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Cash Dividend (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Cash Dividends [Abstract]

Cash Dividend

The Company has declared and paid the following cash dividends in the periods covered by this Form 10-Q:

Declaration Date		Record Date		Distribution Date		Dividend Per Share				Total Paid
March 8, 2018		March 30, 2018		April 13, 2018		$	0.020			$	586
December 12, 2017		December 27, 2017		January 10, 2018		$	0.015			$	438

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Cash dividends.

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Tabular disclosure of information related to dividends declared, including paid and unpaid dividends.

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