Progressive 2010 Annual Report Download - page 32

CORPORATE INFORMATION
Principal Office The Progressive Corporation
6300 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143
440-461-5000
progressive.com
Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the
offices of The Progressive Corporation, 6671 Beta Drive, Mayfield Village,
Ohio 44143 on April 29, 2011, at 10 a.m. eastern time. There were 3,703
shareholders of record on December 31, 2010.
Shareholder/Investor Relations Progressive does not maintain a mailing list for
distribution of shareholders’ reports. To view Progressive’s publicly filed
documents, shareholders can access our Web site: progressive.com/sec.
To view our earnings and other releases, access progressive.com/investors.
For financial-related information or to request copies of Progressive’s pub-
licly filed documents free of charge, write to: The Progressive Corporation,
Investor Relations, 6300 Wilson Mills Road, Box W33, Mayfield Village, Ohio
44143, e-mail: investor
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[e-mail] or call: 440-395-2222.
For all other Company information, call: 440-461-5000 or access our Web
site at progressive.com/contactus.
Charitable Contributions Progressive contributes annually to The Progressive
Insurance Foundation, which provides: (i) financial support to the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety to further its work in reducing the human trauma
and economic costs of auto accidents; and (ii) matching funds to eligible
501(c)(3) charitable organizations to which Progressive employees contribute.
Social Responsibility Progressive uses an interactive online format to com-
municate our social responsibility efforts. This report can be found at:
progressive.com/socialresponsibility.
Counsel Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
Corporate Governance Progressive’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and
Board Committee Charters are available at: progressive.com/governance.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Registered Shareholders If you have questions or changes to your account
and your Progressive shares are registered in your name, write to: American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Attn: Operations Center, 6201 15 th Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11219; phone: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]; or visit
their Web site at: www.amstock.com.
Beneficial Shareholders If your Progressive shares are held in a brokerage
or other financial institution account, contact your broker or financial institu-
tion directly regarding questions or changes to your account.
Online Annual Report and Proxy Statement Our 2010 Annual Report to Shareholders
can be found at: progressive.com/
annualreport.
We have also posted copies of our 2011 Proxy Statement and 2010 Annual
Report to Shareholders, in a “PDF” format, at: progressiveproxy.com.
Contact Non-Management Directors Interested parties
have the ability to contact the non-management
directors as a group by sending a written commun-
ication clearly addressed to the non-management
directors and sent to any of the following:
Peter B. Lewis, Chairman of the Board,
The
Progressive Corporation, 6300 Wilson Mills
Road,
Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 or e-mail:
peter
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[e-mail].
Charles E. Jarrett, Secretary,
The Progressive Corporation, 6300 Wilson Mills
Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 or e-mail:
chuck
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[e-mail].
The recipient will forward communications so
received to the non-management directors.
Accounting Complaint Procedure Any employee or
other interested party with a complaint or concern
regarding accounting, internal accounting con-
trols, or auditing matters relating to Progressive
may report such complaint or concern directly to
the Chairman of the Audit Committee, as follows:
Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D., Chairman of the Audit
Committee, patrick
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nettles@progres sive.com.
Any such complaint or concern also may be
reported anonymously over the follow ing toll-
free Alert Line: 1-800-683-3604 or online at
www.progressivealertline.com. Progressive will
not retaliate against any individual by reason
of his or her having made such a complaint
or reported such a concern in good faith. View
the complete procedures at progressive.com/
governance.
Whistleblower Protections Progressive will not
retaliate against any officer or em ployee of
Progressive because of any lawful act done by
the employee to provide information or other-
wise assist in investigations regarding conduct
that the employee reasonably believes to be a
violation of Federal securities laws or of any rule
or regulation of the Securities and Exchange
Commission or Federal securities laws relating
to fraud against shareholders. View the complete
Whistleblower Protections at progressive.com/
governance.
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