$6.6 million or an average price of $13.43 per share. From the inception of the plan through March 31, 2023, the Company purchased 727,836 shares of its common stock for $10 million or an average price of $13.74 per share which completed this program.
On May 10, 2023, the disinterested members of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee approved the purchase of 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from Thomas Sandgaard, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer, at the closing market price on May 10, 2023 of $9.61 per share for $2.9 million.
On June 13, 2023, the disinterested members of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee approved the purchase of 300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from Thomas Sandgaard, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer, at the closing market price on June 13, 2023, of $8.62 per share for $2.6 million.
On June 13, 2023 the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a program to repurchase up to $10.0 million of the Company’s common stock at prevailing market prices either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions through June 13, 2024. From the inception of the plan through September 13, 2023, the Company purchased 1,242,892 shares of its common stock for $10.0 million or an average price of $8.05 per share, which completed this program.
On September 11, 2023, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a program to repurchase up to $10.0 million of the Company’s common stock at prevailing market prices either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions through September 13, 2024. From the inception of the plan through October 19, 2023, the Company purchased 1,204,239 shares of its common stock for $10.0 million or an average price of $8.30 per share, which completed this program.
On November 1, 2023, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a program to repurchase up to $20.0 million of the Company’s common stock at prevailing market prices either in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions through October 31, 2024. From the inception of the plan through December 31, 2023, the Company purchased 1,012,200 shares of its common stock for $9.6 million or an average price of $9.47 per share. During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company purchased 821,000 shares of common stock for $10.4 million or an average price of $11.73, which completed this program.
On February 29, 2024, the Company announced that its board of directors had approved a repurchase program of up to $20.0 million of the Company’s common stock beginning on March 4, 2024, and continuing through the earlier of March 4, 2025, or when all $20.0 million worth of shares have been repurchased. From the inception of the plan through June 30, 2024, the Company purchased 423,894 shares of its common stock for $5.2 million or an average price of $12.29 per share. During the quarter ended June 30, 2024, the Company repurchased 189,879 shares of common stock for $2.2 million or an average price of $11.62.
Warrants
A summary of stock warrant activity for the six months ended June 30, 2024 is presented below:
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| | | | Weighted | | Average | | Aggregate |
| | Number of | | Average | | Remaining | | Intrinsic |
| | Warrants | | Exercise | | Contractual | | Value |
| | (in thousands) | | Price | | Life (Years) | | (in thousands) |
Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2023 | | 80 | | $ | 2.43 | | | 0.76 | | $ | 677 |
Granted | | — | | $ | — | | | | | | |
Exercised | | (16) | | $ | 2.27 | | | | | | |
Forfeited(1) | | (4) | | $ | — | | | | | | |
Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2024 | | 60 | | $ | 2.48 | | | 0.27 | | $ | 410 |
(1)Warrants were exercised under a net exercise provision in the warrant agreement. As a result, approximately 4,000 warrants were forfeited in lieu of cash payment for shares during the six months ended June 30, 2024.
(12) INCOME TAXES
The income tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, primarily related to excess tax benefits or expense from stock option exercises and true ups related to the filed tax return. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 discrete items adjusted were minimal. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 discrete items adjusted were ($1.6) million and ($3.1) million, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the discrete items adjusted were primarily related to changes in fair value of contingent consideration. At June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company is estimating an annual effective tax rate of approximately 25% and 27%, respectively. Each quarter, the estimate of the annual effective tax rate is updated, and if the estimated effective tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made. There is a potential for volatility of the effective tax rate due to various factors.
The provision for income taxes is recorded at the end of each interim period based on the Company’s best estimate of its effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the full fiscal year. The Company’s effective income tax rate was 25% and 14% for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase in in the Company’s effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 primarily relates to the tax impact of discrete items, in particular, the change in fair value of contingent consideration recorded in the six months ended June 30, 2023. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded an income tax expense of approximately $0.4 million. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $0.7 million and $0.8 million, respectively.
Taxes of $1.3 million and $3.0 million were paid during the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(13) LEASES
The Company categorizes leases at their inception as either operating or financing leases. Leases include various office and warehouse facilities which have been categorized as operating leases while certain equipment is leased under financing leases.
During February 2023, the Company entered into a lease agreement for approximately 41,427 square feet of office space for the operations of ZMS in Englewood, CO. The lease commenced on July 1, 2023 and runs through December 31, 2028. At the expiration of the lease term the Company has the option to renew the lease for one additional five-year period. The Company is entitled to rent abatements for the first six months of the lease and tenant improvement allowances. Payments based on the initial rate of $24.75 per square foot begin in January 2024. The price per square foot increases by an additional $0.50 during each subsequent twelve-month period of the lease after the abatement period. Upon lease commencement, the Company recorded an operating lease liability of $4.2 million and a corresponding right-of-use asset for $2.8 million.
The Company’s operating leases do not provide an implicit rate, and therefore the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate when measuring the lease liability. The incremental borrowing rate represents an estimate of the interest rate the Company would incur at lease commencement to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments on a collateralized basis over the term of a lease. The Company’s weighted average borrowing rate was determined to be 4.81% for its operating lease liabilities. The Company’s equipment lease agreements have a weighted average rate of 4.14% which was used to measure its finance lease liability. The weighted average remaining lease term was 3.84 years and 4.49 years for operating and finance leases, respectively, as of June 30, 2024.