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Dividends | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Dividends | Dividends 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 |
Additionally, on July 11, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.18875 per common share, which will be paid on September 22, 2017, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 18, 2017. 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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