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Calculate Current Value and Shares Since: January 3, 1972

Investment Date: Original Shares: Original Value: Current Shares: Current Value: Percent Return:
01/03/1972 16 $ 950.00 600 $ 55,009.59 5,690.48%

Investment of $ 950.00 on 01/03/1972 would yield $ 55,009.59 today

Adjustments

Date Reason Factor Shares Price Value %
01/03/1972 Initial Investment 16 59.37 $950.00 0.00%
01/18/1972 Dividend   0.015 16 58.75 $989.81 4.19%
04/17/1972 Dividend   0.015 16 64.75 $1,091.15 14.86%
07/20/1972 Dividend   0.015 16 78.00 $1,314.70 38.39%
10/19/1972 Dividend   0.015 16 79.50 $1,340.23 41.08%
01/18/1973 Dividend   0.016 16 96.38 $1,625.07 71.06%
04/18/1973 Dividend   0.016 16 92.25 $1,555.70 63.76%
05/30/1973 Stock Split   50 29.13 $1,473.74 55.13%
07/19/1973 Dividend   0.017 50 32.00 $1,619.79 70.50%
10/18/1973 Dividend   0.017 50 33.25 $1,683.91 77.25%
01/21/1974 Dividend   0.017 50 23.50 $1,190.98 25.37%
04/19/1974 Dividend   0.019 50 27.00 $1,369.30 44.14%
07/19/1974 Dividend   0.018 50 25.88 $1,313.39 38.25%
10/21/1974 Dividend   0.021 50 23.38 $1,187.60 25.01%
01/20/1975 Dividend   0.021 50 24.13 $1,226.77 29.13%
04/21/1975 Dividend   0.021 50 30.38 $1,545.60 62.70%
07/21/1975 Dividend   0.021 50 29.75 $1,514.63 59.43%
10/20/1975 Dividend   0.024 50 30.13 $1,535.19 61.60%
01/19/1976 Dividend   0.024 50 30.63 $1,561.87 64.41%
04/20/1976 Dividend   0.024 51 27.13 $1,384.61 45.75%
07/20/1976 Dividend   0.028 51 27.25 $1,392.14 46.54%
10/19/1976 Dividend   0.028 51 25.00 $1,278.60 34.59%
01/19/1977 Dividend   0.028 51 24.63 $1,261.08 32.75%
04/19/1977 Dividend   0.028 51 25.00 $1,281.44 34.89%
07/19/1977 Dividend   0.031 51 25.50 $1,308.67 37.75%
10/19/1977 Dividend   0.031 51 22.75 $1,169.14 23.07%
01/19/1978 Dividend   0.031 51 20.63 $1,061.80 11.77%
04/19/1978 Dividend   0.031 51 20.88 $1,076.27 13.29%
07/19/1978 Dividend   0.031 51 20.25 $1,045.41 10.04%
10/19/1978 Dividend   0.031 51 18.63 $963.39 1.41%
01/19/1979 Dividend   0.034 51 19.00 $984.27 3.61%
04/19/1979 Dividend   0.034 51 18.00 $934.21 (1.66%)
07/19/1979 Dividend   0.034 52 16.38 $851.89 (10.33%)
10/19/1979 Dividend   0.034 52 15.13 $788.63 (16.99%)
01/21/1980 Dividend   0.034 52 14.13 $738.27 (22.29%)
04/21/1980 Dividend   0.034 52 11.88 $622.47 (34.48%)
07/21/1980 Dividend   0.034 52 15.63 $820.73 (13.61%)
10/21/1980 Dividend   0.035 52 15.13 $796.32 (16.18%)
01/20/1981 Dividend   0.035 52 14.75 $778.16 (18.09%)
04/20/1981 Dividend   0.035 52 17.50 $925.08 (2.62%)
07/20/1981 Dividend   0.035 52 16.00 $847.64 (10.77%)
10/20/1981 Dividend   0.038 53 15.00 $796.65 (16.14%)
01/19/1982 Dividend   0.038 53 16.13 $858.66 (9.62%)
04/20/1982 Dividend   0.038 53 18.25 $973.51 2.47%
07/20/1982 Dividend   0.038 53 18.00 $962.17 1.28%
10/19/1982 Dividend   0.038 53 20.75 $1,111.18 16.97%
01/19/1983 Dividend   0.038 53 21.25 $1,139.96 20.00%
04/19/1983 Dividend   0.040 53 23.00 $1,235.98 30.10%
07/19/1983 Dividend   0.040 53 21.88 $1,177.95 23.99%
10/19/1983 Dividend   0.040 53 24.00 $1,294.24 36.24%
01/19/1984 Dividend   0.040 54 22.13 $1,195.55 25.85%
04/18/1984 Dividend   0.040 54 22.88 $1,238.23 30.34%
07/19/1984 Dividend   0.040 54 22.75 $1,233.36 29.83%
10/19/1984 Dividend   0.040 54 25.63 $1,391.66 46.49%
