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Dividends | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Dividends | Dividends During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling approximately $41.3 million as follows:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2017 |  | June 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2017
| (in thousands, except per share amounts)
Cash dividends paid per common share | $ | 0.18625 |  |  | $ | 0.18750 |  |  | $ | 0.18875 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 13,624 |  |  | $ | 13,750 |  |  | $ | 13,883 |
Record date | February 17, 2017 |  |  | May 19, 2017 |  |  | August 18, 2017 |
Payment date | March 24, 2017 |  |  | June 23, 2017 |  |  | September 22, 2017 |
Additionally, on October 17, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share, which will be paid on December 22, 2017, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 17, 2017. Cash dividends declared for the periods presented were as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.19000 |  |  | $ | 0.18500 |  |  | $ | 0.56625 |  |  | $ | 0.55125 |

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