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Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

CAPITAL STOCK

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CAPITAL STOCK
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Equity [Abstract] Ìý
CAPITAL STOCK
NOTE 16 - CAPITAL STOCK
Dividends
A $0.14 per share cash dividend was paid on each of MarchÌý1, 2011 and JuneÌý1, 2011 to our shareholders of record as of FebruaryÌý15, 2011 and AprilÌý29, 2011, respectively. On JulyÌý12, 2011, our Board of Directors increased the quarterly common share dividend by 100 percent to $0.28 per share. The $0.28 cash dividend was paid on SeptemberÌý1, 2011, DecemberÌý1, 2011 and MarchÌý1, 2012 to our shareholders of record as of the close of business on AugustÌý15, 2011, NovemberÌý18, 2011 and FebruaryÌý15, 2012, respectively. On MarchÌý13, 2012, our Board of Directors increased the quarterly common share dividend by 123 percent to $0.625 per share. The increased cash dividend of $0.625 was paid on JuneÌý1, 2012, AugustÌý31, 2012 and DecemberÌý3, 2012 to our shareholders of record as of the close of business on AprilÌý27, 2012, AugustÌý15, 2012 and NovemberÌý23, 2012, respectively.
Share Repurchase Plan
On August 15, 2011, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase plan that authorized us to purchase up to four million of our outstanding common shares. The new share repurchase plan replaced the previously existing share repurchase plan and allowed for the purchase of common shares from time to time in open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions. During the second half of 2011, all of the common shares were repurchased at a cost of approximately $289.8 million in the aggregate, or an average price of approximately $72.44 per share, thus terminating the plan.
Public Offering
On JuneÌý13, 2011, we completed a public offering of our common shares. The total number of shares sold was 10.35 million, comprised of the 9.0 million share offering and the exercise of an underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1.35 million shares. The offering resulted in an increase in the number of our common shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2011. We received net proceeds of approximately $854 million at a closing price of $85.63 per share.
Amendment to the Second Amended Articles of Incorporation
On MayÌý25, 2011, our shareholders approved an amendment to our Second Amended Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized common shares from 224,000,000 to 400,000,000, which resulted in an increase in the total number of authorized shares from 231,000,000 to 407,000,000. The total number of authorized shares includes 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 shares of Class A and Class B, respectively, of unauthorized and unissued preferred stock.