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Dividends (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Dividends Payable | During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling approximately $14.6 million as follows:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2019
| (in thousands, except per share data)
Cash dividend paid per common share | $ | 0.19625
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 14,588
Record date | February 15, 2019
Payment date | March 22, 2019
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, |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.19750 |  | $ | 0.19250

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