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To: chowder who wrote (9434)	7/14/2011 11:33:14 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 34328

What a bummer ..... Price has run up too far ... Dividend investing leads to a different mindset for sure. What a problem to have. Marathon did this splitting of upstream and downstream first. Now COP. I'm sure all the integrated companies are looking at this. Seems like a trend may be starting.

To: chowder who wrote (9434)	7/14/2011 11:36:48 AM
From: Mike K	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

I would not be surprised to see Chevron (CVX) do the same thing. I'm happy with COP's decision. As with MRO, the stock will trade at a discount to break up value and I'll use options to harvest the spread.