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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Our Board of Directors declared cash dividends on both Common and Class B common stock of $0.52 per share, $0.48 per share, $1.52 per share and $1.41 per share for the quarters and nine months ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. On October&amp;nbsp;1, 2010, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.52 per share of Common and Class B common stock that was paid on October&amp;nbsp;29, 2010 to shareholders of record as of October&amp;nbsp;15, 2010. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;No shares of non-vested (restricted) stock were granted during the quarter ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010. During the quarter ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2009, we granted 10,000 shares of non-vested (restricted) stock. During the nine months ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and 2009, we granted 135,000 and 10,000 shares of non-vested (restricted) stock, respectively. During the quarter ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010, 14,567 shares of Common stock with an aggregate market value of $862 were delivered as payment in lieu of cash to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of non-vested (restricted) stock. During the nine months ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and 2009, 19,678 shares of Common stock with an aggregate market value of $1,155 and 601 shares of Common stock with an aggregate market value of $23, respectively, were delivered as payment in lieu of cash to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of non-vested (restricted) stock. These shares were retired upon delivery. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;We have a 60% controlling interest in Carrier Enterprise, and Carrier has a 40% noncontrolling interest. The following table reconciles shareholders' equity attributable to the noncontrolling interest: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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