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Dividends | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
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Dividends | Note 11—Dividends 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
Additionally, on April 30, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.19750 per common share, which will be paid on June 28, 2019, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 24, 2019. 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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