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To: chowder who wrote (6804)	12/18/2010 5:56:34 AM
From: Bocor	Read Replies (1) of 34328

The 2011 Dividend Aristocrats The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is the most prestigious list of dividend stocks. The Dividend Aristocrats index is designed to measure the performance of S&P 500 constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. This index is a member of the S&P Dividend Aristocrats index series. Dividend Aristocrats constituents exhibit the following characteristics: - Underlying Indices – S&P 500 - Weighting – Equally weighted; Constituents re-weighted quarterly - Reconstitution – Reviewed annually in December Among others, Dividend Aristocrats include these highly recognizable names, with years of consecutive dividend increases shown: - 3M Co. (MMM) – 52 years - Abbott Laboratories (ABT) – 38 years - Clorox Co (CLX) – 35 years - Coca-Cola Co (KO) – 48 years - Exxon (XOM) – 28 years - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) – 48 years - McDonald’s Corp (MCD) – 34 years - Procter & Gamble (PG) – 54 years - Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) – 36 years Members may be deleted during the December rebalance if calendar-year dividends did not increase from the previous year, or intra-year if the stock is removed from the underlying S&P 500. On December 2nd, S&P announced changes to the Dividend Aristocrats Index. Standard & Poor’s will perform the annual reconstitution of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index after the close of trading on Friday, December 17, 2010. The following stocks will be added to the Dividend Aristocrats: - McCormick & Company (MKC) - Hormel Foods Corp. (HRL) - Ecolab Inc. (ECL) The following stocks will be dropped from the Dividend Aristocrats: - Eli Lilly And Company (LLY) - SUPERVALU Inc. (SVU) - Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (TEG) After last year’s significant decline, it is good see the membership number level off. The previous two years were difficult for dividend stocks, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. During good times it is easy for companies to increase dividends, and many companies were added to the index. It is during times of adversity that we learn who the real aristocrats are. dividendsvalue.com

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