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To: Steve Felix who wrote (3831)	2/20/2010 2:14:20 PM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 34328

Thanks!!! From the S&P web site: "Standard & Poor’s Announces the Results of the Annual Rebalancing of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index New York, December 4, 2009 – Standard & Poor’s will perform the annual reconstitution of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index after the close of trading on Friday, December 18, 2009. The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index is designed to measure the performance of S&P 500 constituents that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 years. The index is equal-weighted, with constituents being re-weighted every quarter. Membership is reviewed each December. Following is a summary of the additions and deletions: EFFECTIVE AFTER THE CLOSE OF DECEMBER 18, 2009 COMPANY NAME .......... TICKER ... ACTION BROWN-FORMAN -CL B .... BF.B .... ADD CINTAS CORP .................. CTAS .... ADD AVERY DENNISON CORP .. AVY ..... DELETE BB&T CORP ...................... BBT ..... DELETE GANNETT CO .................... GCI ..... DELETE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO .. GE ...... DELETE JOHNSON CONTROLS INC JCI ..... DELETE LEGG MASON INC ............ LM ...... DELETE M & T BANK CORP ........... MTB ..... DELETE PFIZER INC ...................... PFE ..... DELETE STATE STREET CORP ..... STT ..... DELETE U S BANCORP ................. USB ..... DELETE For more information about S&P Indices, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices" Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind owning as long-term holds a few hundred shares of each of the companies that were deleted from the index. :) Best wishes, I2