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Dividends
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dividends, Common Stock [Abstract]  
DIVIDENDS
DIVIDENDS

During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company paid cash dividends of $12.1 million, $9.4 million and $8.6 million, respectively, representing $0.205, $0.150 and $0.140 per common share, respectively.

Cash dividends per common share for the year ended December 31, 2012 included an accelerated cash dividend of $0.0425 per share of common stock totaling $2.5 million paid on December 27, 2012 to shareholders of record as of December 18, 2012. The accelerated dividend was in lieu of the quarterly dividend that the Company would have otherwise announced with its quarterly financial results for the fourth quarter of 2012, and that would have been paid in the first quarter of 2013.