Dividends (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Dividend Payments

During 2014, we paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling $49,077,000 as detailed below:

	Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2014		June 30, 2014		September 30, 2014		December 31, 2014
Cash dividend per common share	$	0.17125	$	0.17250	$	0.17375	$	0.17500
Total cash dividends paid	$	12,077,000	$	12,186,000	$	12,335,000	$	12,479,000
Record date	February 21, 2014		May 23, 2014		August 22, 2014		November 21, 2014
Payment date	March 28, 2014		June 27, 2014		September 26, 2014		December 26, 2014

Dividends Payable on Outstanding Weighted Average Basic Common Shares

Cash dividends on our outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Cash dividends per common share	$	0.69	$	0.67	$	0.65