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1 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE 3/19/ Visa Inc. stock split 4 for 1. Apple Inc. replaced AT&T Inc. 9/23/ The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. replaced Bank of America Corp., Visa Inc. replaced Hewlett-Packard Co., and Nike Inc. replaced Alcoa Inc. 9/24/ UnitedHealth Group Inc. replaced Kraft Foods Incorporated CI A. 8/13/ Coca-Cola Co. stock split 2 for 1. 7/2/ Verizon Communications Incorporated spun off New Communications Holdings Inc. (Spinco). Immediately following the spin off, Frontier Communications Corp. acquired Spinco. 6/8/ Cisco Systems Inc. replaced General Motors Corp. and Travelers Companies Inc. replaced Citigroup Inc. 9/22/ Kraft Foods Incorporated CI A replaced American International Group. 4/1/ Verizon Communications Incorporated spun off Northern New England Spinco Inc. Immediately following the spin off, FairPoint Communications Inc. acquired Northern New England Spinco Inc. 2/19/ Bank of America Corporation and Chevron Corporation replaced Altria Group Incorporated and Honeywell International Incorporated. 6/13/ Walt Disney Company spun off ABC Radio Holdings Incorporated, which is then being acquired by Citadel Broadcasting Corporation. 4/2/ Altria Group Incorporated had a price adjustment due to a distribution of Kraft Foods Incorporated shares. 11/20/ Verizon Communications Incorporated spun off Idearc Incorporated. 10/3/ American Express Company spun off Ameriprise Financial Incorporated 7/14/ Caterpillar Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 6/13/ United Technologies Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 11/15/ Microsoft distributed a $3 USD special cash dividend 6/21/ Procter & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 4/8/ American International Group Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Verison Communications Inc. replaced AT&T Corp., Eastman Kodak and International Paper Company. 9/30/ M stock split 2 for 1. 8/20/ Merck & Co, Inc. spun off Medco Health Solutions. 2/18/ Microsoft Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 11/19/ AT&T Corporation reverse stock split 1 for 5. AT&T also spun off it s Broadband division to Comcast Corporation. AT&T shareholders received.32 of a share of Comcast for each share held.

2 Dow DOW JONES Jones Industrial INDUSTRIAL Average AVERAGE 8/21/ Citigroup Incorporated spun off Travelers Property Casualty Corporation. 6/3/ Procter & Gamble distributed 1 share of J.M. Smucker Company for every 50 shares held. 7/19/ Exxon Mobil stock split 2 for 1. 7/9/ AT&T Corporation spun off AT&T Wireless. 6/13/ Johnson & Johnson stock split 2 for 1. 1/2/ Chase Manhattan merged with J.P. Morgan to form J.P. Morgan Chase 10/30/ Hewlett-Packard Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 8/28/ Citigroup Incorporated stock split 4 for 3. 7/31/ Intel Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 6/12/ Alcoa Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 6/5/ Hewlett-Packard Company distributed.3814 shares of Agilent Technologies Incorporated for each share held. 5/11/ American Express Company stock split 3 for 1. 5/8/ General Electric Company stock split 3 for 1. 12/31/ Home Depot Incorporated stock split 3 for 2. 11/1/ Microsoft Corporation, Intel Corporation, SBC Communications and Home Depot Incorporated replaced Chevron Corporation, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Union Carbide Corporation and Sears, Roebuck. 6/1/ Citigroup Incorporated stock split 3 for 2. 5/28/ General Motors distributed of a share of Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation for each share held. 5/27/ International Business Machine stock split 2 for 1. 5/18/ United Technology Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 4/20/ Wal-Mart Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 4/16/ AT&T Corporate stock split 3 for 2. 3/8/ McDonald s Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 2/26/ Alcoa Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 2/17/ Merck & Company stock split 2 for 1. 7/10/ Walt Disney Company stock split 3 for 1. 12/19/ General Motors distributed of a share in Raytheon Company for each share held. 11/20/ Travelers Group Incorporated 3 for 2 stock split. 9/22/ Proctor & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 9/16/ AlliedSignal Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 7/14/ Caterpillar Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 6/13/ DuPont Company stock split 2 for 1. 6/9/ Boeing Company stock split 2 for 1. 5/28/ International Business Machine stock split 2 for 1. 5/12/ General Electric Company stock split 2 for 1. 4/14/ Exxon Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 4/11/ Philip Morris Companies stock split 3 for 1.

