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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Stockholders' Equity |
Schedule of dividends per share |
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
First quarter |  | $ | 0.13 |  | $ | 0.12 |  | $ | 0.11 |
Second quarter |  | 0.13 |  | 0.12 |  | 0.11 |
Third quarter |  | 0.14 |  | 0.13 |  | 0.12 |
Fourth quarter |  | 0.14 |  | 0.13 |  | 0.12 |

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