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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
17.1 No Right to Employment. Nothing herein contained nor any action taken under the provisions hereof shall be
construed as giving any Employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company.
17.2 Inalienability of Benefits. Except as specifically provided in the Plan or as may be required under the terms of a
QDRO, or pursuant to the requirements of Code Section 401(a)(13)(C), or as applicable law may otherwise require, no
benefit under the Plan shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
encumbrance or charge, and any attempts so to do shall be void, nor shall any such benefit be in any manner liable for or
subject to debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or torts of the person entitled to such benefit; and in the event that the
Pension Administration Committee shall find that any Member, Deferred Member or Beneficiary who is or may become
entitled to benefits hereunder has become bankrupt or that any attempt has been made to anticipate, alienate, sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, encumber or charge any of his or her benefits under the Plan, except as specifically provided in the Plan or as
applicable law may otherwise require, then such benefit shall cease and terminate, and in that event the Pension
Administration Committee shall hold or apply the same to or for the benefit of such Member, Deferred Member or
Beneficiary who is or may become entitled to benefits hereunder, his or her spouse, children, parents or other blood
relatives, or any of them.
17.3 Source of Benefit Payments. Benefits under the Plan shall be payable only out of the Trust Fund, and the Company
shall not have any legal obligation, responsibility or liability to make any direct payment of benefits under the Plan. Neither
the Company nor the Trustee guarantees the Trust Fund against any loss or depreciation or guarantees the payment of any
benefit hereunder. No person shall have any rights under the Plan with respect to the Trust Fund, or against the Company,
except as specifically provided for herein.
17.4 Plan Expenses. The expenses of administering the Plan, including but not limited to investment management, Trustee,
record keeping and audit fees, fees for legal services, and expenses of the Plan fiduciaries, shall be paid out of the assets of
the Trust Fund to the extent they are not paid by the Company. In the event the Company pays any expense of administering
the Plan, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the payment out of the assets of the Trust Fund. All expenses
paid out of the Trust Fund shall be allocated among Members pursuant to procedures adopted by the Pension Administration
Committee.
17.5 Relief from Liability. The Plan is intended to constitute a Plan as described in Section 404(c) of ERISA and Title 29
of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2550.404c-1. The Plan fiduciaries are relieved of any liability for any losses that
are the direct and necessary result of investment instructions given by any Member, Deferred Member or Beneficiary.
17.6 Uniform Action by Certain Committees. Action by the Pension Administration Committee and the Hardship
Committees shall be uniform in nature as applied to all persons similarly situated, and no such action shall be taken which
will discriminate in favor of any Members who are Highly Compensated Employees.
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Source: HARTFORD FINANCIAL S, 10-K, February 12, 2009