3 Dow DOW JONES Jones Industrial INDUSTRIAL Average AVERAGE 3/17/ Travelers Group, Hewlett-Packard Company, Johnson & Johnson and Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated replaced Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Texaco Incorporated, Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Woolworth Corporation. 1/2/ AT&T Corporate distributed.0625 of a share of common stock of NCR Corporation for each share held. 12/11/ United Technologies Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 10/1/ AT&T Corporate distributed.324 of a common share of Lucent Technologies Incorporated for each share held. 7/16/ Minnesora Mining & Manufacturing Company distributed 1 share of Imation Corporation common stock for each 10 shares held. 5/13/ Coca-Cola Company stock split 2 for 1. 9/18/ International Paper Company stock split 2 for 1. 7/13/ Sears, Roebuck distributed share of Allstate Corporation. 2/27/ Aluminum Company of America stock split 2 for 1. 9/6/ Caterpillar Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 6/27/ McDonald s Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 6/13/ Chevron Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 5/31/ American Express Company distributed 1/5 of a share of Lehman Brothers Holdings. 5/16/ General Electric Company stock split 2 for 1. 4/11/ Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company stock split 2 for 1. 3/15/ AlliedSignal Incorporated stock split 2 for 1. 1/4/ Eastman Kodak Company distributed 1 share of Eastman Chemical Company common stock for each share of Eastman Kodak. 7/13/ Sears, Roebuck distributed of a share of Dean Witter, Discover & Company for each share of Sears. 5/5/ Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company stock split 2 for 1. 7/6/ Union Carbide distributed 1 share of Praxair Incorporated for each share of Union Carbide. 6/15/ Proctor & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 5/26/ Merck & Company stock split 3 for 1. 5/18/ Walt Disney Company stock split 4 for 1. 5/12/ Coca-Cola Company stock split 2 for 1. 5/6/ Caterpillar Incorporated, Walt Disney company and J.P. Morgan & Company replaced Navistar International Corporation, USX Corporation and Primerica Corporation. 6/11/ Boeing Company stock split 3 for 2. 6/1/ Woolworth Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 5/22/ Westinghouse Electric stock split 2 for 1. 5/14/ Coca-Cola Company stock split 2 for 1. 1/22/ DuPont stock split 3 for 1. 11/20/ Procter & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 10/11/ Philip Morris Companies stock split 4 for 1.

4 Dow DOW JONES Jones Industrial INDUSTRIAL Average AVERAGE 8/29/ Texaco special dividend. 6/19/ McDonald s Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 6/12/ Boeing Company stock split 3 for 2. 5/30/ Texaco special dividend. 3/29/ General Motors stock split 2 for 1. 12/16/ Primerica Corporate (old) merged into Commercial Credit Group Incorporated which adopted Primerica Corporation s name. 5/26/ Merck & Company stock split 3 for 1. 10/20/ Eastman Kodak stock split 3 for 2. 9/15/ Exxon Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 6/23/ McDonald s Corporation stock split 3 for 2. 6/16/ Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing stock split 2 for 1. 5/26/ General Electric Company stock split 2 for 1. 5/20/ International Paper Company stock split 2 for 1. 5/11/ American Express Company stock split 2 for 1. 3/13/ American Can Company stock split 2 for 1. 3/12/ Coca-Cola Company and Boeing Company replaced Owens- Illinois and Inco Ltd. 6/26/ McDonald s corporation stock split 3 for 2. 6/17/ Owens-Illinois Glass stock split 2 for 1. 5/30/ F.W. Woolworth stock split 2 for 1. 5/28/ Allied-Signal distributed 1 share of Henley Group Inc. for each 4 shares held of Allied-Signal. 5/27/ Merck & Company stock split 2 for 1. 4/11/ Philip Morris Companies stock split 2 for 1. 3/4/ Union Carbide stock split 3 for 1. 10/30/ Philip Morris Companies and McDonald s Corporation replaced General Foods Corporation and American Brands Incorporated. 5/20/ Eastman Kodak stock split 3 for 2. 6/11/ United Technologies stock split 2 for 1. 5/30/ Allied Corporation stock split 3 for 2. Westinghouse Electric stock split 2 for 1. 1/4/ New AT&T replaced Old AT&T 8/11/ American Express Company stock split 3 for 2. 6/2/ General Electric Company stock split 2 for 1. 2/22/ Proctor & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 2/11/ American Express Company stock split 4 for 3. 8/30/ American Express Company replaced Manville Corporation. 6/12/ Exxon Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 5/26/ American Brands stock split 2 for 1. 3/11/ Standard Oil of California stock split 2 for 1. 2/23/ Aluminum Company of America stock split 2 for 1. 6/29/ International Business Machines and Merck & Company replaced Chrysler and Esmark. DuPont stock split 3 for 1.

