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Directors
Philip Bleser
Retired Chairman of Global Corporate Banking, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (financial services)
Compensation Committee Member, Nominating and Governance Committee Member, Independent Director
Stuart B. Burgdoerfer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, L Brands, Inc. (retailing)
Audit Committee Member, Independent Director
Pamela J. Craig
Retired Chief Financial Officer, Accenture PLC (global management consulting)
Independent Director
Charles A. Davis
Chief Executive Officer, Stone Point Capital LLC (private equity investing)
Investment and Capital Committee Member, Independent Director
Roger N. Farah
Former Executive Director, Tory Burch LLC (retailing)
Executive Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member, Nominating and Governance Committee Member, Independent Director
Lawton W. Fitt
Chairperson of the Board, Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs Group (financial services)
Executive Committee Member, Investment and Capital Committee Member, Nominating and Governance Committee Member, Independent Director
Susan Patricia Griffith
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Progressive Corporation
Executive Committee Member
Jeffrey D. Kelly
Retired Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (reinsurance services)
Audit Committee Member, Independent Director
Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D.
Executive Chairman, Ciena Corporation (telecommunications)
Audit Committee Member, Independent Director
Barbara R. Snyder
President, Case Western Reserve University (higher education)
Compensation Committee Member, Independent Director
Kahina Van Dyke
SVP of Business and Corporate Development, Ripple Labs, Inc. (global digital payments network)
Independent Director
Corporate Officers
Lawton W. Fitt
Chairperson of the Board (non-executive)
Susan Patricia Griffith
President and Chief Executive Officer
John P. Sauerland
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Daniel P. Mascaro
Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer
Jeffrey W. Basch
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (until March 2019)
Patrick S. Brennan
Treasurer
Mariann Wojtkun Marshall
Assistant Secretary;
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (beginning March 2019)
Other Executive Officers
John A. Barbagallo
Commercial Lines President
Steven A. Broz
Chief Information Officer
Patrick K. Callahan
Personal Lines President
M. Jeffrey Charney
Chief Marketing Officer
William M. Cody
Chief Investment Officer
John Murphy
Customer Relationship Management President
Lori Niederst
Chief Human Resource Officer
Andrew J. Quigg
Chief Strategy Officer
Michael D. Sieger
Claims President
Principal Office
The Progressive Corporation
6300 Wilson Mills Road
Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143
440-461-5000
progressive.com
Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the offices of The Progressive Corporation, Studio 96, 6671 Beta Drive, Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 on May 10, 2019, at 10 a.m. eastern time. There were 2,016 shareholders of record on December 31, 2018.
Common Shares and Dividends
The Progressive Corporation’s common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol PGR). Progressive currently has a dividend policy under which the Board expects to declare regular, quarterly common share dividends and, on at least an annual basis, to consider declaring an additional variable common share dividend. A question and answer discussion on the dividend policy can be found at: progressive.com/dividend.
Shareholder/Investor Relations
Progressive does not maintain a mailing list for distribution of shareholders’ reports. To view Progressive’s publicly filed documents, shareholders can access our website: progressive.com/sec. To view our earnings and other releases, access: progressive.com/investors.
For financial-related information or to request copies of Progressive’s publicly filed documents free of charge, write to: The Progressive Corporation, Investor Relations, 6300 Wilson Mills Road, Box W33, Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143, email: investor_relations@progressive.com, or call:
For all other company information, call:
Corporate Governance
Progressive’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Board Committee Charters are available at: progressive.com/governance.
Charitable Contributions
We contribute annually to: (i) The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to further its work in reducing the human trauma and economic costs of auto accidents; and (ii) The Progressive Insurance Foundation, which provides matching funds to eligible 501(c)(3) charitable organizations to which employees contribute. Over the last five years, the matching funds provided by The Progressive Insurance Foundation averaged approximately $4 million per year.
Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Progressive uses an interactive online format to communicate our social responsibility efforts. This report can be found at: progressive.com/socialresponsibility.
Annual Report and Proxy Statement
Our 2018 Annual Report to Shareholders can be found at: progressive.com/annualreport.
Our 2019 Proxy Statement and 2018 Annual Report to Shareholders, in a PDF format, can be found at: progressiveproxy.com.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Registered Shareholders: If you have questions or changes to your account and your Progressive common shares are registered in your name, write to: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, Attn: Operations Center, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219; phone: 1-866-709-7695; email: info@astfinancial.com; or visit their website at: astfinancial.com.
Beneficial Shareholders: If your Progressive common shares are held in a brokerage or other financial institution account, contact your broker or financial institution directly regarding questions or changes to your account.
Accounting Complaint Procedure
Any employee or other interested party with a complaint or concern regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters relating to Progressive may report such complaint or concern directly to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, as follows: Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D., Chair of the Audit Committee, auditchair@progressive.com.
Any such complaint or concern also may be reported anonymously over the following toll-free Alert Line: 1-800-683-3604 or online at: www.progressivealertline.com. Progressive will not retaliate against any individual by reason of his or her having made such a complaint or reported such a concern in good faith. View the complete procedures at: progressive.com/governance.
Whistleblower Protections
Progressive will not retaliate against any officer or employee of Progressive because of any lawful act done by the officer or employee to provide information or otherwise assist in investigations regarding conduct that the officer or employee reasonably believes to be a violation of federal securities laws or of any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission. View the complete Whistleblower Protections at: progressive.com/governance.
Counsel
Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
Contact Non-Management Directors
Interested parties have the ability to contact the non-management directors as a group by sending a written communication clearly addressed to the non-management directors to either of the following:
Lawton W. Fitt
Chairperson of the Board
The Progressive Corporation
email: chair@progressive.com
Daniel P. Mascaro
Secretary
The Progressive Corporation
6300 Wilson Mills Road
Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143
email: secretary@progressive.com
The recipient will forward communications so received to the non-management directors.
