Dividends Dividends (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Dividends [Abstract]

Dividends

Following is a summary of our shareholder dividends that were declared in the last two years:

(millions, except per share amounts)			Amount
Dividend Type	Declared	Paid	Per Share		Total1
Annual – Variable	December 2016	February 2017	$	0.6808	$	395.4
Annual – Variable	December 2015	February 2016	$	0.8882	$	519.2

¹ Based on an estimate of shares outstanding as of the record date. For the dividends declared in December 2016 and 2015, we paid $395.4 million and $519.0 million, respectively.