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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AETNA LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
CONNECTICUT 06-0843808
(State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification Number)
151 FARMINGTON AVENUE 06156
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AETNA LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY
1994 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
LUCILLE M. NICKERSON
VICE PRESIDENT AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
Aetna Life and Casualty Company
(address same as issuer above)
Tel. (203) 273-6970
COPY TO:
JUDITH H. JONES, COUNSEL
Aetna Life and Casualty Company
(address same as issuer above)
Tel. (203) 273-0810
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Approximate date of proposed commencement of sales pursuant hereto:
October 30, 1995
Exhibit Index located on page 8
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities To Be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
To Be Registered Registered Per Share Offering Price Fee
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Common Stock
(without par value) 8,000,000 Shs.(1,3) $69.25(2) $554,000,000(2) $191,035
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(1) Represents the maximum number of shares which could be issued under the 1994
Stock Incentive Plan and includes such indeterminate number of additional
shares as may be issuable pursuant to the recapitalization provisions of the
Plan.
(2) The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price are estimated solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee and are based on the average of high and low prices of the
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on September 19, 1995, pursuant to
Rule 457.
(3) Includes Share Purchase Rights. Prior to the occurrence of certain events,
the Rights will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common
Stock.
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PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Aetna Life and Casualty Company (the "Company" or the "Registrant") hereby
incorporates by reference the following documents:
(a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1994;
(b) all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Annual Report referred to above, including: the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
1995 and June 30, 1995; and
(c) the description of the Company's Common Stock and Share Purchase
Rights Plan contained in its Registration Statements filed
pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating those
descriptions.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to
the filing of a post effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained herein or in a document all or a portion of which is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Judith H. Jones rendered an opinion as to the legality of the securities being
registered and is presently an employee of the Company and several companies
affiliated with the Company, and is eligible to participate in the Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Except where an applicable insurance policy is procured, Connecticut General
Statutes ("C.G.S.") Section 33-320a is the sole source of indemnification rights
for persons who may be deemed to be controlling persons by reason of their
status as a shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent of a Connecticut
corporation, and directors and officers of Connecticut corporations. Under
C.G.S. Section 33-320a, a corporation shall indemnify any director or officer
who was or is a party, or was threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (hereinafter referred to as "proceeding") by
virtue of the fact that he: (i) is or was a director or officer of the
corporation; (ii) is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise (hereinafter referred to as "enterprise")
other than an employee benefit plan or trust; or (iii) is or was a director or
officer serving at the request of the corporation as a fiduciary of an employee
benefit plan or trust maintained for the benefit of employees of the corporation
or any other enterprise, against "covered expenditures" if (and only if) his
conduct met the applicable statutory eligibility standard. The types of
expenditures which are covered and the statutory eligibility standard vary
according
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to the type of proceeding to which the director or officer is or was a party or
was threatened to be made a party.
According to C.G.S. Section 33-320a, in non-derivative proceedings other than
ones brought in connection with an alleged claim based upon the purchase or sale
of securities of the corporation or of another enterprise, the corporation shall
indemnify a director or officer against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts
paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys fees, actually
incurred by him in connection with the proceeding, or any appeal thereof, if
(and only if) he acted (i) in good faith and (ii) in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in the best interests of the corporation or, in the case of a
person serving as a fiduciary of any employee benefit plan or trust, in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation or in the
best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of such employee benefit
plan or trust and consistent with the provisions of such employee benefit plan
or trust. However, where the proceeding brought is criminal in nature, C.G.S.
Section 33-320a requires that the director or officer must satisfy the
additional condition that he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful in order to be indemnified. A director or officer also will be
entitled to indemnification as described above if (i) he is successful on the
merits in the defense of any non-derivative proceeding brought against him or
(ii) a court shall have determined that in view of all the circumstances he is
fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified. The decision about whether the
director or officer qualifies for indemnification under C.G.S. Section 33-320a
may be made (i) in writing by a majority of those members of the board of
directors who were not parties to the proceeding in question, (ii) in writing by
independent legal counsel selected by a majority of those directors who were not
parties to the proceeding, (iii) by the shareholders of the corporation at a
special or annual meeting by an affirmative vote of at least a majority of the
voting power of shares not owned by parties to the proceeding, or (iv) by a
court of competent jurisdiction. A director or officer may apply to a court of
competent jurisdiction for indemnification even though he previously applied to
the board, independent legal counsel or the shareholders and his application for
indemnification was rejected.
In non-derivative proceedings involving the purchase or sale of securities,
C.G.S. Section 33-320a provides that the corporation shall only indemnify the
director or officer after a court shall have determined that in view of all the
circumstances, the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to be
indemnified. Furthermore, the expenditures for which the director or officer
shall be indemnified shall only be such amount as the court determines to be
appropriate.
