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Dividends (Tables)

3 Months Ended

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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Tabular disclosure of all or some of the information related to dividends declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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