Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Post No. 1,613 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 15, 2012.

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's   Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg)  yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and  Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,008.53 down 29.74 or 0.23% from Friday's close of 13,038.27. For the year the Dow is up 6.47%.  Of the 30 Dow components  12  gained, American Express was unchanged and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Disney and percentage-wise was Bank of America.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks dismiss Europe's rewind" by E.S. Browning says US & European stocks proved resilient despite worries about electoral defeats for gov leaders in France & Greece.   Fin'ls led the gainers with Bank of America up 2.8%.

USA Today p8B "Markets end mixed as investors take stock of Europe elections" by AP says stock markets recovered around the world Mon following an early stumble caused by France & Germany election results that appeared to jeopardize Europe's plans for fighting its debt crisis.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Stocks make small gains; volume not encouraging" by Vincent Mao says stocks overcame early weakness from the weekend elections in Europe to score minor gains Mon as shares were barely up in lower trade.  Current outlook is the market is in a correction.

NYT pB8 "markets change little after political shake up in Europe" by Chris Hauser says electionr esults in Europe injected new ucnertainty into fin'l markets Mon but stocks on Wall St generally rode otu the political developments with little change.

Fin Times p22 "AIG falls after Treasury announces part sale of its stake at a discount" by Arash massoudi says US equities edged higher as market watchers said investors had already priced in expectations that pro austerity leaders in Europe would be defeated over the weekend.  AT&T said it would enter the fast growing home automation markets with a portfolio fo new services including remote energy and water controls.  Verizon did the same in Oct.  Caterpillar lost 1.3%.  

As of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.46 down from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.53 (year ago it was 14.42); Tuesday's P/E estimate is 12.46 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.46 (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.52 unchanged from Monday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.34). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,718.81 down 3.93 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,722.74. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.29 down $0.13 from Friday's average closing price of $57.42. The median closing price of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.07 (DD/HD) down $0.41 from Friday's median closing price of $52.48. The lowest volume was United Technologies and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Monday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $393 ($172,274 - $171,881 ).

MarketWatch Mon. 5:08 by Kate Gibson says US stocks ended with a blue-chip loss and modest gains for broader benchmarks, as investors reflected on voting results over the weekend in which Greece and France rejected pro-austerity candidates.“Both the Greek and French elections move us closer to more accommodation from the European Central Bank,” said Art Hogan, a market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets.  But the election results should not come as a surprise, and may not change monetary policy much in the euro zone, Hogan added. “The same level of austerity that was hoisted upon France for the last 12 months will be with them the next 12 months.”
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.23%  lost 29.74 points, or 0.2%, at 13,008.53, with 17 of its 30 components falling.Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ -1.65%  led percentage decliners, down 1.6%. Caterpillar Inc. CAT -1.27%  and International Business Machines Corp. IBM -0.60%  contributed the most to the point loss on the Dow, which is more sensitive to a stock’s share price than its market capitalization.Dow component Bank of America Corp. BAC +2.84%  rose 2.8% and Walt Disney Co.’s shares DIS +2.07%  gained 2.1% after “The Avengers” raked in a record $207.4 million in the film’s opening weekend. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.04%   added 0.48 points, or 0.04%, to 1,369.58. Financials fared the best and technology the worst among its 10 industry groups, which were split between winners and losers.Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. CTSH -19.18%  shares tumbled 19%, the worst on the index, after the provider of tech-outsourcing services cut its outlook for the year. One analyst said the surprise drop in forecast was likely due to weak demand from North American financial services.  Off the index, Lufkin Industries Inc. LUFK -5.01%  was among the more notable decliners, with shares of the oil-field service provider dropping 5% after its warning second-quarter earnings would be below expectations.The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.05%  gained 1.42 points, or 0.1%, to 2,957.76. Apple Inc. AAPL +0.75% , the index’s biggest component, ended up 0.8%; Google Inc. GOOG +1.77% rose 1.8%. For every seven stocks rising, eight fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where a slender 754 million shares traded hands. NYSE Composite volume was 3.5 billion, under the past month’s average.Reuters
Backers of extreme-right Golden Dawn celebrate after early Greek election results.Oil declined to its lowest since early February, with crude futures for June delivery CLM2 +0.07%  finishing the session down 0.6% at $97.94 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold GCM2 +0.0061%  retreated $6.10 at $1,639.10 an ounce. 
In France’s presidential race, François Hollande defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, as widely anticipated. In Greece, it remained unclear whether the two major parties would be able to form a coalition government that could continue the spending cuts needed to ensure the continuation of rescue funds. Immediate austerity, in recessionary economies, simply doesn’t work — a point apparently better understood by many European voters than those they have elected,” David Kelly, chief market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds, wrote in an emailed note.
A day after voting in Greece and France, the head of the International Monetary Fund spoke in favor of gradual moves to reduce budget deficits to avoid inflicting more damage on struggling economies. IMF head Christine Lagarde made her comments in an address in Zurich, but did not refer to any individual countries.Last week, U.S. equities suffered their biggest declines this year after a report had American corporations hiring fewer workers than forecast.

