Sec Form 13D Filing - GAMCO INVESTORS INC. (GBL) filing for EL PASO ELECTRIC CO (EE) - 2020-08-04

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 10)

El Paso Electric Company

Common Stock

                                                                                                 ________283677854_________

David Goldman

GAMCO Investors, Inc.

One Corporate Center

Rye, New York 10580-1435

(914) 921-5000

______________________ August 3, 2020________________________

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box  .

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Item 1. Security and Issuer

This Amendment No. 10 to Schedule 13D on the Common Stock of El Paso Electric Company (the “Issuer”) is being filed on behalf of the undersigned to amend the Schedule 13D, as amended (the “Schedule 13D”) which was originally filed on February 4, 2008.  Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Schedule 13D.

Item 2. Identity and Background

Item 2 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli (“Mario Gabelli”) and various entities which he

directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer.  These entities, except for LICT Corporation (“LICT) and CIBL, Inc. (“CIBL”), engage in various aspects of the securities business, primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and individual clients, including registered investment companies and pension plans, and as general partner or the equivalent of various private investment partnerships or private funds and as a registered broker-dealer.  Certain of these entities may also make investments for their own accounts.

The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more than 5% of a class of equity securities of a particular issuer.  Although several of the foregoing persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented for filing on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely passive.  In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.

(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or more of the following persons: GGCP, Inc.  (“GGCP”), GGCP Holdings LLC (“GGCP Holdings”), GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GBL”), Associated Capital Group, Inc. (“AC”), Gabelli Funds, LLC (“Gabelli Funds”), GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (“GAMCO”), Teton Advisors, Inc. (“Teton Advisors”), Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc. (“GCIA”), Morgan Group Holding Co., (“MGH”), G.research, LLC (“G.research”), MJG Associates, Inc. (“MJG Associates”), Gabelli Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation”), Mario Gabelli, LICT and CIBL.  Those of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereinafter referred to as the “Reporting Persons”.

GGCP makes investments for its own account and is the manager and a member of GGCP Holdings which is the controlling shareholder of GBL and AC.  GBL, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those named below.  AC, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities business, including certain of those listed below.

GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”).  GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account services for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, foundations and others.

GCIA, a wholly owned subsidiary of AC, is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act and serves as a general partner or investment manager to limited partnerships and offshore investment companies and other accounts.  As a part of its business, GCIA may purchase or sell securities for its own account.  GCIA is a general partner or investment manager of a number of funds or partnerships, including Gabelli Associates Fund, L.P., Gabelli Associates Fund II, L.P., Gabelli Associates Limited, Gabelli Associates Limited II E, ALCE Partners, L.P., Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund LP, Gabelli Capital Structure Arbitrage Fund Limited, Gabelli Intermediate Credit Fund L.P., GAMA Select Energy + L.P., GAMCO Medical Opportunities L.P., and Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P.

G.research is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGH.  MGH in turn is controlled by AC through an 83% ownership interest.  G.research, is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“1934 Act”), which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities for its own account.

Gabelli Funds, a wholly owned subsidiary of GBL, is a limited liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act which provides advisory services for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Growth Fund, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., The Gabelli Value 25 Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The Gabelli Global Content & Connectivity Fund, The Gabelli Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc., The Gabelli Global Rising Income & Dividend Fund, The Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, The Gabelli International Growth Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust, The Gabelli Utilities Fund, The Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund, The Gabelli Focus Five Fund, The Comstock Capital Value Fund, The Gabelli Dividend and Income Trust, The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust, The GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources, & Income Trust, The GAMCO Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust, The GDL Fund, Gabelli Enterprise Mergers & Acquisitions Fund, The Gabelli ESG Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Internationa l Small Cap Fund, The Gabelli Healthcare & Wellness ^Rx Trust, The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust, Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust, Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust Plc,  The Gabelli Global Financial Services Fund, The Gabelli Global Mini Mites Fund, The Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust, The Gabelli Media Mogul Fund, The Gabelli Pet Parents’ Fund, The Gabelli U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund, Bancroft Fund Ltd. and Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd. (collectively, the “Funds”), which are registered investment companies.  Gabelli Funds is also the investment adviser to The GAMCO International SICAV (sub-funds GAMCO Merger Arbitrage and GAMCO All Cap Value), a UCITS III vehicle.

