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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

El Paso Electric to pay first dividend in 2 decades

Power generation and distribution company El Paso Electric Co said it will pay its first quarterly cash dividend in 20 years, beginning in the second quarter this year. The Texas-based company said it will pay a dividend of 22 cents a share. The company also authorized a share buyback program to repurchase up to an additional 2.5 million shares of the its stock.

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