Prospectus excerpt:  Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors of the Company (the ÙBoardˆ) by Article V of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company (as amended and supplemented to date and as may be amended and supplemented from time to time, the ÙCharterˆ) and Section 2-105 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Board, by resolutions duly adopted on June 8, 2017, has classified and designated 6,250,000 authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (ÙPreferred Stockˆ), and reclassified and designated 1,050,000 authorized but unissued shares of 4.375% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 750,000 authorized but unissued shares of 6.625% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company as a separate class of Preferred Stock to be known as the Ù6.625% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock,ˆ set the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, transfers, qualifications, terms and conditions of redemption and other terms and conditions of such 6.625% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, and authorized the issuance of up to 8,050,000 shares of 6.625% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock.