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THE HARTFORD EXCESS SAVINGS PLAN IA
(As amended and restated effective January 1, 2013)
ARTICLE I
PURPOSE
1.1 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means of restoring the contributions lost by certain Members under the Qualified
Plan due to the application of the limitation imposed by Code Section 401(a)(17) (which limits the amount of an employee's
compensation that may be taken into account annually under a qualified plan), and, prior to January 1, 2013, Code Section
402(g)(1) (which limits the amount of compensation an employee may defer annually under a qualified plan), and Code Section
415 (which limits the amount of contributions that may be made annually under a qualified plan on behalf of a particular
employee). The Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded deferred compensation arrangement maintained for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms by the Qualified Plan.
Effective January 1, 2009, the Plan, including all amendments adopted prior thereto, was amended and restated in the form of this
document, in order to comply with final regulations issued under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan is intended
to comply with Section 409A of the Code, and no action taken by the Company shall be construed in a manner that would result in
the imposition of an additional tax on participants under Section 409A of the Code. The Plan has been administered in good faith
compliance with Section 409A of the Code and the guidance issued thereunder from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2008.