Tuesday's Dow News followed by Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Mobile phone sales lagging" says Droid Razr saw improvement via a price cut at Verizon and AT&T and Verizon may have had it harder than Motorola and Sprint re April handset sales in N. America.

Fin Times p22 "AIG falls after Treasury announces part sale of its stake at a discount" by Arash massoudi says US equities edged higher as market watchers said investors had already priced in expectations that pro austerity leaders in Europe would be defeated over the weekend.  AT&T said it would enter the fast growing home automation markets with a portfolio fo new services including remote energy and water controls.  Verizon did the same in Oct.  Caterpillar lost 1.3%.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.



American Express:  No mentions found.



Bank of America:  WSJ pC1 "Stocks dismiss Europe's rewind" by E.S. Browning says US & European stocks proved resilient despite worries about electoral defeats for gov leaders in France & Greece.   Fin'ls led the gainers with Bank of America up 2.8%.

Boeing:  WSJ pB6 "Airlines fight FAA rule" by Andy Pasztor says US airlines want the FAA to extend its deadline for modifying fuel tanks of Boeing 737 jets due to risk of explosion.

Caterpillar:  Fin Times p22 "AIG falls after Treasury announces part sale of its stake at a discount" by Arash massoudi says US equities edged higher as market watchers said investors had already priced in expectations that pro austerity leaders in Europe would be defeated over the weekend.  AT&T said it would enter the fast growing home automation markets with a portfolio fo new services including remote energy and water controls.  Verizon did the same in Oct.  Caterpillar lost 1.3%.

Chevron:  No mentions found.



Cisco:  No mentions found.



Disney:  WSJ pC1 "Avengers adds magic to Disney's kingdom" by Spencer Jakab says  the Avengers comes too late to boost what looks to be a weak quarter for Disney partially due because of the flop John Carter.   Disney is expected to report earnings today of 56 cents per share for 2Q.

Fin Times p19 "ABC and Univision eye English speaking Hispanics" by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, NYT pB4 "Univision and ABC to start an English channel to reach Hispanics" by Brian Stelter, Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Disney", WSJ pB1 "Univision, ABC to start news channel in English" by Chris Stewart say they will create a 24 hour cables news channel that will target Hispanics in the US.

DuPont:

Exxon:

GE:  Fin Times p15 "GE strengthens int'l push in tie up with XD electric of China" by Ed Crooks says GE has linked up with Shanghai listed XD electric in another alliance with a Chinese firm.  GE will pay $535 mil for a 15% stake in the power transmitter.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.



Home Depot:  No mentions found.



Intel:  No mentions found.



IBM:  No mentions found.



JPMorgan:  No mentions found.



Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.



Kraft:  No mentions found.



