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Shareholders’ Information
Your Dividends
The company has paid cash dividends without interruption for
135 years. A quarterly dividend of $0.26 per share was declared
on Feb. 7, 2007, payable March 30, 2007, to shareholders of
record as of March 9, 2007.
Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Program
This program provides a convenient way for shareholders to
increase their holding of company stock. An explanatory brochure
and enrollment card may be obtained by calling our stock transfer
agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. at 888.326.5102, or mailing a
request to the address below.
Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar
For address changes, dividend checks, direct deposits of
dividends, account consolidations, registration changes,
lost stock certificates and stock holdings, please contact:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 64854
Saint Paul, MN 55164-0854
Toll Free: 888.326.5102
Outside U.S. and Canada: 651.450.4064
www.wellsfargo.com/shareownerservices
Financial Information Available
Travelers makes available, free of charge on its Web site, all of its
filings that are made electronically with the SEC, including Forms
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. To access these filings, go to the company’s
Web site (www.travelers.com) and click on “SEC Filings” under
the “Investors” heading.
Requests for additional information may be directed to:
Marc Parr
Shareholder Relations Department
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
One Tower Square, 6PB
Hartford, CT 06183
860.277.0779
Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
The annual shareholders’ meeting will be on Tuesday, May 1, 2007,
at the corporate headquarters office at 385 Washington Street,
Saint Paul, Minn. Proxy materials, which include a proxy state-
ment, proxy card or voter instruction form, and an annual report,
will be mailed beginning on or about March 23, 2007, to each
shareholder of record as of March 5, 2007.
Stock Price and Dividend Rate
Our common stock is traded on The New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol “TRV”.1As of Feb. 15, 2007, Travelers had
approximately 89,234 shareholders of record of its common stock.
This figure does not represent the actual number of beneficial
owners of common stock because shares are frequently held
in “street name” by securities brokers and others for the benefit
of individual owners who may vote or dispose of the shares.
The following table sets forth the amount of cash dividends
declared per share and the high and low closing prices of
Travelers common stock for 2006 and 2005.
Cash
Dividend
2006 High Low Declared
First Quarter $47.65 $40.75 $0.23
Second Quarter 45.86 41.02 0.26
Third Quarter 47.39 42.62 0.26
Fourth Quarter 54.23 46.43 0.26
2005
First Quarter $39.40 $35.89 $0.22
Second Quarter 39.87 33.71 0.23
Third Quarter 45.14 39.60 0.23
Fourth Quarter 46.70 41.37 0.23
CEO and CFO Certification
Travelers has filed with the SEC as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to
its 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K the certifications of the
company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer
required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and SEC Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) regarding Travelers
financial statements, disclosure controls and procedures and
other matters. In addition, following its 2006 annual meeting of
shareholders, Travelers submitted to the NYSE the annual certifi-
cation of the company’s Chief Executive Officer, as required under
Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, which
certified that the company’s Chief Executive Officer was not aware
of any violation by Travelers of the NYSE’s corporate governance
listing standards.
© 2007 The Travelers Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 58985 new 3-07
1The company’s ticker symbol changed from “STA” to “TRV” on Feb. 27, 2007.