Exhibit 99.1
VOTING AGREEMENT
THISVOTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 22, 2018, among The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and the Persons executing this Agreement as “Stockholders” on the signature page hereto (each a “Stockholder” and collectively, the “Stockholders”).
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent, Renato Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and The Navigators Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger (the “Merger”), so that immediately following the Merger, the Company will be a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each Stockholder is the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”)) of and is entitled to dispose and vote the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth onSchedule A hereto (with respect to such Stockholder, the “Owned Shares” and, together with any additional shares of Common Stock of which such Stockholder (a) is otherwise the “beneficial owner” of as of the date hereof or (b) becomes the “beneficial owner” after the date hereof and during the term of this Agreement, the “Subject Shares”); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, Parent and each Stockholder desire to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions; Interpretation
Section 1.01Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Merger Agreement.
Section 1.02Interpretation.
(a) When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Schedule, such reference shall be to a Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, such reference shall be to the corresponding Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The terms “or”, “any” and “either” are not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any