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Cash flows

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

11 · Cash flows

Three months ended March 31 (in millions)	2012		2011
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Interest paid to non-affiliates	$	22	$	23
Income tax paid/(refunded)	—		(30		)
Supplemental disclosures of noncash activities
Common stock dividends reinvested in HEI common stock (1)	6		6
Increases in common stock related to director and officer compensatory plans	2		4
Real estate acquired in settlement of loans	2		3

(1) The amounts shown represent common stock dividends reinvested in HEI common stock under the HEI Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (DRIP) in noncash transactions.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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