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The St. Paul Companies 2001 Annual Report76
corporate profile
The St. Paul Companies, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minn., USA,
provides commercial property-liability insurance and nonlife
reinsurance worldwide, and asset management through its subsidiary
The John Nuveen Company. The St. Paul reported 2001 revenues
from continuing operations of $8.9 billion and total assets of
$38.3 billion. For more information about The St. Paul and its prod-
ucts and services, visit the company’s Web site, www.stpaul.com.
your dividends
A quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share was declared on Feb. 5, 2002,
payable April 17, 2002, to shareholders of record as of March 29, 2002.
Dividends have been paid every year since 1872. During those 130
years of uninterrupted dividend payments, total payments have
been increased in 70 years. The chart at the lower right contains
dividend information for 2001 and 2000.
automatic dividend reinvestment program
This program provides a convenient way for shareholders to increase
their holding of company stock. Approximately 46.5 percent of
shareholders of record participate.
An explanatory brochure and enrollment card may be obtained by
calling our stock transfer agent – Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. at
888.326.5102, or by contacting them at the address below.
stock transfer agent and registrar
For address changes, dividend checks, direct deposits of dividends,
account consolidations, registration changes, lost stock certifi-
cates, stock holdings and the Dividend Reinvestment Program,
please contact:
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.
Shareowner Services Department
P.O. Box 64854
Saint Paul, MN 55164-0854
Tel: [phone]
www.wellsfargo.com/shareownerservices
stock trading
The company’s stock is traded nationally on the New York Stock
Exchange, where it is assigned the symbol SPC. The stock is also
listed on the London Stock Exchange. The number of holders of
record, including individual owners, of our common stock was
17,581 as of Feb. 15, 2002.
Options on the company’s stock trade on the Chicago Board
Options Exchange.
annual shareholders’ meeting
The annual shareholders’ meeting will be on Tuesday, May 7, 2002,
at the corporate headquarters, 385 Washington Street, Saint Paul,
Minn. A proxy statement will be sent around March 20 to each
shareholder of record on March 14, 2002.
form 10-k available
The Form 10-K report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
is available without charge to shareholders upon request. Write to
our corporate secretary: Bruce Backberg, The St. Paul Companies,
385 Washington Street, Saint Paul, MN 55102.
additional information
For additional investor relations information, shareholders may
contact Laura Gagnon, vice president-finance and investor relations
at 651.310.7696. Or, general information about the company is
available on our Web site, www.stpaul.com.
stock price and dividend rate
The table below sets forth the amount of cash dividends declared
per share and the high and low closing sales prices of company
stock for each quarter during the last two years.
Cash
Dividend
2001 High Low Declared
1st Quarter $ 51.38 $ 40.25 $ 0.28
2nd Quarter 52.12 41.53 0.28
3rd Quarter 50.79 35.50 0.28
4th Quarter 51.50 40.30 0.28
Cash dividend paid in 2001 was $1.11.
Cash
Dividend
2000 High Low Declared
1st Quarter $ 34.250 $ 21.750 $ 0.27
2nd Quarter 39.188 29.875 0.27
3rd Quarter 50.625 34.625 0.27
4th Quarter 56.375 44.063 0.27
Cash dividend paid in 2000 was $1.07.
shareholder information