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Dividends | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Dividends | (9) Dividends In July, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized a $.05 per share increase to our quarterly cash dividend to $.10 per share. We declared and paid dividends of $9.9 million, or $.10 per share, during the third quarter of 2014 and $4.9 million, or $.05 per share, during the third quarter of 2013. We declared and paid dividends of $19.8 million, or $.20 per share, during the first nine months of 2014 and $14.7 million, or $.15 per share, during the first nine months of 2013.

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