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Dividends (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Payable | 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 |
Schedule of Dividends Payable on Outstanding Weighted Average Number of Basic Common Shares | 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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