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Dividends | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Dividends | Note 7 – Dividends During the nine month period ended September 30, 2012, we paid regular quarterly cash dividends approximating $32,866,000 as follows:
|  | Quarter ended |
|  | March 31, 2012 |  |  | June 30, 2012 |  |  | September 30, 2012 |
Cash dividend per common share |  | $ | .16125 |  |  | $ | .16250 |  |  | $ | .16375 |
Total cash dividends paid |  | $ | 10,847,000 |  |  | $ | 10,956,000 |  |  | $ | 11,063,000 |
Record date |  |  | February 24 |  |  |  | April 27 |  |  |  | July 27 |
Payment date |  |  | March 26 |  |  |  | May 18 |  |  |  | August 24 |
Additionally, on October 9, 2012, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of $.1650 per common share to be paid on November 30, 2012 to shareholders of record as of October 26, 2012.

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