Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Equity and Mezzanine Equity

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Equity and Mezzanine Equity
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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Distributions

We paid the following distributions per share for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019:

  For the year ended December 31,
  2021 2020 2019
Common Stock and Non-controlling OP Units $ 1.502175  $ 1.501800  $ 1.500000 
Senior Common Stock 1.0500  1.0500  1.0500 
Series A Preferred Stock —  (1) —  (1) 1.6038191 
Series B Preferred Stock —  (1) —  (1) 1.5521 
Series D Preferred Stock 0.8749998  (2) 1.7500  1.7500 
Series E Preferred Stock 1.656252  1.656252  0.404900  (3)
Series F Preferred Stock 1.5000  0.7500  (4) — 
Series G Preferred Stock 0.75  (5) —  — 
(1)We fully redeemed our Series A and B Preferred Stock on October 28, 2019.
(2)We redeemed all outstanding shares of our Series D Preferred Stock on June 30, 2021.
(3)We issued our Series E Preferred Stock on October 4, 2019.
(4)Prior to July 1, 2020, Series F Preferred Stock distributions were declared, but not paid, as there were no Series F Preferred Stock shares outstanding on the applicable dividend record dates.
(5)Series G Preferred Stock was issued on June 28, 2021.

For federal income tax purposes, distributions paid to stockholders may be characterized as ordinary income, capital gains, return of capital or a combination of the foregoing. The characterization of distributions during each of the last three years is reflected in the table below:
Ordinary Income Return of Capital Long-Term Capital Gains
Common Stock and OP Units
For the year ended December 31, 2019 44.46159  % 55.53841  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 37.28754  % 62.71246  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 28.14778  % 71.85222  % —  %
Senior Common Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2019 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 100.00000  % —  % —  %
Series A Preferred Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2019 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 —  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 —  % —  % —  %
Series B Preferred Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2019 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 —  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 —  % —  % —  %
Series D Preferred Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2019 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 100.00000  % —  % —  %
Series E Preferred Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2019 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 100.00000  % —  % —  %
Series F Preferred Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2019 —  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 100.00000  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 100.00000  % —  % —  %
Series G Preferred Stock
For the year ended December 31, 2019 —  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2020 —  % —  % —  %
For the year ended December 31, 2021 100.00000  % —  % —  %

Recent Activity

Common Stock ATM Program

On December 3, 2019, we entered into an At-the-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “Common Stock Sales Agreement”), with Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (“Baird”), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman Sachs”), Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (“Stifel”), BTIG, LLC, and Fifth Third Securities, Inc. (“Fifth Third”) (collectively the “Common Stock Sales Agents”), pursuant to which we may sell shares of our common stock in an aggregate offering price of up to $250.0 million (the “Common Stock ATM Program”). During the year ended December 31, 2021, we sold 1.8 million shares of common stock, raising $36.6 million in net proceeds under the Common Stock ATM Program. As of December 31, 2021, we had a remaining capacity to sell up to $146.9 million of common stock under the Common Stock Sales Agreement. The proceeds from these issuances were used to acquire real estate, repay outstanding debt and for other general corporate purposes.

Mezzanine Equity

Our 7.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”), 6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”) and 6.00% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series G Preferred Stock”), are classified as mezzanine equity in our consolidated balance sheet because all three are redeemable at the option of the shareholder upon a change of control of greater than 50% in accordance with ASC 480-10-S99 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” which requires mezzanine equity classification for preferred stock issuances with redemption features which are outside of the control of the issuer. A change in control of the Company, outside of our control, is only possible if a
tender offer is accepted by over 90% of our shareholders. All other change in control situations would require input from our Board of Directors. In addition, our Series E Preferred Stock and Series G Preferred Stock are redeemable at the option of the shareholder in the event a delisting event occurs. We will periodically evaluate the likelihood that a change of control or delisting event of greater than 50% will take place, and if we deem this probable, we would adjust the Series E Preferred Stock and Series G Preferred Stock presented in mezzanine equity to their redemption value, with the offset to gain (loss) on extinguishment. We currently believe the likelihood of a change of control of greater than 50% is remote.

Series G Preferred Stock Offering

On June 28, 2021, we completed an underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 shares of our newly designated Series G Preferred Stock at a public offering price of $25.00 per share, raising $100.0 million in gross proceeds and approximately $96.6 million in net proceeds, after payment of underwriting discounts and commissions. We used the net proceeds from this offering to voluntarily redeem all outstanding shares of our Series D Preferred Stock.

Series D Preferred Stock Redemption

On June 30, 2021, we voluntarily redeemed all 3,509,555 outstanding shares of our Series D Preferred Stock at a redemption price of $25.1458333 per share, which represented the liquidation preference per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends through June 30, 2021, for an aggregate redemption price of approximately $88.3 million. In connection with this redemption, we recognized a $2.1 million decrease to net income available to common shareholders pertaining to the original issuance costs incurred upon issuance of our Series D Preferred Stock.

