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Stockholders' Equity Matters
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Matters  
Stockholders' Equity Matters

(9) Stockholders' Equity Matters

        Our board of directors has authorized up to $1,200,000 in repurchases of our common stock. All repurchases are subject to stock price, market conditions, corporate and legal requirements and other factors. As of March 31, 2012, we had a remaining amount available for repurchase under our share repurchase program of $66,035, which represents approximately 1% in the aggregate of our outstanding common stock based on the closing stock price on such date.

        In February 2010, our board of directors adopted a dividend policy under which we intend to pay quarterly cash dividends on our common stock. Declaration and payment of future quarterly dividends is at the discretion of our board of directors. In fiscal year 2011 and in the first quarter of 2012, our board of directors declared the following dividends:

Declaration Date
  Dividend
Per Share
  Record
Date
  Total
Amount
  Payment
Date

March 11, 2011

  $ 0.1875   March 25, 2011   $ 37,601   April 15, 2011

June 10, 2011

    0.2500   June 24, 2011     50,694   July 15, 2011

September 8, 2011

    0.2500   September 23, 2011     46,877   October 14, 2011

December 1, 2011

    0.2500   December 23, 2011     43,180   January 13, 2012

March 8, 2012

    0.2500   March 23, 2012     42,791   April 13, 2012