| Company | Ticker | Headquarters | Business | 1-yr return% | 3-yr return % |
| Dell Computer Corp. | DELL | Round Rock, TX | Computers, network servers, peripherals | 27 | 1,615 |
| EMC Corp. | EMC | Hopkinton, MA | Computer hardware/software | 148 | 1,169 |
| Qualcomm Inc. | QCOM | San Diego, CA | Wireless digital communications | 689 | 810 |
| Nokia Corp. | NOK | Espoo, Finland | Telecommunications | 131 | 738 |
| Lexmark International Group | LXK | Lexington, KY | Computer printers and supplies | 132 | 690 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. | TXN | Dallas, TX | Computer components, digital products | 212 | 507 |
| Sun Microsystems Inc. | SUNW | Palo Alto, CA | Computers, software, peripherals | 273 | 499 |
| Solectron Corp. | SLR | Milpitas, CA | Printed circuit boards, electronic assemblies | 198 | 486 |
| Lucent Technologies Inc. | LU | Murray Hill, NJ | Telecom equipment and software | 88 | 470 |
| Applied Materials Inc. | AMAT | Santa Clara, CA | Semiconductor fabrication equipment | 207 | 463 |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | CSCO | San Jose, CA | Internetworking systems | 122 | 397 |
| Tyco International (US) Ltd. | TYC | Bermuda | Electronics and medical products | 87 | 380 |
| Flextronics International Ltd. | FLEX | Singapore | Printed circuit board assemblies, printers | 228 | 321 |
| IBM Corp. | IBM | Armonk, NY | Computer systems, s/ware, networking systems | 89 | 297 |
| Gateway Inc. | GTW | San Diego, CA | Computers, peripherals | 68 | 268 |
| Nortel Networks Corp. | NT | Brampton, Ontario | Telecommunications | 220 | 260 |
| Intel Corp. | INTC | Santa Clara, CA | Microprocessors, networking products | 74 | 213 |
| Warner-Lambert Co. | WLA | Morris Plains, NJ | Pharmaceuticals, health-care prod., confectionary | -11 | 213 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | BMY | New York, NY | Pharm., consumer prod., med. devices | 32 | 197 |
| Schering-Plough Corp. | SGP | Madison, NJ | Pharmaceuticals, health-care products | -16 | 195 |
| Pfizer Inc. | PFE | New York, NY | Pharmaceuticals, medical products | 2 | 180 |
| Porsche AG | de;POR | Stuttgart, Germany | Motor vehicles, parts | 29 | 178 |
| General Electric Co. | GE | Fairfield, CN | Diversified manufacturing and services | 50 | 173 |
| SAP AG | SAP | Walldorf, Germany | Computer software | -3 | 167 |
| Reliance Industries Ltd. | de;RLI | Mumbai, India | Petrochemicals and textiles | 102 | 159 |
| Adolph Coors Co. | RKY | Golden, CO | Alcoholic beverages | 19 | 159 |
| Amgen Inc. | AMGN | Thousand Oaks, CA | Pharmaceuticals | 115 | 158 |
| Herman Miller Inc. | MLHR | Zeeland, MI | Office furniture | 22 | 142 |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | Redwood City, CA | Database management systems software | 134 | 140 |
| Sony Corp. | SNE | Tokyo, Japan | Electronics, entertainment | 119 | 139 |
| Harley-Davidson Inc. | HDI | Milwaukee, WI | Motorcycles | 69 | 136 |
| Medtronic Inc. | MDT | Minneapolis, MN | Medical instruments | 23 | 125 |
| Hindustan Lever Ltd. (1) | in;HLL | Mumbai, India | Soaps, detergents, food preparations | 51 | 120 |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. | CL | New York, NY | Personal care products, cleaning products | 35 | 120 |
