IRVING, Texas, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra
(NYSE: VST) announced today that its Board of Directors has
declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share of
Vistra's common stock, or $0.60 per share on an
annualized basis. This dividend represents an 11% increase from the
company's quarterly common stock dividend paid in 2020, above
management's target growth rate of 6-8%. The dividend is
payable on March 31, 2021, to shareholders of record as
of March 17, 2021. The ex-dividend date will be March 16, 2021.
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About Vistra
Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a premier, integrated, Fortune 275 retail
electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, providing essential resources
for customers, commerce, and communities. Vistra combines an
innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with safe,
reliable, diverse, and efficient power generation. The company
brings its products and services to market in 20 states and the
District of Columbia, including
six of the seven competitive wholesale markets in the U.S. and
markets in Canada and Japan, as well. Serving approximately 4.3
million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers
with electricity and natural gas, Vistra is one of the largest
competitive electricity providers in the country and offers over 50
renewable energy plans. The company is also the largest competitive
power generator in the U.S. with a capacity of approximately 39,000
megawatts powered by a diverse portfolio, including natural gas,
nuclear, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. In addition,
the company is a large purchaser of wind power. The company is
currently constructing a 400-MW/1,600-MWh battery energy storage
system in Moss Landing,
California, which is the largest of its kind in the world.
Vistra is guided by four core principles: we do business the right
way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our
stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we
work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about
Vistra's environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the
company's sustainability report
at https://www.vistracorp.com/sustainability/
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