Friday, July 13, 2012

7/13/12 Fri pm Dow Closes at 12,777.09 up 203.82 or 1.62%


Post No. 1,724 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 recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,777.09 up 203.82 or 1.62% from Thursday's close of 12,573.27.  For the week the Dow is up 4.62  points or .036% from last Friday's close of 12,772.47 . Of the 30 Dow components 29 gained and only Hewlett-Packard  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was  was IBM up $2.91 and percentage-wise was JPMorgan up 5.9 %. The only and therefore biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 37 cents or 1.94%.


As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.14 down from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.16 (year ago it was 14.11); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.76) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.67 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.66 (last year it was 2.43). 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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,688.23 up 26.93 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,661.30. 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 increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase 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  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.27 up 0.89  from Thursday's average closing price of $55.38. The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.14 (HD/DIS) up $0.65 from Thursday's median closing price of $49.49 (HD/DIS. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If  Friday 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 made $2,693 ($168,810 - $166,130).

MarketWatch Fri. 4:12 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rallied Friday to end their longest losing stretch since May after J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM +5.96% reported quarterly results that beat expectations. "They are the single best bank, not only domestically but globally," Chip Cobb, portfolio manager at BMT Asset Management in Bryn Mawr, Penn., said of the bank. After six down sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.62% rose 203.82 points, or 1.6%, to 12,777.09, up 0.04% for the week. The S&P 500 index SPX +1.65% added 22.01 points, or 1.7%, to 1,356.77, leaving it 0.2% above last Friday's finish. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.48% climbed 42.28 points, or 1.5%, to 2,908.47, off 1% for the week.


Friday'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
KFTNASDAQ-GS
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE

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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of  Friday's Wall St. Journal & amp;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 Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,573.27 down 31.26 or 0.25% from Wednesday's close of 12,604.53.  For the year the Dow is up 2.91%. . Of the 30 Dow components 8 gained and 22 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's up $2.40 and percentage-wise was Merck up 4.13% . The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $2.15 and percentage-wise was Intel down 2.56%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks drag out declines" by matt jarzemsky says selling in Intel, Cisco & otehr tech firms led US stocks to their 6th straight daily decline, the longest slump in nearly 2 months. Merck is charted under Good News saying it will close a trial of its osteoporosis drug early because it already met its primary goals.

NYT pB8 "Shares slip for a 6th consecutive session" by AP says stocks slid for a 6th day on Thurs as concern spread that weaker global economic growth & the Europeand ebt crisis would hurt corp earnings.

USA Today p4B "Downbeat forecasts trump upbeat news as markets slip" by Bloomberg says stocks fell a 6th straight session as concern increased re: global eocnoic growth & and corp earnings.  The market pared earlier losses as Procter & Gamble and Merck rallied nearly 4%.

Fin Times p22 "Tech stocks lead broader sell off amid slwodown concerns" by Anora Mahmudova says tech stocks led losses on Wall St as investors shunned risky assets amid concerns over a global slowdown.  JPMorgan shares fell 1.6% ahead of their earnings report today while Bank of America was down 2%.  Procter & gamble rose 3.7% aftter reports that activist investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital managemnt has taken a stake in it.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Indexes reverse off lows, but can't duck distribution" by Paul Whitfield says stock indexes continued a back and forth battle around their 50 day moving averages thurs with indefinite results as thursday's action saw indexes trim losses and the current outlook is an uptrend under pressure.


Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,661.30 down 9.55 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,671.85. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.38 down 0.13 from Tuesday's average closing price of $55.51. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $49.49 (HD/DIS) up $0.02 from Wednesday's median closing price of $49.47 (HD/DIS. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday 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 $955 ($1666,530 - $166,130).

MarketWatch Wednes. 4:15 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks indexes on Thursday extended their longest losing streak in nearly eight weeks as investors worried about global growth, corporate outlooks and the inability of politicians in Europe as well as Washington to implement fiscal policy. "All eyes are on Washington to offer up a credible program soon to be helpful on a number of fronts. And all eyes are on Europe to do basically the same thing locally," said Jim Russell, chief equity strategist for U.S. Bank Wealth Management. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.25%declined 31.26 points, or 0.3%, to close at 12,573.27. The S&P 500 SPX-0.50% fell 6.69 points, or 0.5%, to 1,334.76. The Nasdaq CompositeCOMP-0.75% slid 21.79 points, or 0.85, to 2,866.19. Both the Dow and the S&P 500 extended their fall into a sixth day, while the Nasdaq dropped for a fifth session.

