Dividends (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Dividends [Abstract]

Dividends Paid

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we paid regular quarterly cash dividends approximating $34,760,000 as follows:

	Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2013		June 30, 2013		September 30, 2013
Cash dividend per common share	$	0.16625	$	0.16750	$	0.16875
Total cash dividends paid	$	11,415,000	$	11,516,000	$	11,829,000
Record date	February 22, 2013		May 10, 2013		August 16, 2013
Payment date	March 15, 2013		June 14, 2013		September 20, 2013

Dividends Paid on outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares

Cash dividends on our outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Cash dividends per common share	$	0.17	$	0.16	$	0.50	$	0.49