-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VuR+hwAL0WNhYcJaRbTmQBuef2l49L0W/jJ7J/GoC7Q8GG72/3/5cwwWmdzRLDrm t/dzB9xlqnY3f5C1+bG3ow== 0001144204-10-058483.txt : 20101109 0001144204-10-058483.hdr.sgml : 20101109 20101109110512 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-10-058483 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101109 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20101109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEARBORN PARTNERS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001206792 IRS NUMBER: 364145621 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-10306 FILM NUMBER: 101174916 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 W. MADISON CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 13F-HR 1 v201580_13fhr.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09-30-2010 --------------------------------- Check here if Amendment [_]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one.): [_] is a restatement. [_] adds new holding entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Dearborn Partners L.L.C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Address: 200 W. Madison St. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Suite 1950 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago, IL 60606 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Form 13F File Number: 28-10306 -------------------- The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Kurt M. Newsom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: General Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: 312-795-5348 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Kurt M. Newsom Chicago, IL 11-09-2010 - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------- ---------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report type (Check only one.): |X| 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) |_| 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager (s).) |_| 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 ------------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 311 ------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $364,624 ------------------- (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. NONE Form 13F INFORMATION TABLE Dearborn Partners L.L.C. FORM 13F 30-Sep-10
Voting Authority -------------------- Value Shares/ Sh/ Put/ Invstmt Other Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Prn Call Dscretn Managers Sole Shared None - ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- -------- ------ ------ ----- 3M Company COM 88579y101 11421 131715 SH Sole 130815 900 11 125 SH Other 125 AFLAC Inc. COM 001055102 534 10325 SH Sole 10325 AT&T Inc COM 00206R102 1527 53380 SH Sole 52580 800 29 1000 SH Other 1000 Abbott Labs COM 002824100 9469 181256 SH Sole 180291 965 17 320 SH Other 320 Accenture PLC COM G1151C101 31 725 SH Sole 725 Activision Blizzard, inc. COM 00507V109 255 23570 SH Sole 23570 Adobe Systems Inc COM 00724F101 262 10020 SH Sole 9270 750 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc COM 009158106 5106 61652 SH Sole 60967 685 50 600 SH Other 600 Akamai Technologies Com COM 00971T101 514 10243 SH Sole 10243 Alcon, Inc. COM H01301102 1260 7556 SH Sole 7456 100 11 65 SH Other 65 Alleghany Corp New COM 017175100 441 1456 SH Sole 1456 Altria Group Inc COM 02209S103 250 10410 SH Sole 10410 8 320 SH Other 320 AmeriGas Partners, LP COM 030975106 282 6295 SH Sole 6295 American Express Co COM 025816109 1768 42076 SH Sole 42076 American River Bankshares COM 029326105 611 97365 SH Sole 97365 Amgen COM 031162100 353 6400 SH Sole 6000 400 Anadarko Pete Corp COM 032511107 2110 36979 SH Sole 36979 Apache Corp COM 037411105 1118 11438 SH Sole 11138 300 Apple Computer COM 037833100 1314 4631 SH Sole 4631 35 125 SH Other 125 Applied Materials Inc COM 038222105 173 14825 SH Sole 13825 1000 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co COM 363576109 246 9345 SH Sole 9345 Autodesk Inc Com COM 052769106 308 9643 SH Sole 9643 Automatic Data Processing COM 053015103 4616 109821 SH Sole 108871 950 8 180 SH Other 180 Avery Dennison Corp COM 053611109 226 6100 SH Sole 5500 600 Baker Hughes COM 057224107 605 14206 