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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Dividends | Dividends The Company has paid regular quarterly cash dividends since the second quarter of 2003. During 2017, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling $55.2 million as detailed below:
| Paid During the Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2017 |  | June 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2017
| (in thousands, except per share amounts)
Cash dividends paid per common share | $ | 0.18625 |  |  | $ | 0.18750 |  |  | $ | 0.18875 |  |  | $ | 0.19000 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 13,624 |  |  | $ | 13,750 |  |  | $ | 13,883 |  |  | $ | 13,987 |
Record date | February 17, 2017 |  |  | May 19, 2017 |  |  | August 18, 2017 |  |  | November 17, 2017 |
Payment date | March 24, 2017 |  |  | June 23, 2017 |  |  | September 22, 2017 |  |  | December 22, 2017 |
Additionally, on January 30, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19125 per common share, which will be paid on March 23, 2018 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 16, 2018. Cash dividends declared on the Company’s outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.75750 |  |  | $ | 0.73750 |  |  | $ | 0.71750 |
The Company’s Board of Directors review the dividend policy on a quarterly basis. Although there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to pay dividends or the amount of the dividends, the Company expects to continue to pay a regular quarterly cash dividend. In connection with the establishment of the Company’s dividend policy, the Company adopted a Dividend Reinvestment Plan in 2003.

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