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Dividends | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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Dividends | Note 10— Dividends During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company paid a regular quarterly cash dividend totaling approximately $14.1 million as follows:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2018
| (in thousands, except per share data)
Cash dividend paid per common share | $ | 0.19125 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 14,149 |
Record date | February 16, 2018 |
Payment date | March 23, 2018 |
Additionally, on April 17, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19250 per common share, which will be paid on June 29, 2018, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 25, 2018. Cash dividends declared for the periods presented were as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.19250 |  |  | $ | 0.18750 |

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