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Your dividends
The company has paid cash dividends without interruption
for 136 years. Our most recent quarterly dividend of $0.29
per share was declared on February 6, 2008, payable March
31, 2008, to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2008.
Automatic dividend reinvestment program
This program provides a convenient way for shareholders
to increase their holding of company stock. An explana-
tory 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: 1.888.326.5102
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
[e-mail]
Annual shareholders’ meeting
The annual shareholders’ meeting will be on Tuesday, May 6,
2008, at the corporate headquarters, 385 Washington Street,
Saint Paul, Minn. In accordance with the new Securities and
Exchange Commission rule allowing companies to furnish
proxy materials to their shareholders over the Internet, we
plan to send shareholders of record at the close of business
on March 7, 2008, a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy
Materials on or about March 24, 2008. The notice contains
instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement and
Annual Report and vote online. The notice also includes
instructions on how a shareholder may request a printed
copy of our proxy materials.
Stock price and dividend rate
Our common stock is traded on The New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol “TRV”.
The following table sets forth the amount of cash dividends
declared per share and the high and low closing sales prices of
Travelers common stock for each quarter in 2007 and 2006.
Cash
Dividend
2007 High Low Declared
First Quarter $53.74 $49.59 $0.26
Second Quarter 56.76 51.85 0.29
Third Quarter 55.01 48.38 0.29
Fourth Quarter 55.18 50.05 0.29
2006
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
CEO and CFO certifi cation
Travelers has filed with the SEC as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2
to its 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K the certifications
of the company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief
Financial Offi cer required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-
Oxley Act and SEC Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) regard-
ing Travelers financial statements, disclosure controls and
procedures and other matters. In addition, following its
2007 annual meeting of shareholders, Travelers submitted
to the NYSE the annual certification 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.
Shareholders’ information
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