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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Equity [Abstract] |
Dividend Payments | During 2015, we paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling $51,375,000 as detailed below:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2015 |  | June 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2015
Cash dividend per common share | $ | 0.17625 |  |  | $ | 0.17750 |  |  | $ | 0.17875 |  |  | $ | 0.18000 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 12,655,000 |  |  | $ | 12,760,000 |  |  | $ | 12,923,000 |  |  | $ | 13,037,000 |
Record date | February 20, 2015 |  |  | May 22, 2015 |  |  | August 21, 2015 |  |  | November 20, 2015 |
Payment date | March 27, 2015 |  |  | June 26, 2015 |  |  | September 25, 2015 |  |  | December 18, 2015 |
Dividends Payable on Outstanding Weighted Average Basic Common Shares | Cash dividends on our outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Cash dividends per common share | $ | 0.72 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 0.67 |

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