5 Dow DOW JONES Jones Industrial INDUSTRIAL Average AVERAGE 7/18/ Sears, Roebuck stock split 2 for 1. 4/11/ Owens-Illinois Glass stock split 2 for 1. 8/9/ Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing replaced Anaconda. 7/26/ Exxon Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 6/2/ U.S. Steel stock split 3 for 2. 5/19/ United Technologies stock split 2 for 1. 10/1/ Esmark stock split 5 for 4. 2/4/ Aluminum Company of America stock split 3 for 2. 12/11/ Standard Oil of California stock split 2 for 1. 12/16/ Westinghouse Electric stock split 2 for 1. 6/8/ General Electric Company stock split 2 for 1. 3/30/ General Food stock split 2 for 1. 5/19/ Proctor & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 8/11/ Texaco stock split 2 for 1. 5/7/ Goodyear Tire & Rubber stock split 2 for 1. 4/1/ Johns-Manville stock split 2 for 1. 8/19/ International Nickel stock split 2 1/2 for 1. 5/27/ Eastman Kodak stock split 2 for 1. 6/12/ Anaconda stock split 2 for 1. 6/6/ Swift & Company stock split 2 for 1. 11/1/ United Aircraft stock split 3 for 2. 6/16/ Union Carbide stock split 2 for 1. 6/1/ Owens-Illinois Glass stock split 2 for 1. 5/24/ Eastman Kodak stock split 2 for 1. 4/12/ International Harvester stock split 2 for 1. 3/23/ Sears, Roebuck stock split 2 for 1. 11/19/ DuPont distributed 1/2 share of General Motors. 6/23/ American Tel & Tel stock split 2 for 1. 6/18/ F.W. Woolworth stock split 3 for 1. 1/13/ Chrysler Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 11/21/ DuPont distributed share General Motors stock for each share of DuPont held. 5/13/ Chrysler Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 6/5/ DuPont distributed 1/2 share of General Motors 5/1/ American Tobacco stock split 2 for 1. 8/11/ Texaco stock split 2 for 1. 4/10/ Procter & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 12/30/ International Paper Company stock split 3 for 1. 8/24/ General Foods stock split 2 for 1. 5/31/ International Nickel stock split 2 for 1. 5/3/ American Tobacco stock split 2 for 1. 2/2/ Westinghouse Electric stock split 2 for 1. 1/25/ Allied Chemical & Dye stock split 2 for 1.

6 Dow DOW JONES Jones Industrial INDUSTRIAL Average AVERAGE 12/29/ Goodyear Tire & Rubber stock split 3 for 1. 6/1/ American Tel & Tel stock split 3 for 1. Anaconda, Swift & Company, Aluminum Company of America and Owens-Illinois Glass replaced American Smelting, Corn Products, National Steel and National Distillers. 4/14/ Eastman Kodak stock split 2 for 1. 11/18/ United Aircraft 20% stock dividend (6 for 5). 2/7/ Bethlehem Steel stock split 4 for 1. 9/11/ American Tel & Tel rights offering -- 1 share for each 10 held. 7/3/ International Paper Company replaced Loews Incorporated. 6/25/ Procter & Gamble stock split 2 for 1. 6/18/ Standard Oil Company of California stock split 2 for 1. 6/11/ Texas Company stock split 2 for 1. 6/8/ General Foods stock split 2 for 1. 3/26/ Johns-Manville stock split 2 for 1. 3/19/ Standard Oil Company of New Jersey stock split 3 for 1. 12/19/ Sears Roebuck stock split 3 for 1. 11/9/ General Motors stock split 3 for 1. 9/26/ United Aircraft 50% stock dividend (3 for 2). 6/3/ United States Steel stock split 2 for 1. 5/23/ Corn Products Refining stock split 3 for 1. 1/24/ Goodyear Tire & Rubber stock split 2 for 1. 7/1/ United Aircraft distributed 1 share of Chance-Vought for every 3 United Aircraft held. 6/14/ General Electric stock split 3 for 1. 5/2/ American Can Company stock split 2 for 1 plus 100% stock dividend 12/3/ American Smelting & Refining stock split 2 for 1. 9/11/ Goodyear Tire & Rubber stock split 2 for 1. 6/13/ Standard Oil of New Jersey stock split 2 for 1. 6/12/ Texas Company stock split 2 for 1. 5/2/ United Aircraft 20% stock dividend. 3/12/ Standard Oil of California stock split 2 for 1. 10/3/ General Motors stock split 2 for 1. 9/5/ Allied Chemical & Dye stock split 4 for 1. 3/31/ National Steel stock split 3 for 1. 3/22/ Procter & Gamble stock split 1 1/2 for 1. 6/16/ DuPont stock split 4 for 1. 6/3/ United States Steel stock split 3 for 1. 11/26/ National Steel 10% stock dividend. 6/7/ International Harvester stock split 3 for 1. 5/17/ Union Carbide & Carbon stock split 3 for 1. 1/19/ Bethlehem Steel stock split 3 for 1. 12/3/ American Smelting & Refining 20% stock dividend.

