Unless IBM plans to float some new shares (highly unlikely) they have no reason to care about what ETFs or indicies they are in. If anything, cutting the divid

Unless IBM plans to float some new shares (highly unlikely) they have no reason to care about what ETFs or indicies they are in. If anything, cutting the dividend and reinvesting it into research/capex and paying down debt will go a lot further in the long run to making the stock more valuable.