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Dividends

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

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11. Dividends

Interim dividends declared on Class A common stock and redeemable preferred stock for each quarter of the respective years ended December 31 were as follows:

		2012				2011				2010
First Quarter		$	0.075			$	0.075			$	0.075
Second Quarter			0.075				0.075				0.075
Third Quarter			0.075				0.075				0.075
Fourth Quarter			0.075				0.075				0.075

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