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Dividends | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Equity [Abstract] |
Dividends | Dividends On March 25, 2016, a regular cash dividend of $0.18125 per common share was paid to shareholders of record on February 19, 2016. The total dividend paid was $13,158,000.
Additionally, on April 12, 2016, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.18250 per common share, which will be paid on June 24, 2016, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 20, 2016. Cash dividends on our outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were approximately as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Cash dividends per common share | $ | 0.18 |  |  | $ | 0.18 |

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