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| EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE - HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. | d328810dex991.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
April 2, 2012
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-13958 | 13-3317783 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
One Hartford Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06155
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 547-5000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On April 2, 2012, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (“The Hartford”) issued a press release announcing it had commenced a consent solicitation from holders of its 6.1% senior notes due 2041 to terminate the replacement capital covenant entered into by The Hartford dated as of October 17, 2008. The information furnished in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. dated April 2, 2012 | |
The information set forth in this report does not constitute a solicitation of consents.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. (Registrant) | ||||||||
| April 2, 2012 | By: | /s/ David C. Robinson | ||||||
| Name: | David C. Robinson | |||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |||||||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. dated April 2, 2012 | |