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Dividends (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Dividend Payments

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, we paid regular quarterly cash dividends approximating $24,263,000 as follows:

	Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2014				June 30, 2014
Cash dividend per common share	$	0.17125			$	0.17250
Total cash dividends paid	$	12,077,000			$	12,186,000
Record date	February 21, 2014				May 23, 2014
Payment date	March 28, 2014				June 27, 2014

Dividends Paid on outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares

Cash dividends on our outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended June 30,								For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014				2013				2014				2013
Cash dividends per common share	$	0.17			$	0.17			$	0.34			$	0.33

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Tabular disclosure of all or some of the information related to dividends declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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