Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

EQUITY

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EQUITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Equity [Abstract]  
EQUITY EQUITY
The Company’s authorized share capital is $4,100.0 million, consisting of 4.0 billion Ordinary Shares with a nominal value of $1.00 per share and 10.0 million Redeemable Preferred Shares with a nominal value of $10.00 per share. Each Ordinary Share entitles the holder thereof to one vote. Due to the fact that the Redeemable Preferred Shares are mandatorily redeemable, the Redeemable Preferred Shares are classified as a liability on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
On July 21, 2022, subject to certain limits, the shareholders’ of the Company approved a proposal authorizing the Company's board of directors (the “Board”) to repurchase up to 25% of the Company’s Ordinary Shares outstanding as of the date of the shareholders’ approval, being 40,659,257 Ordinary Shares, at any time during the next five years (the “Share Repurchase Plan”). On November 3, 2022, the Board re-established the limit for Ordinary Share repurchases at $100.0 million, which is within the repurchase limit approved by Company’s shareholders on July 21, 2022.
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company repurchased 115,570 Ordinary Shares under its Share Repurchase Plan. The repurchased Ordinary Shares were recorded at cost and are being held in treasury. During the period from April 1, 2023 to May 5, 2023, the Company repurchased approximately 1,479,825 Ordinary Shares at an average price per share of approximately $7.34.
As of March 31, 2023, there were 158,513,889 Ordinary Shares, 33,843,440 warrants and 10,000,000 Redeemable Preferred Shares outstanding.