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Related Party Transaction
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transaction
Related Party Transaction
On October 7, 2016 the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “Equity Distribution Agreement”) with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (the “Agent”), pursuant to which the Company may sell up to 500,000 shares of 9.00% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock'), par value $1.00 per share through an at-the-market ("ATM") offering program administered by the Agent. The Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President of Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company’s board of directors. Under the Equity Distribution Agreement, the Agent will be entitled to compensation of up to 2.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Preferred Stock under the ATM offering program. As of April 30, 2019, the total number of shares sold pursuant to the program was 352,982. For the three months ended April 30, 2019, the Company issued 16,656 shares of Preferred Stock under the ATM offering program. Gross proceeds from these sales for the three months ended April 30, 2019 were approximately $417,000 and the Agent received compensation of approximately $8,000. The Non-Executive Chairman of the Company received no portion of this compensation.