01/18/1985 Dividend   0.040 54 24.38 $1,325.96 39.58%
04/19/1985 Dividend   0.040 54 25.13 $1,368.93 44.10%
07/19/1985 Dividend   0.040 54 26.88 $1,466.44 54.36%
10/21/1985 Dividend   0.043 54 30.00 $1,638.97 72.52%
01/17/1986 Dividend   0.043 54 30.88 $1,689.37 77.83%
04/21/1986 Dividend   0.043 54 38.13 $2,088.32 119.82%
07/21/1986 Dividend   0.043 54 39.00 $2,138.30 125.08%
10/20/1986 Dividend   0.043 54 37.88 $2,079.22 118.87%
01/20/1987 Dividend   0.043 54 45.25 $2,486.09 161.69%
04/20/1987 Dividend   0.043 54 43.75 $2,406.01 153.26%
07/20/1987 Dividend   0.043 55 49.38 $2,717.97 186.10%
10/20/1987 Dividend   0.046 55 36.00 $1,984.05 108.85%
01/19/1988 Dividend   0.046 55 41.75 $2,303.50 142.47%
04/19/1988 Dividend   0.046 55 39.75 $2,195.71 131.13%
07/19/1988 Dividend   0.046 55 41.25 $2,281.12 140.12%
10/18/1988 Dividend   0.046 55 47.13 $2,609.53 174.69%
10/18/1988 Dividend   0.013 55 47.13 $2,609.53 174.69%
01/19/1989 Dividend   0.046 55 46.13 $2,556.72 169.13%
04/19/1989 Dividend   0.046 55 48.50 $2,690.64 183.23%
07/19/1989 Dividend   0.046 55 53.38 $2,963.94 211.99%
10/19/1989 Dividend   0.056 55 64.00 $3,556.74 274.39%
01/19/1990 Dividend   0.056 55 60.88 $3,386.47 256.47%
04/19/1990 Dividend   0.056 55 56.63 $3,153.19 231.92%
07/19/1990 Dividend   0.056 55 71.88 $4,005.46 321.63%
10/19/1990 Dividend   0.056 55 66.25 $3,694.86 288.93%
01/18/1991 Dividend   0.056 55 72.00 $4,018.69 323.02%
04/19/1991 Dividend   0.066 55 82.63 $4,615.70 385.86%
05/16/1991 Stock Split   111 37.75 $4,217.42 343.94%
07/19/1991 Dividend   0.066 111 39.50 $4,420.33 365.30%
10/21/1991 Dividend   0.066 112 41.63 $4,666.11 391.17%
01/21/1992 Dividend   0.066 112 46.88 $5,261.98 453.89%
04/21/1992 Dividend   0.066 112 49.25 $5,535.43 482.68%
07/21/1992 Dividend   0.078 112 52.50 $5,909.43 522.04%
10/20/1992 Dividend   0.078 112 58.75 $6,621.65 597.02%
01/19/1993 Dividend   0.078 112 56.00 $6,320.44 565.31%
04/20/1993 Dividend   0.078 113 58.88 $6,654.24 600.45%
07/20/1993 Dividend   0.090 113 53.25 $6,028.14 534.54%
10/19/1993 Dividend   0.090 113 56.63 $6,420.96 575.89%
01/19/1994 Dividend   0.090 113 59.38 $6,742.97 609.79%
04/19/1994 Dividend   0.090 113 56.38 $6,412.53 575.00%
07/19/1994 Dividend   0.103 113 52.13 $5,940.80 525.35%
10/19/1994 Dividend   0.103 114 60.63 $6,921.15 628.54%
01/19/1995 Dividend   0.103 114 58.63 $6,704.55 605.74%
04/19/1995 Dividend   0.103 114 69.25 $7,930.70 734.81%
07/21/1995 Dividend   0.118 114 67.00 $7,686.48 709.10%
10/23/1995 Dividend   0.118 114 70.25 $8,072.81 749.77%
01/23/1996 Dividend   0.118 115 72.13 $8,302.36 773.93%
04/23/1996 Dividend   0.118 115 76.63 $8,833.85 829.88%
07/23/1996 Dividend   0.118 115 81.88 $9,452.61 895.01%
10/23/1996 Dividend   0.118 115 90.38 $10,447.45 999.73%
01/23/1997 Dividend   0.118 115 95.13 $11,010.11 1,058.96%
04/23/1997 Dividend   0.138 115 108.00 $12,515.57 1,217.43%
05/16/1997 Stock Split   231 56.00 $12,979.11 1,266.22%
07/23/1997 Dividend   0.138 232 75.19 $17,458.64 1,737.75%
10/23/1997 Dividend   0.138 232 72.25 $16,807.92 1,669.25%
01/23/1998 Dividend   0.138 233 69.06 $16,097.80 1,594.51%
04/23/1998 Dividend   0.138 233 89.31 $20,850.09 2,094.75%
07/23/1998 Dividend   0.138 233 96.94 $22,663.48 2,285.63%
10/23/1998 Dividend   0.138 234 86.69 $20,299.29 2,036.77%
