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  THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
 
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THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.

 

 


THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
ONE HARTFORD PLAZA
MAILSTOP# H0-1-09 HARTFORD PLAZA
HARTFORD, CT 06155

Meeting Information

    Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
 For holders as of: March 23, 2015
 Date: May 20, 2015         Time: 12:30 PM EDT
 Location: The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Wallace Stevens Theater
One Hartford Plaza
Hartford, CT 06155
 

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Voting Items

The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR all nominees for election as directors:

1.       Election of Directors
 
1a. Robert B. Allardice, III
 
1b. Trevor Fetter
 
1c. Kathryn A. Mikells
 
1d. Michael G. Morris
 
1e. Thomas A. Renyi
 
1f. Julie G. Richardson
 
1g. Teresa W. Roseborough
 
  1h. Virginia P. Ruesterholz
 
1i. Charles B. Strauss
 
1j. Christopher J. Swift
 

1k. H. Patrick Swygert

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.
 
2.         Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015
   
3. Management proposal to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement
   
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.