From 1981 to 1991, the company's shares produced an astounding average yearly return of 46.8 percent, including dividends and increases in the share price.

The float, and shares sold after that, netted them well north of £1.2bn - not including dividends.

S.&P. reported a total return of 10.88 percent, including dividends, for the 500-stock index in 2004.

His profit on the deal is estimated at close to $700 million, including dividends.

The Berger Growth fund rose 16 percent that year, including dividends.

Including dividends, investors who bought in the public offering earned about 15 percent a year for the time they owned the stock.

That works into a compounded 14.2 percent a year, not including dividends.

Total returns at Mills - including stock appreciation and dividends - have plunged 36 percent in the last year.

Including dividends, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index recorded a return of 28.7 percent.

The annual rate of return including dividends averages out to more than 15 percent.