SH Sole 13366 840 5 120 SH Other 120 Bank of New York Mellon Corp COM 064058100 37 1400 SH Sole 1400 Baxter International Inc COM 071813109 29 600 SH Sole 600 317 6650 SH Other 6650 Becton Dickinson & Co COM 075887109 2653 35808 SH Sole 35208 600 Berkshire Hathaway Cl B COM 084670702 250 3025 SH Sole 3025 Black Hills Corp COM 092113109 734 23519 SH Sole 23119 400 Blackstone Group LP COM 09253U108 277 21800 SH Sole 21800 41 3200 SH Other 2600 600 Blount International, Inc. COM 095180105 285 22411 SH Sole 22411 Boeing COM 097023105 1468 22063 SH Sole 22063 Bolt Technology Corp. COM 097698104 974 95663 SH Sole 95663 C.R. Bard Inc COM 067383109 7357 90345 SH Sole 89274 1071 CBS Corp New Class B COM 124857202 440 27729 SH Sole 27729 CEC Entertainment Inc COM 125137109 354 10326 SH Sole 10326 CIT Group Inc COM 125581801 461 11285 SH Sole 11285 CME Group Inc COM 12572Q105 2485 9540 SH Sole 9540 Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. COM 127097103 612 20329 SH Sole 20329 Cache, Inc. COM 127150308 447 87735 SH Sole 87735 Carbo Ceramics Inc. 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COM 367348109 16 156516 SH Sole 156516 General Dynamics Corp COM 369550108 7686 122368 SH Sole 121668 700 General Electric Co COM 369604103 2736 168383 SH Sole 166583 1800 229 14110 SH Other 12335 1775 General Mills COM 370334104 7496 205147 SH Sole 203947 1200 37 1000 SH Other 1000 Gilead Sciences Incorporated COM 375558103 7153 200881 SH Sole 200681 200 GlaxoSmithKline PLC COM 37733w105 24 600 SH Sole 600 203 5131 SH Other 5131 Goldman Sachs Group COM 38141G104 881 6095 SH Sole 6095 29 200 SH Other 200 Google Inc CL A COM 38259P508 5606 10663 SH Sole 10663 16 30 SH Other 30 Greenlight Capital COM G4095J109 246 9816 SH Sole 9816 Heinz, H J COM 423074103 309 6521 SH Sole 6521 Hershey Company COM 427866108 469 9858 SH Sole 9858 7 150 SH Other 150 Hewlett Packard Co COM 428236103 156 3711 SH Sole 3711 139 3307 SH Other 3307 Hexcel Corp. COM 428291108 282 15839 SH Sole 15839 Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. COM 43710G105 306 25120 SH Sole 25120 Honeywell Intl Inc COM 438516106 221 5036 SH Sole 5036 Hudson City Bancorp Com COM 443683107 252 20568 SH Sole 20568 ITT Industries COM 450911102 29 625 SH Sole 625 Idexx Labs Inc COM 45168d104 386 6250 SH Sole 5750 500 Illinois Tool Works Inc COM 452308109 9644 205107 SH Sole 203707 1400 12 250 SH Other 250 Intel Corp COM 458140100 609 31714 SH Sole 31714 242 12582 SH Other 12582 International Business Machine COM 459200101 9313 69428 SH Sole 69088 340 Iron Mtn Inc PA Com COM 462846106 334 14950 SH Sole 13950 1000 J P Morgan Chase & Co COM 46625H100 4383 115150 SH Sole 114095 1055 147 3870 SH Other 3870 JMAR Technologies Inc COM 466212107 0 49130 SH Sole 49130 James River Coal Co. 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COM 609027107 465 41482 SH Sole 41482 Monsanto Co New COM 61166w101 675 14084 SH Sole 14084 6 125 SH Other 125 Multi Color Corp. COM 625383104 186 12089 SH Sole 12089 Murphy Oil Corp COM 626717102 361 5830 SH Sole 5830 National Instruments Corp COM 636518102 449 13750 SH Sole 12700 1050 Nestle SA ADR COM 641069406 3471 64965 SH Sole 63865 1100 10 180 SH Other 180 NextEra Energy Inc COM 65339F101 3604 66259 SH Sole 65149 1110 17 305 SH Other 305 Nike Inc, Class B COM 654106103 301 3750 SH Sole 3750 Norfolk Southern Corp COM 655844108 1077 18092 SH Sole 17292 800 65 1100 SH Other 1100 Northern Trust COM 665859104 1270 26336 SH Sole 25326 1010 5 100 SH Other 100 Occidental Petroleum COM 674599105 4170 53262 SH Sole 53262 Office Depot Inc COM 676220106 734 159461 SH Sole 159461 Old Republic Intl Corp COM 680223104 396 28556 SH Sole 28556 Omnova Solutions Inc COM 682129101 124 17220 SH Sole 17220 Oracle Corp COM 68389x105 820 30536 SH Sole 30536 7 250 SH Other 250 Owens & Minor Inc. COM 690732102 215 7571 SH Sole 7571 PMI Group COM 69344m101 379 103243 SH Sole 103243 PPG Industries Inc COM 693506107 263 3610 SH Sole 3210 400 87 1200 SH Other 1200 Pactiv Corp COM 202 6125 SH Sole 5125 1000 Palomar Medical Technologies COM 697529303 387 37427 SH Sole 37427 Panera Bread Company Cl A COM 69840W108 337 3800 SH Sole 3300 500 Parker Hannifin Corp COM 701094104 308 4400 SH Sole 4400 