Article: Gates' investors to help PNM buy Texas-based utility.

By Rosalie Rayburn, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 17--ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Microsoft founder Bill Gates' personal investment company has agreed to help PNM finance its planned acquisition of Texas-based utility owner TNP Enterprises.

PNM Resources said Monday in a news release that the deal with Cascade Investment LLC, the company that handles Gates' personal portfolio, is the first step in funding the $1.024 billion purchase of TNP.

Cascade, which already owns more than 9 percent of PNM's stock, has agreed to buy $100"million in debt securities to help finance the deal.

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