common stock received by non-employee directors totaled $0.2 million, or 14,464 shares, of which 4,776 shares were issued on April 1, 2023, 4,940 shares were issued on July 3, 2023, and 4,748 shares were issued on October 2, 2023.
Stock compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 is summarized as follows (in thousands):
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| | Three Months Ended | | Nine Months Ended |
| | September 30, 2024 | | September 30, 2023 | | September 30, 2024 | | September 30, 2023 |
Stock Compensation Expense – Director Retainers Paid in Stock | | $ | 79 | | $ | 79 | | $ | 238 | | $ | 238 |
(1) | Director retainers are issued through additional paid in capital in arrears. Therefore, the change in additional paid in capital during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 reported on the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity does not agree to the total non-cash compensation reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows. |
NOTE 19. RELATED PARTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
We are externally managed by the Manager, a wholly owned subsidiary of CTO. Subsequent to the IPO, through September 30, 2024, CTO has purchased an aggregate of 322,831 shares of PINE common stock in the open market including (i) 29,807 shares purchased during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 for $0.4 million, or an average price per share of $14.97, (ii) 129,271 shares purchased during the year ended December 31, 2023 for $2.1 million, or an average price per share of $16.21, (iii) 155,665 shares purchased during the year ended December 31, 2022 for $2.7 million, or an average price per share of $17.57 and (iv) 8,088 shares purchased during the year ended December 31, 2021 for $0.1 million, or an average price per share of $17.65.
As of September 30, 2024, CTO owns, in the aggregate, 1,223,854 OP Units and 1,138,621 shares of PINE common stock, inclusive of (i) 394,737 shares of common stock totaling $7.5 million issued in connection with a private placement that closed concurrently with the IPO, (ii) 421,053 shares of common stock totaling $8.0 million issued in connection with the IPO, and (iii) 322,831 shares of common stock totaling $5.4 million purchased by CTO subsequent to the IPO. The aggregate 1,223,854 OP Units and 1,138,621 shares of PINE common stock held by CTO represent an investment totaling $43.0 million, or 15.3% of PINE’s outstanding equity, as of September 30, 2024.
Management Agreement
On November 26, 2019, the Operating Partnership and PINE entered into a management agreement with the Manager (the “Management Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement, our Manager manages, operates, and administers our day-to-day operations, business and affairs, subject to the direction and supervision of the Board and in accordance with the investment guidelines approved and monitored by the Board. We pay our Manager a base management fee equal to 0.375% per quarter of our “total equity” (as defined in the Management Agreement and based on a 1.5% annual rate), calculated and payable in cash, quarterly in arrears.
Our Manager has the ability to earn an annual incentive fee based on our total stockholder return exceeding an 8% cumulative annual hurdle rate (the “Outperformance Amount”) subject to a high-water mark price. We would pay our Manager an incentive fee with respect to each annual measurement period in the amount of the greater of (i) $0.00 and (ii) the product of (a) 15% multiplied by (b) the Outperformance Amount multiplied by (c) the weighted average shares. No incentive fee was due for the year ended December 31, 2023.
On July 18, 2024, the Operating Partnership and PINE entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Management Agreement with the Manager. The Amendment extended the expiration date of the initial term of the Management Agreement from November 26, 2024 to January 31, 2025 and the initial term will automatically renew for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods thereafter, unless the agreement is not renewed or is terminated in accordance with its terms.
Our independent directors review our Manager’s performance and the management fees annually and, following the initial term, the Management Agreement may be terminated annually upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of our