Pursuant to C.G.S. Section 33-320a, where a director or officer was or is a
party or was threatened to be made a party to a derivative proceeding, the
corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys fees,
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the proceeding or any
appeal thereof, in relation to matters as to which he is finally adjudged not to
have breached his duty to the corporation. The corporation shall also indemnify
a director or officer where the court determines that in view of all the
circumstances such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified;
however, in such a situation, the individual shall only be indemnified for such
amount as the court determines to be appropriate. Furthermore, the statute
provides that the corporation shall not indemnify a director or officer for
amounts paid to the corporation, to a plaintiff or to counsel for a plaintiff in
settling or otherwise disposing of a threatened or pending action, with or
without court approval; or for expenses incurred in defending a threatened
action or a pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of without
court approval.
C.G.S. Section 33-320a also provides that expenses incurred in defending a
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of
such proceeding upon authorization of the board of directors provided said
expenses are indemnifiable under the statute and the director or officer agrees
to repay such amount if he is later found not entitled to be indemnified by the
corporation.
Lastly, C.G.S. Section 33-320a is an exclusive statute. A corporation cannot
indemnify a director or officer to an extent either greater or less than that
authorized by the statute, and any provision in the certificate of
incorporation, the by-laws, a shareholder or director resolution, an agreement
or otherwise that is inconsistent with the statute is invalid; provided,
however, that the statute
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specifically authorizes a corporation to procure insurance providing greater
indemnification rights than those set out in C.G.S. Section 33-320a.
Consistent with the statute, Aetna has procured insurance for its directors and
officers which supplements the indemnification rights provided to those
individuals by C.G.S. Section 33-320a. Unlike the statute, this policy does not
require an "after the fact" determination of good faith in order for the insured
director or officer to receive the benefits provided under the policy nor does
it require affirmative judicial or corporate action as a prerequisite to the
insurance company's duty to defend (and pay for the defense of) the insured
director or officer under the policy. Furthermore, the insurance policy covers
directors and officers for any acts not specifically excluded for which the
director or officer is not eligible for indemnification under C.G.S. Section
33-320a to the extent such coverage does not violate public policy.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. Description
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4.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Aetna Life and Casualty Company, incorporated herein by
reference to the Company's 1992 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 17, 1993 (the
"1992 Form 10-K").
4.2 Conformed Copy of Rights Agreement dated as of October 27, 1989, between Aetna Life and
Casualty Company and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, incorporated herein by
reference to the 1992 Form 10-K.
4.3 Aetna Life and Casualty Company 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference
to the Company's 1994 Proxy Statement, filed on March 18, 1994.
5.1 Opinion of Judith H. Jones, including consent, dated September 22, 1995.
5.2 Opinion of Day, Berry & Howard, including consent, dated September 22, 1995.
15 Letter re: unaudited interim financial information.
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
23.2 Consent of Judith H. Jones (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3 Consent of Day, Berry & Howard (included in Exhibit 5.2)
24 Power of Attorney
28 Information from reports filed with state regulatory authorities, incorporated by reference
to the Company's 1994 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 17, 1995.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which it offers or sells
securities, a post effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which,
individually or together, represent a fundamental change in
the information in the registration statement;
(iii) to include any additional or changed material information
with respect to the plan of distribution.
Provided, however, that paragraph (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the Registration statement is on Form S-3 or S-8 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by these paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therin, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering
(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Hartford, State of Connecticut, on the 31st day of August, 1995.
AETNA LIFE AND CASUALTY COMPANY
By /S/ Robert J. Price
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Robert J. Price
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and
in the capacities indicated on August 31, 1995.
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Signature Title
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/S/ Ronald E. Compton Chairman, President and Director
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Ronald E. Compton
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Wallace Barnes Director
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William H. Donaldson Director
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Ellen M. Hancock Director
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Michael H. Jordan Director
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Jack D. Kuehler Director
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Frank R. O'Keefe, Jr. Director
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Barbara Hackman Franklin Director
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Earl G. Graves Director
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Gerald Greenwald Director
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Judith Rodin Director
/S/ Richard L. Huber
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Richard L. Huber Vice Chairman for Strategy and Finance
(Principal Financial Officer)
/S/ Robert J. Price
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Robert J. Price Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*By /S/ Judith H. Jones
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Judith H. Jones
(Attorney-in-fact)
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No. Description Page No.
