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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dividends | Dividends We have paid regular quarterly cash dividends since the second quarter of 2003. During 2013, we paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling $46,707,000 as detailed below:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2013 |  | June 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2013
Cash dividend per common share | $ | 0.16625 |  |  | $ | 0.16750 |  |  | $ | 0.16875 |  |  | $ | 0.17000 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 11,415,000 |  |  | $ | 11,516,000 |  |  | $ | 11,829,000 |  |  | $ | 11,947,000 |
Record date | February 22 |  |  | May 10 |  |  | August 16 |  |  | November 15 |
Payment date | March 15 |  |  | June 14 |  |  | September 20 |  |  | December 20 |
Additionally, on January 28, 2014, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17125 per common share, which will be paid on March 28, 2014 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 21, 2014. Cash dividends on our outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was as follows:
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Cash dividends per common share | $ | 0.67 |  |  | $ | 0.65 |  |  | $ | 0.63 |
Our Board of Directors reviews our dividend policy on a quarterly basis. Although there can be no assurance that we will continue to pay dividends or the amount of the dividend, we expect to continue to pay a regular quarterly cash dividend. In connection with the establishment of our dividend policy, we adopted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan in 2003.

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