Change in Share Price of Selected U.S. Blue-Chip Stocks¹

(in U.S. dollars)

Company Starting price January 2005 Closing price year-end 2005 Percent change

General Electric Co. 36.50 35.05 -3.97

Exxon Mobil Corp. 51.26 56.17 9.58

Microsoft Corp. 26.72 26.15 -2.13

Citigroup, Inc. 48.18 48.53 0.73

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 52.82 46.80 -11.40

Johnson & Johnson 63.42 60.10 -5.23

American International Group, Inc. 65.67 68.23 3.90

Pfizer, Inc. 26.89 23.32 -13.28

Altria Group, Inc. 61.10 74.72 22.29

Intel Corp. 23.39 24.96 6.71

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 39.01 39.69 1.74

Procter & Gamble Co. 55.08 57.88 5.08

International Business Machines Corp. 98.58 82.20 -16.62

Coca-Cola Co. 41.64 40.31 -3.19

Home Depot, Inc. 42.74 40.48 -5.29

Verizon Communications, Inc. 40.51 30.12 -25.65

Hewlett-Packard Co. 20.97 28.63 36.53

AT&T Corp. 25.77 24.49 -4.97

Merck & Co., Inc. 32.14 31.81 -1.03

American Express Co. 56.37 51.46 -8.71

● ¹In order of market capitalization as of Dec. 31, 2005.