In April  2002 , the Company acquired First Harvest International, LLC, a small dehydrated food manufacturer. The  Company paid a total of $ 2 . 7  million including the assumption of certain liabilities for this transaction. Quarterly cash dividends for the years ended December  31 ,  2003  and  2004  totaled $ 21 . 9  million and $ 22 . 6  million, re- spectively. In February  2005 , the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $ 0 . 09  per share for all classes of  common stock that was paid on March  23 ,  2005  to stockholders of record on March  4 ,  2005 .  In February  2005  the board of directors authorized the Company to repurchase an additional $ 20 . 0  million of the Compa- ny’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock.  On February  7 ,  2005 , the Company issued a series of Japanese yen denominated senior promissory notes (the “Notes”) to  affiliates of Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (“Prudential”). The Notes were issued pursuant to its $ 125 . 0  million  Private Shelf Agreement entered into between the Company and Prudential on August  26 ,  2003  (the “Shelf Agreement”). The aggregate principal amount of the Notes is  3 . 1  billion Japanese yen, or approximately $ 30 . 0  million as of February  28 ,  2005 , bearing a  1 . 7 % interest rate per annum, with interest payable semi-annually beginning on April  30 ,  2005 . The  final maturity date of the Notes is April  30 ,  2014  and principal payments are required annually beginning on April  30 ,  2008  in equal installments of  445 . 7  million Japanese yen. The Notes are also governed by the terms of the Shelf Agreement  and amendments thereto, which contain certain representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, as well as  customary conditions upon which the obligations under the Notes may be accelerated and become due and payable imme- diately, or become subject to additional obligations. The proceeds from the Notes may be used for working capital, capital  expenditures and other purposes including repurchases of the Company’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock.  71 21 . DIVIDENDS PER SHARE 22 . SUBSEQUENT EVENT