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Shareholders were wondering what Cook planned to do with Apple's more than $97 million in cash. In March, Apple announced that it would pay its first dividend since 1995.

"We have used some of our cash to make great investments in our business through increased research and development, acquisitions, new retail store openings, strategic prepayments and capital expenditures in our supply chain, and building out our infrastructure," Cook said in a prepared statement.

"Even with these investments, we can maintain a war chest for strategic opportunities and have plenty of cash to run our business. So we are going to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program," he added.

August 24, 2012 4:00 AM PDT

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