Friday's Dow News followed by Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  WSJ pB5 "Competition worries snag Verizon deal on airwaves" by Amy Schatz says the DOJ is holding up Verizon's $3.9 bil to buy cable company airwaves over concerns a related agreement will hurt competition for broadband Internet service.  Verizon announced the plans to buy the airwaves after regulators rejected AT&T's $39 bil bid to buy T-Mobile last year.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC1 "FDIC's new commandment" by Robin Sidel says Bank of America and all other banks are confusing people by implying the FDIC is behind certain new fees.

WSJ pC3 "Wells Fargo settles lending bias cases" by Ruth Simon says in Nov Bank of America agreed to pay $335 mil to settle claims that Countrywide discriminated against more than 210,000 minority borrowers.

 Fin Times p22 "Tech stocks lead broader sell off amid slwodown concerns" by Anora Mahmudova says tech stocks led losses on Wall St as investors shunned risky assets amid concerns over a global slowdown.  JPMorgan shares fell 1.6% ahead of their earnings report today while Bank of America was down 2%.  Procter & gamble rose 3.7% aftter reports that activist investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital managemnt has taken a stake in it.

Boeing:  NYT pB5 "At Air Show, orders fall for aircraft companies" by Nicola Clark says economic woes & a backlog of orders prompt a decline in plane purchase. 

WSJ pB5 "Airbus wants A380 cost cuts" by Daniel Michaels says Boeing's competitor has been streamlining the jet for 6 years.

Fin Times p13 "Air show win for Boeing over Airbus as United signs orders for Max jets" by Andrew Parker, USA Today p1B "United airlines orders 150 Boeing 737s", AJC pA14 "United Airlines to buy 150 Boeing 737s",  say they will replace older, non-fuel efficient planes.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco: WSJ pC4 "Stocks drag out declines" by matt jarzemsky says selling in Intel, Cisco & otehr tech firms led US stocks to their 6th straight daily decline, the longest slump in nearly 2 months. Merck is charted under Good News saying it will close a trial of its osteoporosis drug early because it already met its primary goals.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  WSJ pB6 "A TV invasion" by Erica Orden says Disney is promoting its show The Neighbors at Comic-Con.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  USA Today p1B says two private investigaors were sentenced to 3 years probation for improper gathering of data on Hewlett-Packard board members.

 Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Microsoft cuts as PCs slump" says Microsoft cut marketing jobs due to a PC sales slowdown that also affected Hewlett-packard & others.

Home Depot:  IBD pA10 "Home remodeling perks up as owners stay put longer" by kathleen Doler says this may help Home Depot.

Intel: WSJ pC4 "Stocks drag out declines" by matt jarzemsky says selling in Intel, Cisco & otehr tech firms led US stocks to their 6th straight daily decline, the longest slump in nearly 2 months. Merck is charted under Good News saying it will close a trial of its osteoporosis drug early because it already met its primary goals.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Tech earning veiws soft as economies sputter worldwide" by Brian Deagon says Intel and IBM are expected to not report strong results.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Weak PC shipments hurt Intel" says Intel's PC shipments slowed in Q2.

IBM: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Tech earning veiws soft as economies sputter worldwide" by Brian Deagon says Intel and IBM are expected to not report strong results.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "AT% JP Morgan, Whale & Co. go" by Dan Fitzpatrick says the London Whale & 2 other employees at the center of London's big trading blunder have left the bank.

WSJ pC1 "Ahead of the tape" by David Reilly says when JPMorgan reports results Fri it will be profitable despite a charge of $5 bil due to London's trading blunder.

 Fin Times p22 "Tech stocks lead broader sell off amid slwodown concerns" by Anora Mahmudova says tech stocks led losses on Wall St as investors shunned risky assets amid concerns over a global slowdown.  JPMorgan shares fell 1.6% ahead of their earnings report today while Bank of America was down 2%.  Procter & gamble rose 3.7% aftter reports that activist investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital managemnt has taken a stake in it.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB4 "Walgreen taps new chairman" by Tim Martin says ex-CEO Jim Skinner of McDonald's has been named Walgreen's exec chairman.

Merck: WSJ pC4 "Stocks drag out declines" by matt jarzemsky says selling in Intel, Cisco & otehr tech firms led US stocks to their 6th straight daily decline, the longest slump in nearly 2 months. Merck is charted under Good News saying it will close a trial of its osteoporosis drug early because it already met its primary goals.

