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(c) Benefits Payable Upon Termination; Rules for Determining Reason for Termination.
(i) Benefits Payable Upon Termination. Following the end of the Employment Period pursuant to Section 5(a),
Executive (or, in the event of his death, his surviving spouse, if any, or if none, his estate) shall be paid the
type or types of compensation determined to be payable in accordance with the following table, such payment
to be made in the form specified in such table and at the time established pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
Capitalized terms used in such table shall have the meanings set forth in Section 5(d) hereof.
(ii) Rules for Determining Reason for Termination.
(A) If a Voluntary Termination occurs on a date that Executive is eligible for Retirement as defined in The
Hartford Investment and Savings Plan, as may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan
thereof (the “Savings Plan”), such Voluntary Termination shall instead be treated as a Termination Due
to Retirement solely for purposes of this Section 5.
(B) No Termination Without Cause shall be treated as a Termination Due to Retirement or a Termination
Due to Disability for purposes of any Pro Rata Target Bonus, Severance Payment, Equity Awards or
Vested Benefits Enhancement under this Section 5, notwithstanding the fact that, either on, before or
after the date of termination of the Employment Period with respect thereto, (I) Executive was eligible
for Retirement as defined in the Savings Plan, (II) Executive requested to be treated as a retiree for
purposes of the Savings Plan or any other plan or program of the Company or its affiliates, or
(III) Executive or the Company could have terminated Executive’s employment in a Termination Due to
Disability hereunder.
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Source: HARTFORD FINANCIAL S, 10-K, February 12, 2009