The Hartford 2012 Annual Report Download - page 293

individual is specifically designated as beneficiary for purposes of the Pre-Retirement Survivor’s Benefit under
the Excess Pension Plan – Final Average Pay formula, or if the designated beneficiary predeceases the
Participant, the Participant’s beneficiary will be the Participant’s surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving
spouse, then the first living person as follows: (a) a sole individual designated as beneficiary under the Excess
Pension Plan – Cash Balance formula; (b) a sole individual designated as beneficiary under The Hartford Excess
Savings Plan; (c) a sole individual designated as beneficiary under The Hartford Investment and Savings Plan;
(d) a sole individual designated as beneficiary under the Company's basic group term life insurance plan; (e) a
sole individual designated as beneficiary under the Company's optional group term life insurance plan; (f) in the
event more than one individual was designated as primary beneficiary under any of the above plans, the oldest of
such designated beneficiaries under the first-listed plan in the above order where that designation occurs [should
there be multiple beneficiaries named under any of (a)-(e) above, but only one is living, the sole living
beneficiary shall be treated as a “sole individual designated as beneficiary” for purposes of any of (a)-(e) above];
(g) the oldest descendant of the Participant; (h) the Participant's father; (i) the Participant's mother; (j) the
Participant's oldest brother or sister; (k) the oldest descendant of any deceased brother or sister of the
Participant; (l) the Participant's oldest grandparent; (m) the Participant's oldest uncle, aunt or descendants of
deceased uncles and aunts; or (n) the oldest descendant of the Participant's last deceased spouse as if the
deceased spouse had survived the Participant.