DIVIDENDS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
DIVIDENDS [Abstract]  
DIVIDENDS
(6)         DIVIDENDS

The Company has declared and paid the following quarterly cash dividends.

Date Dividend Paid
 
Quarterly Dividend Paid per Share
 
 
 
 
April 10, 2009; July 10, 2009; October 9, 2009; January 8, 2010
 
$
0.17
 
April 9, 2010; July 9, 2010; October 8, 2010; January 14, 2011; April 8, 2011
 
$
0.20
 
July 8, 2011; October 14, 2011; January 13, 2012; April 13, 2012; July 13, 2012
 
$
0.22
 
     October 12, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The payment of dividends in the future is subject to the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors, and various factors may prevent the Company from paying dividends or require the Company to reduce the dividends. Such factors include the Company's financial position, capital requirements and liquidity, the existence of a stock repurchase program, any loan agreement restrictions, state corporate law restrictions, results of operations and such other factors that the Company's Board of Directors may consider relevant.