PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Board of Directors has declared a regular cash dividend of $0.1125 per share on the company's common stock.

This dividend, the first in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's fiscal year 2019, is payable on or about January 2, 2019, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 12, 2018.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has approximately 1.5 billion shares of common stock outstanding.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a global technology leader focused on developing intelligent solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze and act upon data seamlessly from edge to cloud. HPE enables customers to accelerate business outcomes by driving new business models, creating new customer and employee experiences, and increasing operational efficiency today and into the future.

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