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Note 6 - Dividends
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Dividends [Text Block]

(6) Dividends

 

In 2010, we announced that our Board of Directors approved a regular cash dividend program to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter. A quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock was paid in each of the first three quarters of 2022 which totaled $14.7 million. A quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share of common stock was paid in each of the first two quarters of 2021 which totaled $6.6 million. We declared cash dividends in August 2021 which were paid in October 2021 totaling $44.8 million which consisted of a special dividend of $0.50 per common share, along with a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share of common stock.