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4.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Aetna Life and Casualty Company,
incorporated by reference to the Company's 1992 Form 10-K, filed
on March 17, 1993 *
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4.2 Conformed Copy of Rights Agreement dated as of October
27, 1989, between Aetna Life and Casualty Company and
First Chicago Trust Company of New York, incorporated
by reference to the Company's 1992 Form 10-K, filed on
March 17, 1993 *
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4.3 Aetna Life and Casualty Company 1994 Stock Incentive Plan,
incorporated herein by reference to the Company's 1994 Proxy
Statement, filed on March 18, 1994 *
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5.1 Opinion of Judith H. Jones, including consent 9
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5.2 Opinion of Day, Berry & Howard, including consent 11
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15 Letter re: unaudited financial information 13
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23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP 14
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23.2 Consent of Judith H. Jones (included in Exhibit 5.1) *
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23.3 Consent of Day, Berry & Howard (included in Exhibit 5.2) *
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24 Power of Attorney 15
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28 Information from reports furnished to state regulatory
authorities, incorporated by reference to the Company's 1994
Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 17, 1995 *
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(LETTERHEAD) Exhibit 5.1
September 22, 1995
Aetna Life and Casualty Company
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156
RE: Aetna Life and Casualty Company
1994 Stock Incentive Plan
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as Amended
Dear Sirs:
I have acted as counsel for Aetna Life and Casualty Company ("Company") in
connection with the registration by the Company under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company
("Common Stock") issuable under the Company's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan ("Plan")
under a registration statement on Form S-8 ("Registration Statement") about to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
I have examined or caused to be examined originals, or copies of such corporate
records, certificates and other documents, and have considered such questions of
law, as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
Upon the basis of such examination, I am of the opinion that, when the
Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and when the Company
has received the consideration to be received for the Common Stock in accordance
with the provisions of the Plan, and such shares have been issued by the Company
as provided by the Plan, the Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
I am admitted to the Bar of the State of Connecticut. The foregoing opinion is
limited to the federal laws of the United States and the laws of the State of
Connecticut.
In my examination or the examination which I caused to be made, the legal
capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to
original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic
copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents were
assumed. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which were
not independently established or verified, I have relied upon oral or written
statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the
Company and others.
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I hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am
in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
/S/ Judith H. Jones
Judith H. Jones
Counsel
Law & Regulatory Affairs
Aetna Life and Casualty Company
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Exhibit 5.2
(LETTERHEAD OF DAY, BERRY & HOWARD)
September 22, 1995
Aetna Life and Casualty Company
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06156
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Connecticut counsel to Aetna Life and Casualty Company,
a Connecticut insurance corporation (the "Company"), with respect to certain
matters of Connecticut law described below in connection with the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 ("the Registration Statement") filed by the Company with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Registration Statement relates to
the issuance and sale from time to time pursuant to the 1994 Stock Incentive
Plan of 8,000,000 shares of common capital stock of the Company, without par
value (the "Common Stock"), and associated share purchase rights (the "Rights").
The Rights will be issued pursuant to a Rights Agreement dated as of October 27,
1989 (the "Rights Agreement"), between the Company and First Chicago Trust
Company of New York, as Rights Agent. The Rights permit each holder of a Right
to purchase one-hundredth of a share of Class B Voting Preferred Stock Series A,
without par value, of the Company. However, from and after the later to occur of
the Distribution Date and the first occurrence of a Flip-in Event, the Rights
held by the person or group whose actions resulted in the occurrence of the
Flip-in Event will become void. (Terms used in this letter with initial capital
letters which are defined in the Rights Agreement are used herein as so
defined.)
In connection with your request for our opinion we have reviewed a copy of the
Rights Agreement, minutes of relevant meetings of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Board") and written materials provided to the Board with respect
to the Rights Agreement and the Preferred Shares, a copy of the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation, a copy of the Company's By-Laws, as amended, a
certificate dated September 21, 1995 of the Corporate Secretary of the Company,
and a copy of the Registration Statement. We have also noted that other large
publicly held corporations chartered in Connecticut have adopted rights
agreements and issued rights similar to the Rights Agreement and the Rights. In
addition, we have noted that the Rights would operate in a way similar to rights
issued by numerous other corporations incorporated in other states.
For purposes of this opinion we have assumed that the Board of Directors of the
Company, after fully informing itself with respect to the Rights Agreement and
the Rights and after giving due consideration to all relevant matters,
determined that the execution and delivery of the Rights Agreement and the
issuance of the Rights thereunder would be in the best interests of the Company
and its shareholders, that such action by the Board of Directors was not
contrary to its fiduciary obligations and that the Rights Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Rights Agent.
The Connecticut Stock Corporation Act (the "Act") provides a board of directors
with broad authority and empowers a Connecticut corporation to issue or grant
rights or options entitling the holders thereof to purchase from the
corporation authorized shares of any class or classes on
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such terms and at such times as the board of directors may determine. Section
33-340(b) of the Act provides that shares are not of the same class unless they
are identical except as to specified variations among different series in the
class.
