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Chasing Value: Lorillard Inc. joins the S&P 500 |
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| Jun 04, 2008 03:33 PM UTC |
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Filed under: Press releases, Chasing Value, S and P 500, Stocks to Buy, Best Stocks for 2008, Loews Corporation (LTR), Lorillard Inc. (LO) Loews Corp. (NYSE: LTR) just split out Lorillard Inc., which will trade under the ticker LO. Standard & Poors has announced that it will make Lorillard the newest member of the S&P 500, dropping Ambac (NYSE: ABK) from the index. (I mentioned this in early January when I posted Chasing Value: Loews Corp. has all the right pieces making it one of stock picks for 2008; for the latest on that, see Chasing Value: 8 stocks for 2008 -- May beats all).The transaction will close as of trading on Tuesday, June 10. Lorillard is being distributed to the public via a two-tier process involving: 1) the retirement of the tracking stock Carolina Group (NYSE: CG), in exchange for which approximately 62% of Lorillard's common stock will be issued, and 2) an offer in which shares of S&P 500 constituent Loews Corp. can be exchanged for the remaining shares of Lorillard It was a smart move by Loews company management to separate the tobacco company from its other interests in hospitality, oil exploration, real estate and insurance. Continue reading Chasing Value: Lorillard Inc. joins the S&P 500 Permalink | Email this | Comments<map name="google_ad_map_145-1215399"><area href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/145-1215399?pos=0" shape="rect" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" shape="rect" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map> 
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