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Dividends | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
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Dividends | Note 10— Dividends During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling approximately $42.7 million as follows:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2018 |  | June 30, 2018 |  | September 30, 2018
| (in thousands, except per share data)
Cash dividend paid per common share | $ | 0.19125 |  |  | $ | 0.19250 |  |  | $ | 0.19375 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 14,149 |  |  | $ | 14,249 |  |  | $ | 14,350 |
Record date | February 16, 2018 |  |  | May 25, 2018 |  |  | August 24, 2018 |
Payment date | March 23, 2018 |  |  | June 29, 2018 |  |  | September 28, 2018 |
Additionally, on October 16, 2018, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19500 per common share, which will be paid on December 28, 2018, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 23, 2018. Cash dividends declared for the periods presented were as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.19500 |  |  | $ | 0.19000 |  |  | $ | 0.58125 |  |  | $ | 0.56625 |

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