NOTE 20 CAPITAL STOCK

We have 199 million authorized shares of common stock. The number of shares of common stock and treasury stock and the share activity were as follows:

	Common Shares				Treasury Shares

	2012		2011		2012			2011

Balance at the beginning of the year		82,773,322		81,796,938		16,921,022			15,047,020
Employee option exercises		1,234,163		933,175		(379,453	)		(196,817	)
Director option exercises		69,833		34,500		—			—
Restricted stock vestings		9,023		8,709		—			—
Common stock repurchases		—		—		1,616,433			2,070,819

Balance at the end of the year		84,086,341		82,773,322		18,158,002			16,921,022

The cash dividends paid on the common stock for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 aggregated $58.4 million, $53.3 million and $44.5 million, respectively.