NYT pB12 "In report, failures at every level of hierarchy" by Richard Perez-Pena, WSJ pA1 "Penn State concealed sex abuse, report says" by Kris maher say Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck, and a Penn State trusttee says the Board of Trustees didn't do enough re: the scandal.

 USA Today p4B "Downbeat forecasts trump upbeat news as markets slip" by Bloomberg says stocks fell a 6th straight session as concern increased re: global eocnoic growth & and corp earnings.  The market pared earlier losses as Procter & Gamble and Merck rallied nearly 4%.

Microsoft:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Microsoft cuts as PCs slump" says Microsoft cut marketing jobs due to a PC sales slowdown that also affected Hewlett-packard & others.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  WSJ pA1 "Activist ivnesgtor sets sights on P&G" by Emily Glazer, Juliet Chung, NYT pB7 "Ackman assesses P&g" by Michael J. de la Merced say procter & Gamble is in the cross hairs of activist ivnestor William Ackman.  He is expected to push for changes in top management and deeper cost cuts to improve Procter & Gamble's lagging profitablility.

 USA Today p4B "Downbeat forecasts trump upbeat news as markets slip" by Bloomberg says stocks fell a 6th straight session as concern increased re: global eocnoic growth & and corp earnings.  The market pared earlier losses as Procter & Gamble and Merck rallied nearly 4%.

 Fin Times p22 "Tech stocks lead broader sell off amid slwodown concerns" by Anora Mahmudova says tech stocks led losses on Wall St as investors shunned risky assets amid concerns over a global slowdown.  JPMorgan shares fell 1.6% ahead of their earnings report today while Bank of America was down 2%.  Procter & gamble rose 3.7% aftter reports that activist investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital managemnt has taken a stake in it.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  WSJ pB5 "Competition worries snag Verizon deal on airwaves" by Amy Schatz says the DOJ is holding up Verizon's $3.9 bil to buy cable company airwaves over concerns a related agreement will hurt competition for broadband Internet service.  Verizon announced the plans to buy the airwaves after regulators rejected AT&T's $39 bil bid to buy T-Mobile last year.

Walmart:  WSJ pB1 "What's wrong with America's supermarkets?" by Anne Gasparro says big box discounters such as Walmart and Target are using food to rel shoppers into their stores and are hurting supermarkets.


Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNASDAQ-GS
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 6/20/12 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 $397.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 260 [8.5]
3. IBM 229.5 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 233 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. AT&T T 207.5 [6]
7. GE 213 [10.5]
8.Procter & Gamble PG 165.5 [3]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 184 [3]
10. Coke KO 170.5 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 169.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 138.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 139 [5]
14. Verizon VZ 123 [3]
15. Merck MRK 119 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 90 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 94 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 85.5 [2]
19. Bank of America BAC 87.5 [10.5]
20. Home Depot HD 81 [1.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 69 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 69 [2]
23. American Express AXP 66 [1]
24. Caterpillar CAT 57 [.5]
25. 3M MMM 60.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 42 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/20/12:

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

AT&T T: 6/14/12 8K re: sale of approx. $2 bil of notes
6/7/12 8K re completion of sale of AT&T Advertising Solutions to Cerebrus
5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting
4/24/12 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

Alcoa AA: 5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report
4/16/12 8K re: 1Q Earnings call transcript
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

American Express AXP: 6/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats 3/31, 4/30 & 5/31/12
6/13/12 8K re: fin'l presentation of Vice-Chair Edward Gilligan
5/15/12 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats thru 4/30
5/3/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders results
5/1/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/18/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/16/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 3/31
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

Bank of Am BAC: 5/25/12 8K re: repurchase of notes
5/9/12 8K re: results of Annual Shareholders meeting
5/4/12 8K re: change of presentation of fin'l info
5/3/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/23/12 Proxy material for 5/9 Annual Meeting
4/19/12 8K 1Q results
4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments


Boeing BA: 5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 114/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago

Caterpillar CAT: 6/20/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 5/12
6/18/12 8K re: amended by-laws re: date of annual stockholders meeting
6/14/12 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Bd. of Dirs.
6/13/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div to 52 cents payable 8/20 to 7/20 record holders
5/17/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 4/12
5/7/12 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/31
4/25 8K re: 3/12 dealer stats
4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/23/12 Proxy re: 6/13/12 Annual Stockholders Meeting at San Antonio, Tx
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

Chevron CVX: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results from annual stockholders meeting
5/27/12 proxy re: recommendation to vote against all stockholder proposals
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations
4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting of 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.

