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EQUITY
3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014
EQUITY [Abstract]  
EQUITY
NOTE 4 • EQUITY
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, on June 27, 2013, the Company filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC to enable the Company to offer and sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, an indeterminate amount of its common and preferred shares of beneficial interest and debt securities. The Company subsequently filed, on July 18, 2013, a prospectus supplement under this registration statement, relating to 10 million common shares registered for purchase under the Company's Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan. On August 30, 2013, the Company entered into an ATM program with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may from time to time offer and sell its common shares of beneficial interest having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $75.0 million. Sales of common shares, if any, under the program will depend upon market conditions and other factors to be determined by the Company. The Company to date has issued no shares under this program.
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, the Company issued approximately 204,000 common shares, with a total grant-date value of approximately $1.9 million, under the Company's 2008 Incentive Award Plan, for executive officer and trustee share-based compensation for fiscal year 2014 performance. Of these shares, approximately 105,000 are restricted, and will vest on the one-year anniversary of the grant date (i.e., on April 30, 2015), provided the recipient is still employed with the Company, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's LTIP.   During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the Company issued approximately 13,000 common shares, with a total grant-date value of approximately $112,000, under the 2008 Incentive Award Plan, for trustee share-based compensation for fiscal year 2013 performance.
The Company has a Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan ("DRIP"). The DRIP provides common shareholders and UPREIT Unitholders of the Company an opportunity to invest their cash distributions in common shares of the Company, and purchase additional shares through voluntary cash contributions, at a discount (currently 3%) from the market price. The maximum monthly voluntary cash contribution permitted without prior Company approval is currently $10,000. The Company can issue waivers to DRIP participants to provide for investments in excess of the $10,000 maximum monthly investment. During the three months ended July 31, 2014, the Company issued approximately 926,000 shares at an average price of $8.64 per share pursuant to such waivers, for total net proceeds to the Company of $8.0 million. During the three months ended July 31, 2013, the Company issued 1.4 million shares at an average price of $8.88 per share pursuant to such waivers, for total net proceeds to the Company of $12.0 million.  During the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, 2.4 million and 2.6 million common shares with a total value of $20.9 million and $22.7 million, respectively, were issued under the DRIP plan.
During the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, 3.1 million Units and approximately 125,000 Units were converted to common shares, with a total value of $18.3 million and approximately $706,000 included in equity. Under the Company's Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan, approximately 2.4 million common shares and 2.6 million common shares were issued during the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, with a total value of $20.9 million and $22.7 million included in equity, and an average price per share of $8.64 and $8.72, respectively, after applicable discounts.