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Dividends Declared | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Dividends [Abstract] |
Dividends Declared | Dividends Declared On February 18, 2014, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the following quarterly dividends:
|  | Dividend per Share |  | Payable on: |  | Record date:
Common shares |  | $ | 0.11 |  |  | April 14, 2014 |  | April 1, 2014
Preference shares - Series A |  | $ | 0.515625 |  |  | March 17, 2014 |  | March 1, 2014
Preference Shares - Series B |  | $ | 0.90625 |  |  | March 17, 2014 |  | March 1, 2014

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