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Cash Dividends | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Cash Dividends | 12. Cash Dividends On August 15, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a cash dividend of $0.12 per share. The cash dividend was paid on September 28, 2012, to each stockholder of record on September 14, 2012. Cash dividends aggregated $51 million and $153 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, and $47 million and $140 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. The declaration and payment of future dividends is at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and will be dependent upon the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the Company’s Board of Directors.

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