Articles Supplementary Reclassifying Remaining Series D Preferred Stock

On August 5, 2021, we filed Articles Supplementary (the “Reclassification Articles Supplementary”) with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (“SDAT”), pursuant to which our board of directors reclassified and designated the remaining 2,490,445 shares of authorized but unissued Series D Preferred Stock as additional shares of common stock. After giving effect to the filing of the Reclassification Articles Supplementary, our authorized capital stock consists of 62,290,000 shares of common stock, 6,760,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock, 26,000,000 shares of Series F Preferred Stock, 4,000,000 shares of Series G Preferred Stock, and 950,000 shares of senior common stock. The Reclassification Articles Supplementary did not increase our authorized shares of capital stock.

Series E Preferred Stock ATM Program

We have an At-the-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “Series E Preferred Stock Sales Agreement”), with sales agents Baird, Goldman Sachs, Stifel, Fifth Third, and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., pursuant to which we may, from time to time, offer to sell shares of our Series E Preferred Stock in an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million. We did not sell any shares of our Series E Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series E Preferred Stock Sales Agreement during the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, we had remaining capacity to sell up to $92.8 million of Series E Preferred Stock under the program.

Universal Shelf Registration Statement

On January 11, 2019, we filed a universal registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-229209, and an amendment thereto on Form-S-3/A on January 24, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “2019 Universal Shelf”). The 2019 Universal Shelf became effective on February 13, 2019 and replaced our prior universal shelf registration statement. The 2019 Universal Shelf allows us to issue up to $500.0 million of securities. As of December 31, 2021, we had the ability to issue up to $340.2 million under the 2019 Universal Shelf.

On January 29, 2020, we filed an additional universal registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-236143 (the “2020 Universal Shelf”). The 2020 Universal Shelf was declared effective on February 11, 2020 and is in addition to the 2019 Universal Shelf. The 2020 Universal Shelf allows us to issue up to an additional $800.0 million of securities. Of the $800.0 million of available capacity under our 2020 Universal Shelf, approximately $636.5 million is reserved for the sale of our Series F Preferred Stock. As of December 31, 2021, we had the ability to issue up to $689.5 million of securities under the 2020 Universal Shelf.

Preferred Series F Continuous Offering
On February 20, 2020, we filed with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation Articles Supplementary (i) setting forth the rights, preferences and terms of the Series F Preferred Stock and (ii) reclassifying and designating 26,000,000 shares of the Company’s authorized and unissued shares of common stock as shares of Series F Preferred Stock. The reclassification decreased the number of shares classified as common stock from 86,290,000 shares immediately prior to the reclassification to 60,290,000 shares immediately after the reclassification. We sold 0.3 million shares of our Series F Preferred Stock, raising $6.9 million in net proceeds during the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, we had remaining capacity to sell up to $626.0 million of Series F Preferred Stock.

Amendment to Articles of Restatement

On June 23, 2021, we filed with the SDAT the Articles Supplementary (i) setting forth the rights, preferences and terms of our newly designated Series G Preferred Stock and (ii) reclassifying and designating 4,000,000 shares of our authorized and unissued shares of common stock as shares of Series G Preferred Stock.

Amendments to Operating Partnership Agreement

In connection with the authorization of the Series F Preferred Stock in February of 2020, the Operating Partnership controlled by the Company through its ownership of GCLP Business Trust II, the general partner of the Operating Partnership, adopted the Second Amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (collectively, the “Second Amendment”), as amended from time to time, establishing the rights, privileges and preferences of 6.00% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, a newly-designated class of limited partnership interests (the “Series F Preferred Units”). The Second Amendment provides for the Operating Partnership’s establishment and issuance of an equal number of Series F Preferred Units as are issued shares of Series F Preferred Stock by the Company in connection with the offering upon the Company’s contribution to the Operating Partnership of the net proceeds of the offering. Generally, the Series F Preferred Units provided for under the Second Amendment have preferences, distribution rights and other provisions substantially equivalent to those of the Series F Preferred Stock.

On June 23, 2021, the Operating Partnership adopted the Third Amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, including Exhibit SGP thereto (collectively, the “Third Amendment”), establishing the rights, privileges, and preferences of 6.00% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, a newly-designated class of limited partnership interests (the “Series G Term Preferred Units”). The Third Amendment provides for the Operating Partnership’s establishment and issuance of an equal number of Series G Term Preferred Units as are issued shares of Series G Preferred Stock by the Company in connection with the offering of Series G Preferred Stock upon the Company’s contribution to the Operating Partnership of the net proceeds of the offering of Series G Preferred Stock. Generally, the Series G Preferred Units provided for under the Third Amendment have preferences, distribution rights, and other provisions substantially equivalent to those of the Series G Preferred Stock.

Non-controlling Interests in Operating Partnership

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, we owned approximately 99.3% and 98.6%, respectively, of the outstanding OP Units. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we redeemed 246,039 OP units for an equivalent amount of common stock.

The Operating Partnership is required to make distributions on each OP Unit in the same amount as those paid on each share of the Company’s common stock, with the distributions on the OP Units held by the Company being utilized to make distributions to the Company’s common stockholders.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were 256,994 and 503,033 outstanding OP Units held by Non-controlling OP Unitholders, respectively.