Cisco CSCO : 6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan
5/23/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/28/12
5/9/12 8K re: 3 Qtr results
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

Coke KO: 5/25/12 Proxy material re: 7/10 Special stockholders meeting
5/15/12 Proxy re: special meeting of stockholders to approve stock split to be held at Atlanta on 7/10/12 to get invited email: shareownerservices@na.ko.com by 5/21
3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes


Disney DIS:6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement
5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/8/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan

DuPont DD: 5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results
4/24/12 10Q re: quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/17/12 Proxy re: voting recommendations
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.

ExxonMobil XOM: 6/1/12 8K re: voting results from annual shareholders meeting
5/16/12 proxy re: exec compensation
5/11/12 proxy re: voting recommendations
5/3/12 10Q ended 3/31
4/26/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

GE: 6/12/12 8K re: election of Manjin Dekkers to Board of Dirs.
5/23/12 10Q/A amend 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/12
5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil from GECC to GE & increase of stock buyback program
5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/30/12 8K amending employee incentive plan
4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results
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

Home Depot HD: 5/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/29/12
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of 5/17 annual shareholders meeting
5/15/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

Intel INTC: 5/22/12 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting
5/11/12 8K re: Reg FD disclosure of webcast
5/7/12 8K re: 90 cents a share dividend
5/4/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results
4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockholders meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA


IBM: 5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes
5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials
4/26/12 8K re: Annual stockholders meeting results
4/24/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 3/31
4/18/12 8K re: sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions Business to Toshiba TEC
4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results


JPMorganChase JPM: 6/13/12 8K re: CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony before US Senate Comm on Banking
6/12/12 8K re: redemption of $9 bil in Trust Preferred Capital Securities
5/18/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders' results
5/15/12 8K re: retirement of Chief Inv. Office Ina Drew succeeded by Matthew E. Zames
5/10/12 10Q re: qtr ende 3/31
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 6/14/12 8K re: completion of Synthes purchase for $19.7 cash/stock
6/12/12 8K re: repurchase of shares from Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan
6/8/12 8K re: special charge of $600 mil related to legal charges related to Risperdal, Invega & Naterecor
5/8/12 8K re: sale of DePuy Orthopaedics to Biomet
5/7/12 10Q re: qtr ended 4/1
4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of stockholders
4/20/12 add'l proxy material
4/19/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws splitting the offices of Chairman & CEO
4/17/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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


Kraft KFT: 6/18/12 8K re: Exchange Offer
6/8/12 8K re: on 6/26 KFT to trade on NASDAQ not NYSE
5/31/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
5/24/12 8K re: amendment of bylaws to do away with share certificates as of 6/15
5/22/12 8K re: 5 year revolving credit contract
5/18/12 8K re: favorable IRS ruling on tax-free nature of spin-off
5/14/12 proxy material re Annual meeting
5/4/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
5/3/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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.

McDonald's MCD: 6/18/12 8K re: stocks options to Donald Thompson CEO as of 7/1
6/11/12 8K re: May '12 sales
5/29/12 8K re: issuance of approx. $1 bil of notes
5/29/12 8K re: approval of officers' stock plan
5/8/12 8K re: April sales
5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
4/16/12 8K re: election of Tim Fenton as COO
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
Merck MRK: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders
4/27/12 10Q re Qr ended 3/31
4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results
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

Microsoft MSFT: 6/18/12 8K re: Amendment to By-laws re: timing of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/3/12 8K re: election of Steve Luczo to Board, he is CEO of Seagate Tech
4/19/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re 1 Qtr results

Pfizer PFE: 5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of shareholders
4/23/12 8K re: ale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil
44/16/12 add't'l proxy material
3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
Procter & Gamble PG: 5/4/12 8K e: resentation of info re: Snack Business as a discontinued operation
4/27/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31
4/27/12 2 8Ks re: 3 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27

3M MMM: 5/10/12 & 5/412 8Ks re: adoption of exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/17/12 8K re: duties of Lead Independent Director
3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn

Travelers TRV: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/19/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ended 3/31
4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott

United Technologies UTX: 6/18/12 8K re: issuance of equity unites
6/1/12 8K re: issuance of $9.8 bil of notes
4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: retirement 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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
4/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/19/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
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.


WalMart WMT: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
6/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/30/12
5/17/12 8K re: operating results & guidance
4/16/12 proxy material re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 6/1 at 7 am at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.
3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12 END

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