Dividends

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Dividends

Note 12 — Dividends

The Company has paid regular quarterly cash dividends since the second quarter of 2003. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling approximately $60.7 million as follows:

	Quarter Ended
	December 31, 2020		September 30, 2020		June 30, 2020		March 31, 2020
	(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Cash dividend per common share	$	0.20500	$	0.20375	$	0.20250	$	0.20125
Total cash dividends paid	$	15,322	$	15,222	$	15,128	$	15,033
Record date	November 20, 2020		August 21, 2020		May 22, 2020		February 28, 2020
Payment date	December 24, 2020		September 25, 2020		June 26, 2020		March 27, 2020

Cash dividends declared on the Company's outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2020		2019		2018
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	0.81750	$	0.79750	$	0.77750