McDonald's:  No mentions found.



Merck:  WSJ pB3 "Roche drug to raise good cholesterol fails" by Jeanne Whalen says Pfizer's Torcetrapib failed in '06 to raise HDL cholesterol.  Merck is involved in late stage development of HDL raising compounds called CETP inhibitors.

Microsoft:  Fin Times p16 "Microsoft adopts internal carbon offset system" by Pilita Clark says this will help drive greener biz decisions across its dlboal operations.

Pfizer:   NYT pB2 "FDA staff raises concerns about arthritis drug, AJC pA12 "Arthritis drug draws concerns from FDA" say tofacitinib has serious safety concerns and is linked to risk of lymphoma.  It is being developed to treat rheumatoid arthritis. 

WSJ pB3 "Roche drug to raise good cholesterol fails" by Jeanne Whalen says Pfizer's Torcetrapib failed in '06 to raise HDL cholesterol.  Merck is involved in late stage development of HDL raising compounds called CETP inhibitors.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.



3M:  No mentions found.



Travelers:  No mentions found.



United Technologies:  WSJ pB5 "Watchdog challenged over pay benchmarks" says ISS is being criticized on how they rate pper benchmarks.  United Technologies is one of 25 firms that ISS says don't have enough industry peers.  UTX says GE, AT&T, Pfizer & Procter & Gamble are peers as they compete for the same execs.  ISS says Exxon and Microsoft should be peers for United Tech.

Verizon:    Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Mobile phone sales lagging" says Droid Razr saw improvement via a price cut at Verizon and AT&T and Verizon may have had it harder than Motorola and Sprint re April handset sales in N. America.

 Fin Times p22 "AIG falls after Treasury announces part sale of its stake at a discount" by Arash massoudi says US equities edged higher as market watchers said investors had already priced in expectations that pro austerity leaders in Europe would be defeated over the weekend.  AT&T said it would enter the fast growing home automation markets with a portfolio fo new services including remote energy and water controls.  Verizon did the same in Oct.  Caterpillar lost 1.3%.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:


Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE



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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)

Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)

McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner to be replaced July 1 by Don Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazer (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 4/15/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:


1. Exxon Mobil XOM $4391 [5]

2. Microsoft MSFT 258.5 [8.5]

3. IBM 235 [1]

4. WalMart WMT 203.5 [3.5]

5. GE 200 [10.5]

6. Chevron CVX 199 [2]

7. Procter & Gamble PG 181 [3]

8. AT&T T 181 [6]

9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 175 [3]

10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 165 [4]

11. Pfizer PFE 164.5 [7.5]

12. Coke KO 162 [2.5]

13. Intel INTC 140.5 [5]

14. Merck MRK 115 [3]

15. Cisco CSCO 107 [5.5]

16. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]

17. McDonald's MCD 98.5 [1]

18. Bank of America BAC 93.5 [10.5]

19. Home Depot HD 77.5 [1.5]

20. Disney DIS 75 [2]

21. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]

22. Caterpillar CAT 68.5 [.5]

23. American Express AXP 67 [1]

24. Kraft KFT 66 [2]

25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]

26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]

27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 48.5 [2]

28. DuPont DD 48.5 [1]

29. Travelers TRV 22.5 [.5]

30. Alcoa AA 10.5 [1]



Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/15/12:



Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments



AT&T T: 3/12/12 Proxy Materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on 4/27/12 at 9 a.m. at Grand American Hotel, Salt lake City, Utah

2/29/12 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 5/15/12

2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/21/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 4/27/12 Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah

2/13 8K re: sale of $3 bil Global Notes



Alcoa AA: 4/11/12 8K re: 1Q results

3/12/12 & 3/1/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 9:30 am, Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA

2/28/12 10K/A & 2/16/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders



American Express AXP: 3/26/12 8K re: dividend of 20 cents a share payable 5/10 to holders at 4/5 & stock buyback plan of up to 150 mil shares