| Corning Inc. | GLW | Corning, NY | Telecom, glass and environmental products | 136 | 119 |
| Alcoa Inc. | AA | Pittsburgh, PA | Metals | 77 | 118 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | ITW | Glenview, IL | Fasteners, industrial systems | 38 | 112 |
| Ecolab Inc. | ECL | St. Paul, MN | Soaps, detergents, polishes, chemicals | 21 | 110 |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | LLY | Indianapolis, IN | Pharmaceuticals | -17 | 107 |
| SmithKline Beecham PLC | SBH | Brentford, England | Pharmaceuticals, health-care, biotechnology | 7 | 99 |
| BP Amoco PLC | BPA | London, England | Oil, natural gas, chemicals | 31 | 95 |
| Vulcan Materials Co. | VMC | Birmingham, AL | Construction materials | 11 | 95 |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | MRK | Whitehouse Station, NJ | Pharmaceuticals | 2 | 93 |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. | HWP | Palo Alto, CA | Computers, peripherals, measurement equip. | 73 | 91 |
| AlliedSignal Inc. | ALD | Morristown, NJ | Aerospace, automotive prod, materials | 72 | 90 |
| LOral SA | LORLY | Clichy, France | Cosmetics, pharmaceuticals | 29 | 88 |
| Johnson Controls Inc. | JCI | Milwaukee, WI | Automobile seats and components | 45 | 86 |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | New Brunswick, NJ | Pharm., health care prod. | 18 | 86 |
| Honeywell Inc. | HON | Minneapolis, MN | Home/building controls, instruments | 76 | 84 |
| Unilever Group | UN | London, England | Food, detergent, personal products, chemicals | 14 | 84 |
| Cadbury Schweppes PLC | CSG | London, England | Confectionary and beverage products | 9 | 83 |
| Ingersoll-Rand Co. | IR | Woodcliff Lakes, NJ | Industrial equipment, construction mach. | 46 | 81 |
| Maytag Co. | MYG | Newton, IA | Household appliances | -30 | 80 |
| Rohm & Haas Co. | ROH | Philadelphia, PA | Specialty chemicals | 33 | 76 |
| Nestl SA | NSRGY | Vevey, Switzerland | Food, pharmaceuticals | -5 | 68 |
| Parker Hannifin Corp. | PH | Cleveland, OH | Motion control instruments | 54 | 67 |
| Honda Motor Co. Ltd. | HMC | Tokyo, Japan | Motor vehicles, motorcycles, lawn/garden equip. | 35 | 64 |
| Xerox Corp. | XRX | Stamford, CN | Document processing products | 0 | 64 |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | Abbott Park, IL | Diversified healthcare prod/svc | -15 | 56 |
| Volkswagen AG | VW.AG | Wolfsburg, Germany | Motor vehicles and car bodies | -24 | 55 |
| Caterpillar Inc. | CAT | Peoria, IL | Construction, mining, agri. machinery, engines | 26 | 55 |
| Computer Associates. Intl. Inc. | CA | Islandia, NY | Computer software | 66 | 54 |
| Novo Nordisk A/S | NVO | Bagsvaerd, Denmark | Insulin, industrial enzymes | 1 | 54 |
| Minnesota Mining & Mfg Co. | MMM | St. Paul, MN | Diversified manufacturing | 34 | 49 |
| Emerson Electric Co. | EMR | St. Louis, MO | Electrical, electronic products and systems | 4 | 49 |
| Baxter International Inc. | BAX | Deerfield, IL | Pharmaceuticals, medical instruments | 3 | 49 |
| General Mills Inc. | GIS | Minneapolis, MN | Food products | 19 | 47 |
| Du Pont & Co. | DD | Wilmington, DE | Chemicals, fibers, and polymers | 10 | 47 |
| Bowater Inc. | BOW | Greenville, SC | Wood products | 50 | 46 |
| Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (2) | HDDG.F | Heidelberg, Germany | Printing-trades and industrial machinery | 23 | 44 |
| American Home Products Corp. | AHP | Madison, NJ | Healthcare, agricultural prod. | -20 | 38 |
| Royal Numico NV | de;NUT | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | Food, nutritional products | 40 | 36 |
| Arvin Industries Inc. | ARV | Columbus, IN | Motor vehicle parts, acessories | -15 | 35 |
| Dana Corp. | DCN | Toledo, OH | Auto/truck parts and components | 2 | 33 |
| ABB Ltd. (3) | ABBZn.S | Zurich, Switzerland | Electrical products/technology/services | 77 | 31 |
| Becton, Dickinson & Co. | BDX | Franklin Lakes, NJ | Medical equipment | -31 | 31 |
| Cemex SA de CV | CMXBY | Monterrey, Mexico | Cement | 105 | 23 |
| Novartis AG | NVTSY | Basel, Switzerland | Pharmaceuticals, nutritional products | -8 | 22 |
| Kerry Group PLC | KYGA.A | Tralee, Ireland | Flavorings, dairy and meat products | 10 | 19 |
| Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. | WWY | Chicago, IL | Chewing gum, confectionary products | -9 | 18 |
| Tomkins PLC | TKS | London, England | Diversified industrial, food products | -4 | 12 |
| Smiths Industries PLC | SMIN | London, England | Aerospace, medical sys, industrial prod. | 36 | 11 |
| VF Corp. | VFC | Greensboro, NC | Apparel | -16 | 9 |
| Kyocera Corp. | KYO | Kyoto, Japan | Electronics, semiconductors, t-comm | 21 | 7 |
| Lear Corp. | LEA | Southfield, MI | Auto parts | -20 | 7 |
| Avon Products Inc. | AVP | New York, NY | Beauty products, gifts, apparel | -10 | 6 |
| Hon Industries Inc. | HNI | Muscatine, IA | Furniture, prefabricated fireplaces | -17 | 1 |
| Hershey Foods Corp. | HSY | Hershey, PA | Foods, confectionary products | -28 | 1 |
| Deere & Co. | DE | Moline, IL | Agricultural, industrial, consumer equip. | 30 | -2 |
| Coca-Cola Co. | KO | Atlanta, GA | Soft drinks, juices, beverages | -15 | -2 |
| Gillette Co. | G | Boston, MA | Grooming/oral care prod, writing inst., batteries | -11 | -3 |
| Williams PLC | WIGHY | Derby, England | Fire protection and security systems | -16 | -13 |
| Liz Claiborne Inc. | LIZ | New York, NY | Apparel | 20 | -14 |
| Denso Co. Ltd. | jp;6902 | Kariya City, Japan | Motor vehicle parts, accessories | 6 | -14 |
| Engelhard Corp. | EC | Iselin, NJ | Metals, chemicals, pigments | 5 | -16 |
| Panamerican Beverages Inc. | PB | Mexico City, Mexico | Bottled and canned soft drinks | -6 | -17 |
| Hillenbrand Industries Inc. | HB | Batesville, IN | Funeral, health-care, and infant products | -45 | -24 |
| Valmet Corp. | MX | Helsinki, Finland | Paper industries machinery, motor vehicles | -51 | -60 |
| Toyota Motor Corp. (4) | TM | Toyota City, Japan | Motor vehicles, parts | 14 | |
| DaimlerChrysler AG (5) | DCX | Stuttgart, Germany | Motor vehicles and car bodies, aircraft parts | -13 | |
| Average | 48 | 155 | |||
| (1)RETURN FOR HINDUSTAN LEVER IS FOR THE 1- AND 3-YR PERIODS ENDING 7/17/99. (2)THREE-YEAR RETURN FOR HEIDELBERGER IS FOR THE PERIOD 12/8/97 THROUGH 9/9/99. (3) RETURN FOR ABB LTD. COVERS THE PERIOD 11/97 TO 9/99. (4) Return for Toyota Motor Corporation is for the period 9/29/99 to 11/18/99. (5) Return for DaimlerChrysler is for the period 11/17/98 to 9/30/99. | |||||
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