The Hartford 2012 Annual Report Download - page 272

409A of the Code, and no action taken by the Corporation shall be construed in a manner that would result in the imposition of an
additional tax on Participants under Section 409A of the Code.
All benefits payable under this Plan, which is intended to constitute both an unfunded excess benefit plan under Section 3(36) of Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and a nonqualified, unfunded deferred
compensation plan for a select group of management employees under Title I of ERISA, shall be paid out of the general assets of the
Corporation. The Corporation may establish and fund a trust in order to aid it in providing benefits due under the Plan.
The Retirement Plan was amended, effective January 1, 2009, to provide all Participants accruing service on or after that date with
Hartford Credits and Interest Credits under a Cash Balance formula. Whereas, as of December 31, 2012, Hartford Credits will cease
under the Cash Balance formula of the Retirement Plan, such that only Interest Credits shall continue to be credited thereafter under
that formula, effective as of December 31, 2012, Hartford Credits under this Plan shall likewise cease and only Interest Credits shall
thereafter be credited.
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