3/20 & 3/2/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 9 am American Express HQ, NYC

3/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 2/29

3/13/12 8K re: Comprehensive Capital Plan

2/29/12 & 2/24/12 10K/A & 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/15/12 8K re: Deling & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/12

2/13/12 8K re: retirement of Director Dan Akerson



Bank of Am BAC: 4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments

3/16/12 8K re: sale of preferred stock

2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/10/12 8K re: settlement of mortgage abuse case with state & fed regulators



Boeing BA: 3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago

2/29/12 8K re: grant of stock options to exec

2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11



Caterpillar CAT: 4/12/12 8K re: election of fromer Utah Gov. and Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Board of Dirs.

4/11/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/13/12 at 8 am, Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

3/20/12 8K re: dealer stats thru 2/12

2/21/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/21/12 8K re: Jan '12 dealer stats



Chevron CVX: 4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting og stockholders on 4/4/12 9:30 am HQ, San Ramon, CA

4/10/12 8K re: 1Q update

3/29/12 8K & Proxy materials re: amendment of bylaws re: litigation in Delaware courts, raise of CEO and other execs' salaries and election of Charles "Wick" Moorman to Board of Dirs.

2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11



Cisco CSCO : 3/27/12 8K re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plans

3/15/12 8K re: acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software for $5 bil

2/21/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/28/12

2/17/12 8K re: $3 bil credit agreement with Bank of America

2/8/12 8K re: 2Q results



Coke KO 3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes

3/8/12 Proxy materials re Annual meeting of shareowners 4/15/12 9:30 am Cobb Galeria, Atlanta

2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/21/12 8K re: election of Robert A. Kotick as Dir.

2/15/12 8K re: adoption of restricted stock plan

2/7/12 8K re: 4Q & full year '11 results



Disney DIS 3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan

2/13/12 8K re: sale of $1 bil of 1.125% Global Notes due '17

2/7/12 10Q for 12/31/11

2/7/12 8K re: 1Q results



DuPont DD: 4/3/12 & 3/16/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders 4/25/12 10:30 am HQ Wilmington, Del

3/15/12 8K re: retirement of William K. Reilly from Board of Dirs.

2/9/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11



ExxonMobil XOM: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 5/30/12 9 am Meyerson Center, Dallas

3/28/12 8K re: Fin'l Operations review info on website

3/14/12 8K re: transcript of 3/8 analysts meeting

2/29/12 8K re: election of Henrietta H. Fore as Dir.

2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/23/12 8K re: worldwide proved oil & gas reserves



GE: 4/9/12 & 3/9/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 4/25/12 10 am Detroit Marriott

4/6/12 8K re: downgrade of GE senior unsecured debt rating by Moodys from Aa2 to aa3 and other downgrade

3/16/12 8K re: GE Capital segment fin'l info as of 12/31/11

1/20/12 8K re: 2/24/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11



Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/12 8K re: exec changes and amendment to bylaws decreasing Board of Dirs from 14 to 11

3/12/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/31/12

3/12/12 8K re: underwriting of $2 bil of Global Notes

2/22/12 8K re: 1Q results ended 1/31/12

2/3/12 Proxy re: 3/21/12 Annual meeting of shareholders at Santa Clara, CA Convention Ctr.



Home Depot HD: 4/2/12 Proxy material and 10K for year ended 1/29/12 and material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17 at 9 am at Cobb Galeria, Atlanta

2/21/12 8K re: FY '11 results & FY '12 guidance



Intel INTC: 4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockhodles meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA

2/28/12 8K re: expansion of JV with Micron Tech for flash memory

2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/9/12 8K re: settlement of antitrust case brought by NY Atty Gen'l



IBM: 3/22/12 & 3/12/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders on 4/24/12 10 am Charleston Convention Center, S.C.