01/22/1999 Dividend   0.138 234 75.25 $17,652.70 1,758.18%
04/22/1999 Dividend   0.138 234 98.81 $23,211.84 2,343.35%
07/01/1999 Stock Split   469 48.69 $22,875.91 2,307.99%
07/22/1999 Dividend   0.158 471 50.94 $24,007.02 2,427.06%
10/22/1999 Dividend   0.158 472 57.00 $26,937.21 2,735.50%
01/24/2000 Dividend   0.158 473 60.69 $28,755.47 2,926.89%
04/24/2000 Dividend   0.158 475 58.63 $27,854.06 2,832.01%
07/24/2000 Dividend   0.158 476 56.00 $26,679.42 2,708.36%
10/24/2000 Dividend   0.158 477 53.05 $25,349.02 2,568.32%
01/24/2001 Dividend   0.158 479 58.10 $27,837.33 2,830.25%
04/24/2001 Dividend   0.158 480 52.40 $25,181.77 2,550.71%
07/24/2001 Dividend   0.180 482 54.15 $26,109.26 2,648.34%
10/24/2001 Dividend   0.180 483 58.49 $28,288.65 2,877.75%
01/23/2002 Dividend   0.180 485 56.30 $27,316.52 2,775.42%
04/24/2002 Dividend   0.180 486 55.32 $26,928.36 2,734.56%
07/24/2002 Dividend   0.180 488 49.99 $24,421.47 2,470.68%
10/23/2002 Dividend   0.180 490 56.60 $27,738.57 2,819.85%
01/30/2003 Dividend   0.180 491 49.62 $24,406.02 2,469.06%
04/23/2003 Dividend   0.240 493 57.42 $28,360.56 2,885.32%
07/23/2003 Dividend   0.240 496 56.28 $27,916.04 2,838.53%
10/22/2003 Dividend   0.240 498 57.76 $28,769.20 2,928.34%
01/22/2004 Dividend   0.240 500 51.24 $25,641.24 2,599.08%
04/22/2004 Dividend   0.240 502 56.42 $28,353.49 2,884.58%
07/22/2004 Dividend   0.240 504 53.85 $27,182.57 2,761.32%
10/21/2004 Dividend   0.240 507 45.85 $23,265.45 2,348.99%
01/24/2005 Dividend   0.240 509 49.26 $25,117.55 2,543.95%
04/22/2005 Dividend   0.290 512 51.38 $26,346.40 2,673.31%
07/22/2005 Dividend   0.290 515 51.98 $26,802.77 2,721.35%
10/24/2005 Dividend   0.290 518 52.50 $27,220.44 2,765.31%
01/24/2006 Dividend   0.290 521 53.75 $28,018.91 2,849.36%
04/20/2006 Dividend   0.320 524 56.94 $29,848.61 3,041.96%
07/24/2006 Dividend   0.320 526 62.09 $32,716.04 3,343.79%
10/20/2006 Dividend   0.320 529 60.74 $32,173.32 3,286.67%
01/24/2007 Dividend   0.320 532 66.49 $35,388.54 3,625.11%
04/20/2007 Dividend   0.360 535 67.29 $36,005.93 3,690.10%
07/19/2007 Dividend   0.360 537 68.50 $36,846.02 3,778.53%
10/24/2007 Dividend   0.360 540 73.73 $39,852.87 4,095.04%
01/23/2008 Dividend   0.360 543 75.38 $40,939.32 4,209.40%
04/22/2008 Dividend   0.400 545 76.54 $41,786.57 4,298.59%
07/22/2008 Dividend   0.400 549 70.09 $38,483.60 3,950.91%
10/22/2008 Dividend   0.400 552 58.82 $32,515.32 3,322.67%
01/22/2009 Dividend   0.400 556 62.57 $34,809.42 3,564.15%
04/22/2009 Dividend   0.440 560 59.23 $33,196.07 3,394.32%
07/22/2009 Dividend   0.440 563 73.44 $41,406.81 4,258.61%
10/22/2009 Dividend   0.440 566 79.38 $45,003.97 4,637.26%
01/21/2010 Dividend   0.440 570 79.07 $45,077.68 4,645.02%
04/22/2010 Dividend   0.530 573 83.98 $48,179.01 4,971.48%
07/22/2010 Dividend   0.530 577 82.57 $47,674.16 4,918.33%
10/21/2010 Dividend   0.530 581 76.70 $44,590.96 4,593.79%
01/21/2011 Dividend   0.530 585 79.00 $46,236.23 4,766.97%
04/21/2011 Dividend   0.580 589 80.65 $47,541.38 4,904.36%
07/22/2011 Dividend   0.580 593 87.62 $51,991.93 5,372.84%
10/21/2011 Dividend   0.580 597 93.92 $56,074.39 5,802.57%
01/20/2012 Dividend   0.580 600 89.00 $53,483.22 5,529.81%
02/07/2012 Current Investment 600 91.54 $55,009.59 5,690.48%

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