Relative Standings

As of: July 24, 2008
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Relative Standings


	— Calendar Year —

	07/24/08	2007	2006	2005	2004
Price-Close	$45.94	$48.66	$42.44	$34.18	$33.74
Price-High	$50.74	$52.85	$43.69	$39.63	$34.13
Price-Low	$41.07	$39.79	$32.83	$32.42	$27.46

P/E Ratio

17.7

17.6

18.5

16.2

18.1

Relative to:

S&P MidCap 400 P/E Ratio

109.9%

87.5%

98.6%

68.9%

79.7%

S&P 500 P/E Ratio

124.6%

99.0%

114.4%

86.6%

87.4%

S&P SmallCap 600 P/E Ratio

100.6%

84.6%

95.0%

73.7%

68.4%

Dividend Yield

3.3%

3.0%

3.3%

3.9%

Relative to:

S&P MidCap 400 Yield

216.1%

246.6%

272.9%

351.1%

350.3%

S&P 500 Yield

141.7%

155.8%

182.0%

203.3%

226.6%

S&P SmallCap 600 Yield

255.2%

295.9%

363.9%

429.1%

481.6%

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