Teton Advisors, an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, provides discretionary advisory services to The TETON Westwood Mighty Mites^sm Fund, The TETON Westwood Income Fund, The TETON Westwood SmallCap Equity Fund, TETON Westwood Intermediate Bond Fund, and The TETON Westwood Mid-Cap Equity Fund.

MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment partnerships and offshore funds.  Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder, director and employee of MJG Associates.   MJG Associates is the Investment Manager of Gabelli International Limited and Gabelli Fund, LDC.  Mario J. Gabelli is the general partner of Gabelli Performance Partnership, LP.

The Foundation is a private foundation.  Mario Gabelli is the Chairman, a Trustee and the Investment Manager of the Foundation. Elisa M. Wilson is the President of the Foundation.

LICT is a holding company with operating subsidiaries engaged primarily in the rural telephone industry. LICT actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. LICT makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is the Chief Executive Officer, a director, and substantial shareholder of LICT.

CIBL is a holding company with interests in telecommunications operations, primarily in the rural telephone industry. CIBL actively pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. CIBL makes investments in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the business of investing, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli is a director, and substantial shareholder of CIBL.

Mario Gabelli is the controlling stockholder, Chief Executive Officer and a director of GGCP and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GBL. He is the Executive Chairman of AC.  Mario Gabelli is also a member of GGCP Holdings. Mario Gabelli is the controlling shareholder of Teton.

The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group.

GAMCO is a New York corporation and GBL, MGH and Teton Advisors are Delaware corporations, each having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. GGCP is a Wyoming corporation and AC and GCIA are Delaware corporations each having its principal business office 191 Mason Street, Greenwich, CT 06830.   GGCP Holdings is a Delaware limited liability corporation having its principal business office at 191 Mason Street, Greenwich, CT 06830.  G.research is a Delaware limited liability company having its principal officers at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company having its principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.  MJG Associates is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at 191 Mason Street, Greenwich, CT 06830.  The Foundation is a Nevada corporation having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.  LICT is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580. CIBL, Inc. is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business as 165 West Liberty Street, Suite 220, Reno, NV 89501.

For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and other related persons (collectively, “Covered Persons”), reference is made to Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

(d) – Not applicable.

(e) – Not applicable.

 (f) – Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.

Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer

Item 5 to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

(a) As a result of the completion of the acquisition of the Issuer by Infrastructure Investments Fund, the Reporting Persons no longer have beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer’s shares.

(b) Information with respect to all transactions in the Securities which were effected during the past sixty days or since the most recent filing on Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 (e) The Reporting Persons cease to be beneficial owners of 5% or more of the Issuer’s common stock on August 3, 2020.

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: August 4, 2020

GGCP, INC.

MARIO J. GABELLI

By:/s/ David Goldman

     David Goldman

     Attorney-in-Fact

GABELLI FUNDS, LLC

By:/s/ David Goldman 

     David Goldman

     General Counsel – Gabelli Funds, LLC

  GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.

By:/s/ Kevin Handwerker 

     Kevin Handwerker

                General Counsel & Secretary – GAMCO Investors, Inc.

ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP, INC.

GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

GABELLI & COMPANY INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.

By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson 

     Douglas R. Jamieson

                    President & Chief Executive Officer – Associated Capital

Group, Inc.

      President – GAMCO Asset Management Inc.

      President – Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc.

Schedule I

     Information with Respect to Executive

Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:

                                 SCHEDULE II

                            INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO

                 TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR

                 SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)

                                   SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE

                        DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)

 COMMON STOCK-EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY

          MJG ASSOCIATES, INC.

