of 5.0% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share, par value $0.01 per share ("Series C Preferred Shares"), at the liquidation preference of $25.00 per depositary share (or $25,000 per Series C Preferred share) in an underwritten public offering, which were outstanding as of December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017. The Series C Preferred Shares accrue dividends at a rate of 5.0% of the $25,000 liquidation preference per year and are redeemable at our option on or after September 29, 2022. Additionally, they are not convertible and holders of these shares generally have no voting rights, unless we fail to pay dividends for six or more quarters. The net proceeds after underwriting fees and other costs were approximately $145.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.

As of December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, we had 399,896 shares of 5.417% Series 1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (“Series 1 Preferred Shares”) outstanding that have a liquidation preference of $25 per share and par value $0.01 per share. The Series 1 Preferred Shares accrue dividends at a rate of 5.417% per year and are convertible at any time by the holders to our common shares at a conversion rate of $104.69 per share. The Series 1 Preferred Shares are also convertible under certain circumstances at our election. The holders of the Series 1 Preferred Shares have no voting rights.

On May 7, 2018, we replaced our existing at-the-market (“ATM”) equity program with a new ATM equity program in which we may from time to time offer and sell common shares having an aggregate offering price of up to $400.0 million. We intend to use the net proceeds to fund potential acquisition opportunities, fund our development and redevelopment pipeline, repay amounts of outstanding under our revolving credit facility and/or for general corporate purposes. For the year ended December 31, 2019, we issued 1,069,699 common shares at a weighted average price per share of $134.71 for net cash proceeds of $142.7 million and paid $1.2 million in commissions and $0.2 million in additional offering expenses related to the sales of these common shares. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we issued 987,383 common shares at a weighted average price per share of $129.19 for net cash proceeds of $126.1 million and paid $1.3 million in commissions and $0.2 million in additional offering expenses related to the sales of these common shares. As of December 31, 2019, we had the capacity to issue up to $128.3 million in common shares under our ATM equity program.