7 Dow DOW JONES Jones Industrial INDUSTRIAL Average AVERAGE 7/12/ Chrysler Corporation stock split 2 for 1. 5/30/ Johns-Manville stock split 3 for 1. 5/16/ Eastman Kodak stock split 5 for 1. 8/1/ National Distillers stock split 3 for 1. 10/23/ Sears Roebuck stock split 4 for 1. 5/11/ Westinghouse Electric stock split 4 for 1. 5/10/ Loews Incorporated stock split 3 for 1. 11/20/ DuPont and National Steel replaced Borden and Coca Cola. 8/13/ National Distillers replaced United Aircraft. 8/15/ Corn Products Refining and United Aircraft replaced Drug Incorporated and International Shoe. 5/26/ American Tobacco B, Drug Incorporated, Proctor & Gamble, Loews Incorporated, Nash Motors, and International Shoe replaced Liggett & Myers, Mack Trucks, United Air Transport, Paramount Publix, Radio Corporation, and Texa. 7/18/ Borden, Eastman Kodak Company, Goodyear, Liggett & Myers, Standard Oil of California, United Air Transport, and Hudson Motor replaced American Sugar, American Tobacco B, Atlantic Refining, General Railway Signal, Goodrich, Nash Motors, and Curtiss-Wright. 1/29/ General Electric stock split 4 for 1. Johns-Manville replaced North American. 9/14/ Curtiss-Wright replaced Wright-Aeronautical. 6/25/ Woolworth stock split 2 1/2 for 1. 5/20/ Union Carbide stock split 3 for 1. 5/1/ Wright-Aeronautical stock split 2 for 1. 1/8/ American Smelting stock split 3 for 1. Radio Corporation stock split 5 for 1. National Cash Register replaced Victor Talking Machine. 12/26/ International Nickel reorganization. 12/13/ General Motors stock split 2 1/2 for 1. International Harvester split 4 for 1. 11/5/ Atlantic Refining stock split 4 for 1. All information as of March 2015 Copyright 2015 by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a part of McGraw Hill Financial, and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Redistribution, reproduction and/ or photocopying in whole or in part are prohibited without written permission. Standard & Poor s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor s Financial Services LLC ( S&P ), a part of McGraw Hill Financial. Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ( Dow Jones ). S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, Dow Jones, S&P and their respective affiliates ( S&P Dow Jones Indices ) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the ability of any index to accurately represent the asset class or market sector that it purports to represent and S&P Dow Jones Indices shall have no liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of any index or the data included therein. Past performance of an index is not an indication of future results. This document does not constitute an offer of any services. All information provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices is general in nature and not tailored to the needs of any person, entity or group of persons. S&P Dow Jones Indices receives compensation in connection with licensing its indices to third parties. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Exposure to an asset class represented by an index is available through investable instruments offered by third parties that are based on that index. S&P Dow Jones Indices does not sponsor, endorse, sell, promote or manage any investment fund or other investment vehicle that seeks to provide an investment return based on the performance of any Index. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment advisor, and S&P Dow Jones Indices make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any such investment fund or other investment vehicle. For more information on any of our indices please visit

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