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Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Dividends | Note 12— Dividends The Company has paid regular quarterly cash dividends since the second quarter of 2003. During 2019, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling $59.0 million as detailed below:
| Quarter Ended |  |  |  |  |  |
| March 31, 2019 |  | June 30, 2019 |  | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2019
| (in thousands, except per share amounts) |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid per common share | $ | 0.19625 |  |  | $ | 0.19750 |  |  | $ | 0.19875 |  |  | $ | 0.20000 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 14,588 |  |  | $ | 14,688 |  |  | $ | 14,789 |  |  | $ | 14,886 |
Record date | February 15, 2019 |  | May 24, 2019 |  | August 23, 2019 |  | November 22, 2019
Payment date | March 22, 2019 |  | June 28, 2019 |  | September 27, 2019 |  | December 27, 2019
Additionally, on February 11, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20125 per common share, which will be paid on March 27, 2020 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 28, 2020. Cash dividends declared on the Company’s outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31, |  |  |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.79750 |  |  | $ | 0.77750 |  |  | $ | 0.75750 |

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