2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/9/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 2.2% Notes due '17

2/3/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for notes due '15 - '17

2/3/12 8K re: exec salaries for top 5 execs



JPMorganChase JPM: 4/13/12 2 8Ks re: fin'l info on website & 1Q results

4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual meeting of shareholders 5/15/12 at JPM campus in Tampa, Fl

4/4/12 8K re: annual report on website

3/29/12 8K re: Reg. statement re: Global Med. Term Notes'

3/27/12 8K re: changes to Board of Dirs: election of Tim Flynn and retirement of William Gray & David Novak

3/14/12 8K re: dividend of 30 cents payable 4/30 to record holders as of 4/5 and $15 bil share buyback program

3/1/12 8K re: 2/28/12 Investor Day Presentation

2/29/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/9/12 8K re: global settlement of mortgage foreclosure suits brought by state & fed regulators



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 4/9/12 8K re: resignation of Vice Chair of Board, Sheri S. McCoy to join Avon as CEO

4/3/12 & 3/14/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of Shareholders on 4/26/12 10 am Grand Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ

3/28/12 8K re: new format for sales results

2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/21/12 8K re: election of Alex Gorsky as CEO & Dir as of 4/26/12



Kraft KFT: 4/2/12 & 3/23/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 at North Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie, Ill.

3/20/12 8K re: $2.1 bil of costs and expenses re: spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business

3/15/12 8K re: nominations of Terry Lundgren & Jorge Mesquita to Board of Dirs.

3/14/12 8K re: revolving credit agreement

2/27/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/21/12 2 8Ks re: '11 operating results & 4Q results



McDonald's MCD: 4/13/12 & 3/7/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/12 at HQ at Oak Brook, Ill.

3/26/12 8K re: retirement of James Skinner as CEO effective 6/30/12 and his replacement as CEO of Donald Thompson

3/8/12 8K re: Feb. '12 sales results

3/7/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/24/12 at McDonald's HQ Oak Brook, Ill.

2/24/11 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/10/12 8K re: grant of exec stock options

2/8/12 8K re: Jan '12 sales

2/7/12 8K re: issuance of $750 mil med term notes



Merck MRK: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of Shareholders on 5/22/12 8:30 am at Bridgewater Marriott in NJ

3/30/12 8K re: Retirement from Board of Dirs of Steven Goldstone & Harry Jacobson

2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

2/9/12 8K re: Dr. Thomas Shenk retiring from Board of Dirs.

2/2/12 8K re: full year & 4Q results 12/31/11



Microsoft MSFT: 2/27/12 8K re: election of John W. Thompson as Dir.

1/27/12 10Q/A & 1/19/12 10Q for year ended 12/31/11

1/19/12 8K re: 2Q 12/31/11 results



Pfizer PFE: 3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ

2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/12

1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results



Procter & Gamble PG: 4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27

2/23/12 8K re: Consumer Analyst Conference slides 2/23/12

2/15/12 8K re: sale of Pringles to Kellogg for $2.7 bil in cash

2/10/12 8K re: restructuring of Beauty & Grooming Global Business Unit

2/6/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil 2.3% & floating rate notes



3M MMM: 3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn

2 8ks 2/21/12 & 2 8ks 2/16/12 re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans

2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11

2/8/12 8K re: Inge G. Thulin replacing George W. Buckley as CEO on 2/24/12



Travelers TRV: 4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott

2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11

United Technologies UTX: 4/13/12 8K re: retriement of charles Lee from Board of Dirs.

3/22/12 & 2/24/12 Proxy materials re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC

3/15/12 8K re: structure for proposed Goodrich acquisition

2/17/12 8K re: election of Pedro Baranda as Pres. of Otis Elevator

2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11



Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 4/2/12 & 3/19/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/12 at 10:30 at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Al.

2/24/12 10K FY 12/31/11



WalMart WMT: 3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12

2/21/12 8K re: 4Q results

1/25/12 8K re: election of Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club

12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders

12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11

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