Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our shares of Class A common stock have been traded on the NYSE American under the symbol “BHM” since October 6, 2022, which is the date the Company was spun-off from Bluerock Residential.
On March 5, 2024, the closing price of our Class A common stock, as reported on the NYSE American, was $14.50.
Period Ending
Index
10/06/22
12/31/22
12/31/23
Bluerock Homes Trust, Inc.
100.00
92.57
65.11
Russell 3000 Index
100.00
102.36
128.92
Russell 2000 Index
100.00
100.89
117.97
Dow Jones Equity All REIT Index
100.00
105.65
117.58
MSCI U.S. REIT Index
100.00
106.01
120.58
Stockholder Information
As of March 5, 2024, we had approximately 3,871,265 shares of Class A common stock outstanding held by a total of 515 stockholders, one of which is the holder for all beneficial owners who hold in street name.
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Distributions
Future distributions paid by us on our Class A common stock and Class C common stock will be at the discretion of our Board, and will depend upon our actual cash flow, our financial condition, capital requirements, the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code and such other factors as our Board deems relevant. Except for the special dividend addressed below, no distributions were paid on our Class A common stock and Class C common stock for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
On December 19, 2023 our Board authorized, and we declared a special dividend of $1.00 per share on our Class A common stock, Class C common stock, OP Units and LTIP Units, which was payable to the stockholders of record as of December 29, 2023, and which was paid in cash on January 5, 2024.
On January 15, 2024, our Board authorized and we declared (i) regular monthly dividends for the first quarter 2024 equal to a monthly rate of $0.125 per share on our Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Dividends”), payable monthly to the stockholders of record as of January 25, February 23 and March 25 of 2024, and (ii) special dividends on shares of our Series A Preferred Stock for the first quarter 2024, which will be seamlessly aggregated with the regular monthly Series A Preferred Dividends so as to effect a dividend rate of 2.0% over the 10-Year Daily Treasury Par Yield Curve Rate with a floor of 6.0% annually, calculated and paid monthly. Such special dividends will be payable to the extent the average 10-Year Treasury Rate exceeds 4.0%. The Series A Preferred Dividends and special dividends for the months of January and February were paid in cash on February 5, 2024 and March 5, 2024, respectively, with the March dividends to be paid in cash on April 5, 2024.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
We previously disclosed our issuances during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 of equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 4, 2022 and November 9, 2023, and on Form 8 - K filed with the SEC on January 5, 2023, February 23, 2023, May 19, 2023, May 26, 2023, August 16, 2023 and November 15, 2023.
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