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Dividends (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Payable | During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling approximately $27.4 million as follows:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2017 |  | June 30, 2017
| (in thousands, except per share amounts)
Cash dividends paid per common share | $ | 0.18625 |  |  | $ | 0.18750 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 13,624 |  |  | $ | 13,750 |
Record date | February 17, 2017 |  |  | May 19, 2017 |
Payment date | March 24, 2017 |  |  | June 23, 2017 |
Schedule of Dividends Payable on Outstanding Weighted Average Number of Basic Common Shares | Cash dividends declared on the outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the periods presented were as follows:
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.18875 |  |  | $ | 0.18375 |  |  | $ | 0.37625 |  |  | $ | 0.36625 |

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