                       8/03/20            4,000-           68.2500

                       6/12/20            2,969            67.2492

                       6/11/20            1,031            67.2500

          GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

                       8/03/20          217,900-           68.2500

                       8/03/20          580,000-           68.2500

                       7/29/20            2,000            68.4013

                       7/28/20           75,206-           68.4033

                       7/28/20            9,212-           68.4000

                       7/27/20           20,000-           68.4000

                       7/24/20              200            67.9100

                       7/24/20            2,000-           67.9100

                       7/22/20            3,400-           68.1800

                       7/22/20            4,500-           68.1500

                       7/21/20              500-           66.4202

                       7/21/20              500-           66.4500

                       7/17/20            2,000-           67.5050

                       7/15/20            4,000-           67.4683

                       7/13/20            1,000-           67.3500

                       7/10/20            2,000-           67.1802

                       7/08/20            4,800-             *DO

                       7/08/20            4,000-           67.0285

                       7/07/20            1,000-           67.1000

                       6/30/20            2,837-           66.8593

                       6/26/20            1,200-           66.1442

                       6/26/20            2,000-           66.0500

                       6/25/20            1,000-           66.2000

                       6/23/20            6,000-           65.9583

                       6/23/20            5,000-           66.1254

                       6/22/20           10,000-           66.5001

                       6/15/20              600-           66.6000

                       6/10/20            1,163-           67.9000

                       6/05/20            2,000-           67.8100

                       6/04/20           10,000-           67.6588

                       6/04/20            1,000-           67.6869

          GABELLI & COMPANY INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC.

             GABELLI ASSOCIATES LIMITED II E

                       7/28/20           24,794-           68.4033

                 &#x A0;     7/28/20           49,833-           68.4000

             GABELLI ASSOCIATES LIMITED

                       7/28/20          175,352-           68.4000

                       7/24/20           11,000            67.9100

             GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND II

                       8/03/20           58,400-           68.2500

                       7/29/20            8,300            68.4013

                       7/29/20              300            68.4000

             GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND

                       8/03/20          173,062-           68.2500

                       7/29/20            7,200            68.4000

                       7/29/20           24,850            68.4013

                       7/24/20            3,800            67.9100

          GGCP, INC.

                       7/15/20              200-           67.5000

          GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.

             GABELLI UTILITY TRUST

                       8/03/20          276,000-           68.2500

                       7/29/20          150,000            68.4000

                       6/23/20            4,000-           66.2225

                       6/19/20            4,000-           66.6364

                       6/10/20            6,000-           67.8947

                       6/08/20            4,000-           67.8207

             GABELLI UTILITIES FUND

                       8/03/20          600,000-           68.2500

                       7/22/20            8,500-           68.1205

                       7/21/20            3,000-           66.7750

                       7/17/20            4,500-           67.3637

                       7/16/20            4,000-           67.1523

                       7/15/20            5,000-           67.4742

                       7/14/20            4,400-           67.5266

                       7/07/20           10,200-           66.8755

                       7/06/20            3,400-           67.1653

             GABELLI EQUITY TRUST

                       8/03/20          100,000-           68.2500

                       7/22/20            5,000-           68.1200

                       7/10/20            5,500-           67.2800

                       7/09/20            6,500-           66.9984

                       7/08/20            2,500-           67.0183

                       7/01/20            5,500-           67.0975

                       6/30/20            3,890-           66.8531

                       6/29/20            1,110-           66.9000

                       6/10/20            6,000-           67.8947

             THE GDL FUND

                       8/03/20          105,000-           68.2500

                       6/15/20            3,000-           66.5076

                       6/04/20            4,000-           67.6773

             GABELLI ENTERPRISE M&A FUND

                       8/03/20           49,041-           68.2500

                       7/27/20            8,300            68.3961

             GAMCO MERGER ARBITRAGE

                       7/28/20          349,465-           68.4000

                       7/27/20            3,524-           68.4000

             GAMCO ALL CAP VALUE

                       6/04/20              800-           67.6110

             GABELLI ABC FUND

                       8/03/20          550,000-           68.2500

                       7/28/20          150,000            68.4000

                       7/27/20          249,000            68.3961

                       7/22/20            4,000-           67.8160

                       6/12/20            5,000-           66.7240

             GABELLI GLOBAL UTILITY & INCOME TRUST

                       6/09/20            2,000-           67.8400

                       6/05/20            2,000-           67.8202

                       6/04/20              974-           67.6110                                                                                   &# xA0;         

          ASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP INC.

                       8/03/20           14,500-           68.2500                                                                                             

                       7/29/20            2,500            68.4000

                       7/28/20           10,000            68.4008

(1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED

    ON THE NYSE.

(2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.

(3) THE TRANSACTIONS ON 8/03/20 ARE A RESULT OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE

    ISSUER BY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS FUND FOR $68.25 PER SHARE.

(*) RESULTS IN CHANGE OF DISPOSITIVE POWER AND BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.