Patriot Coal Corp COM 70336t104 532 46660 SH Sole 46660 Patterson Companies Inc. COM 703395103 269 9400 SH Sole 8600 800 PayChex Inc COM 704326107 245 8900 SH Sole 8300 600 PepsiCo Inc COM 713448108 7290 109722 SH Sole 109422 300 7 100 SH Other 100 Pfizer COM 717081103 510 29685 SH Sole 29685 270 15750 SH Other 15000 750 Philip Morris International COM 718172109 1016 18129 SH Sole 17329 800 45 800 SH Other 200 600 Piedmont Natural Gas Inc COM 720186105 1245 42940 SH Sole 40940 2000 12 400 SH Other 400 Pioneer Natural Resources COM 723787107 26 400 SH Sole 400 Polaris Inds Inc Com COM 731068102 839 12882 SH Sole 12882 Pool Corporation COM 73278L105 488 24326 SH Sole 24326 Praxair Inc COM 74005P104 7305 80937 SH Sole 80637 300 PrivateBancorp Inc COM 742962103 601 52761 SH Sole 52761 Procter & Gamble Co COM 742718109 6699 111701 SH Sole 110706 995 9 150 SH Other 150 Qualcomm Inc COM 747525103 4775 105807 SH Sole 105007 800 7 160 SH Other 160 RPM Intl Inc COM 749685103 2003 100572 SH Sole 100572 Radian Group Inc COM 750236101 335 42891 SH Sole 42891 Ralcorp Holdings Inc COM 751028101 145 2488 SH Sole 2488 Research In Motion Ltd COM COM 760975102 2250 46211 SH Sole 46211 7 150 SH Other 150 Resmed Inc COM 761152107 443 13500 SH Sole 12300 1200 Rockwell Automation Inc. 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COM P8744Y102 293 7694 SH Sole 7694 Stericycle Inc COM 858912108 365 5250 SH Sole 4850 400 Stryker Corp COM 863667101 1121 22389 SH Sole 22389 13 265 SH Other 265 Sysco Corporation COM 871829107 570 19976 SH Sole 19176 800 T Rowe Price Group Inc COM 74144t108 331 6614 SH Sole 6114 500 TCF Financial Corp COM 872275102 180 11100 SH Sole 11100 Take Two Interactive Software COM 874054109 960 94710 SH Sole 94710 Target Corporation COM 87612E106 9551 178724 SH Sole 178274 450 9 175 SH Other 175 Texas Instruments Corp COM 882508104 257 9476 SH Sole 9076 400 Tractor Supply Company COM 892356106 301 7600 SH Sole 7600 Trinity Industries Inc COM 896522109 894 40139 SH Sole 40139 Tyco Electronics Ltd COM H8912P106 4 130 SH Sole 130 Tyco Intl Ltd COM H89128104 5 130 SH Sole 130 U. S. Bancorp COM 902973304 1578 72984 SH Sole 72384 600 6 300 SH Other 300 Unilever NV New COM 904784709 25 833 SH Sole 833 224 7500 SH Other 7500 Union Pacific Corp COM 907818108 2799 34212 SH Sole 34212 7 85 SH Other 85 United Technologies Corp COM 913017109 4309 60493 SH Sole 59243 1250 ValueClick, Inc. COM 92046N102 345 26360 SH Sole 26360 Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 835 25610 SH Sole 25610 40 1225 SH Other 825 400 Visa Inc Cl A COM 92826c839 3935 52989 SH Sole 52989 13 175 SH Other 175 W.W. Grainger Corp COM 384802104 5863 49223 SH Sole 49223 WABTEC COM 929740108 822 17192 SH Sole 17192 Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 718 13406 SH Sole 13406 15 280 SH Other 280 Walgreen Company COM 931422109 2323 69344 SH Sole 68094 1250 8 250 SH Other 250 Watsco, Inc. COM 942622200 342 6150 SH Sole 5650 500 Wells Fargo & Co COM 949746101 807 32144 SH Sole 32144 13 500 SH Other 500 Wright Express Corp. COM 98233Q105 210 5880 SH Sole 5880 IShares Comex Gold Trust Index ETF 464285105 749 58500 SH Sole 58500 IShares MSCI EAFE Index Fd ETF 464287465 1364 24834 SH Sole 24834 15 275 SH Other 275 IShares S&P Mid Cap 400/Barra ETF 464287606 1189 13505 SH Sole 13505 IShares S&P US Preferred Stock ETF 464288687 504 12669 SH Sole 12669 IShares Tr MSCI Emerging Mkts ETF 464287234 2264 50560 SH Sole 50560 152 3390 SH Other 3390 PowerShares Financial Pfd Port ETF 73935x229 296 16250 SH Sole 16250 28 1550 SH Other 1550 S & P Depository Receipts SPDR ETF 78462F103 463 4060 SH Sole 4060 SPDR Gold Trust ETF 78463V107 166 1300 SH Sole 1300 54 425 SH Other 425 SPDR S&P Emerging Small Cap ET ETF 78463X756 266 4850 SH Sole 4850 Vanguard Large Cap ETF ETF 922908637 455 8743 SH Sole 8743 Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Index ETF 922908538 399 7374 SH Sole 7374 29 542 SH Other 542 IShares Barclays 1-3 yr Cr Bon ETF 464288646 989 9415 SH Sole 9415 Invesco Van Kampen Sr Income T ETF 46131H107 69 15000 SH Sole 15000 Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF ETF 921937827 461 5640 SH Sole 5640
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