Number of shares of common stock issued as dividends during the period. Excludes stock splits.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

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Aggregate value of common shares issued from treasury related to dividend payments.

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