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| Equity Transactions | Equity Transactions Shareholder Rights Plan
On March 19, 2020, our Board adopted a stockholder rights plan, as set forth in a Rights Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC (the “Rights Plan”) and issued the rights contemplated thereby (the “Rights”) on March 30, 2020. The Rights Plan is intended to promote the fair and equal treatment of all of our stockholders and ensure that no person or group can gain control of us through open market accumulation or other tactics without paying a control premium and potentially disadvantaging the interest of all stockholders. The Rights Plan ensures that our Board has sufficient time to exercise its fiduciary duties to make informed judgments about the actions of third parties that may not be in the best interests of us and our stockholders.
In general terms, the Rights will become exercisable if a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock. Stockholders who beneficially owned 20% or more of Global Eagle’s outstanding common stock prior to the issuance of the December 31, 2019 earnings release will not trigger the exercisability of the Rights so long as they do not acquire beneficial ownership of any additional shares of common stock at a time when they still beneficially own 20% or more of such common stock, subject to certain exceptions as described in the Rights Plan. In the event that the Rights become exercisable due to the triggering ownership threshold being crossed, each Right will entitle its holder to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock or equivalent securities having a market value at that time of twice the Right’s purchase price. The Rights Plan is attached to the December 31, 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K as Exhibit 4.14.
Common Stock
On April 15, 2020, the Board of Directors approved a reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding and authorized shares of common stock at a ratio of 1-for-25 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock was decreased from 92,944,935 to 3,717,797, all with a par value of $0.0001. The effective date of the Reverse Stock Split was April 16, 2020. The Reverse Stock Split affected all stockholders uniformly and did not alter any stockholder’s percentage interest in the Company’s common stock, except for adjustments that resulted from the treatment of fractional shares as follows: (i) no fractional shares were issued as a result of the Reverse Stock Split; and (ii) stockholders who would have been entitled to a fractional share as a result of the Reverse Stock Split instead received a cash payment from the transfer agent in an amount equal to the fractional share multiplied by the closing price of our common stock the day before the Reverse Stock Split became effective. All share and per share amounts presented in these financial statements, have been adjusted for this Reverse Stock Split.
2013 Equity Plan
Under the Company’s 2013 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2013 Equity Plan”), the Administrator of the Plan, which is the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, was able to grant up to 440,000 shares (through stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”)) (including both time-vesting and performance-based RSUs) and other incentive awards) to employees, officers, non-employee directors, and consultants. The Company ceased using the 2013 Equity Plan for new equity issuances in December 2017, upon receiving stockholder approval of the Company’s new 2017 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2017 Omnibus Plan”), although the Company continues to have outstanding previously granted equity awards issued under the 2013 Equity Plan. These previously granted awards represent the right to receive 282,812 shares of the Company’s common stock (as of January 18, 2018) if and when they later vest and/or are exercised. See “2017 Equity Plan” immediately below.
2017 Equity Plan
On December 21, 2017, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2017 Omnibus Plan. The Company had 83,914 shares remaining available for issuance under the 2013 Equity Plan (as of that date) and those shares rolled into the 2017 Omnibus Plan and became available for grant thereunder. The 2017 Omnibus Plan separately made available 260,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for new issuance thereunder, in addition to those rolled over from the 2013 Equity Plan. The Administrator of the 2017 Omnibus Plan, which is the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, may grant share awards (through stock options, restricted stock, RSUs (including both time-vesting and performance-based RSUs) and other incentive awards) to employees, officers, non-employee directors, and consultants.
On June 25, 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the 2017 Equity Plan that increased by 80,000 the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder.
Stock Repurchase Program
In March 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program under which we may repurchase up to $50.0 million of our common stock. Under the stock repurchase program, we may repurchase shares from time to time using a variety of methods, which may include open-market purchases and privately negotiated transactions. The extent to which we repurchase our shares, and the timing and manner of such repurchases, will depend upon a variety of factors, including market conditions, regulatory requirements and other corporate considerations, as determined by management. We measure all potential buybacks against other potential uses of capital that may arise from time to time. The repurchase program does not obligate us to repurchase any specific number of shares, and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. We expect to finance any purchases with existing cash on hand, cash from operations and potential additional borrowings. We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. As of June 30, 2020, the remaining authorization under the stock repurchase plan was $44.8 million.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
Stock-based compensation expense related to our directors and other personnel for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was as follows (in thousands):
Total stock-based compensation expense includes the revaluation adjustment related to the Company’s cash-settled phantom stock options, which are accounted for as liability awards and are re-measured at fair value each reporting period. Compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period.
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