A number of courts construing similar provisions of the corporation laws of
states other than Connecticut have upheld the issuance of rights substantially
similar to the Rights. On the other hand, a number of courts construing similar
provisions of the corporation laws of other states have invalidated rights
similar to the Rights on the basis that the provisions pursuant to which rights
held by certain persons could become void violated the requirements that shares
of the same class and series be identical. Courts sustaining the issuance of
rights have distinguished between discrimination among shares and discrimination
among shareholders, and determined that the relevant statutory authority does
not prohibit the latter form of discrimination. The Act requires in effect that
all shares of the same class be identical, with specified exceptions. However,
the Act does not say whether this requirement applies to provisions of rights
that have been issued in respect of shares of a particular class or to
shareholders or holders of rights who take specified actions resulting in those
rights becoming void. There is no published judicial decision interpreting
Section 33-340 or other provisions of the Act in the context of the issuance of
rights similar to the Rights.
We also note that the Connecticut legislature has added provisions to the Act
which evidence concern for fair treatment of shareholders and other
constituencies in light of the prevalence of abusive takeover tactics. These
enactments indicate public policy support for the objectives which the Rights
are designed to further, which we think would be persuasive to a court faced
with a case questioning the validity of the Rights.
The opinion set forth below is limited to the authorization of the Rights
Agreement by the Board and the issue of Rights pursuant to the Rights Agreement,
and does not extend to any subsequent action or inaction by the Board with
respect to the Rights Agreement, including any decision relating to redemption
of the Rights or amendment of the Rights Agreement, which would need to be
evaluated in light of all relevant facts, circumstances and legal precedents
applicable at that time.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, including the factual background, legal
analysis, assumptions and limitations referred to above, and upon our
examination of such documents, records and matters of law as we have deemed
necessary or advisable for the purposes of this opinion, we are of the opinion
that, although there is no Connecticut case law or express statutory provision
dispositive of the issue and the matter thus is not entirely free from doubt,
when the shares of Common Stock have been validly issued and sold in the manner
contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Rights associated with and
evidenced by such Common Stock will have been validly issued.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5.2 to
the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that
we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
/S/ Day, Berry & Howard
Day, Berry & Howard
WCH:RMP
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(LETTERHEAD) Exhibit 15
Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information
Aetna Life and Casualty Company
Hartford, Connecticut
Gentlemen:
With respect to the Registration Statement of Aetna Life and Casualty Company on
Form S-8 registering shares to be issued pursuant to the Aetna Life and Casualty
Company 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, we acknowledge our awareness of the use
therein of our reports dated April 27, 1995 and July 27, 1995, respectively,
related to our reviews of interim financial information.
Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, such reports are not
considered a part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an
accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning
of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
/S/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
September 22, 1995
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(LETTERHEAD) Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
Aetna Life and Casualty Company:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of Aetna
Life and Casualty Company on Form S-8 registering shares to be issued pursuant
to the Aetna Life and Casualty Company 1994 Stock Incentive Plan of our report
dated February 7, 1995, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Aetna
Life and Casualty Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and
the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows and related schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1994, which reports appear in or are incorporated by reference in
the December 31, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K of Aetna Life and Casualty
Company.
Our reports refer to changes in 1993 in the company's accounting for certain
investments in debt and equity securities, reinsurance of short-duration and
long-duration contracts, post-employment benefits, workers' compensation life
table indemnity reserves and retrospectively rated reinsurance contracts and to
changes in 1992 in the company's accounting for income taxes and postretirement
benefits other than pensions.
/S/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
September 22, 1995
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and/or officers of Aetna Life and Casualty Company
(the "Company"), hereby severally constitute and appoint Michele G. Kostin, Vice
President and Counsel, and Judith H. Jones, Counsel, and each of them
individually, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, our true and
lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign for us, in
our names and in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and
all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective
amendments), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, of up to 8,000,000 shares of Common Capital Stock of the
Company under the Company's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, and to file or cause to
be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in
person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney.
WITNESS our hands this 28th day of April, 1995.
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Signature Title
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Chairman, President and Director
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Ronald E. Compton
/S/ Wallace Barnes Director
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Wallace Barnes
/S/ William H. Donaldson Director
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William H. Donaldson
/S/ Ellen M. Hancock Director
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Ellen M. Hancock
/S/ Michael H. Jordan Director
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Michael H. Jordan
/S/ Jack D. Kuehler Director
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Jack D. Kuehler
/S/ Frank R. O'Keefe, Jr. Director
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Frank R. O'Keefe, Jr.
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/S/ Barbara Hackman Franklin Director
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Barbara Hackman Franklin
/S/ Earl G. Graves Director
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Earl G. Graves
/S/ Gerald Greenwald
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Gerald Greenwald Director
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Richard L. Huber Vice Chairman for Strategy and Finance (Principal
Financial Officer)
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Robert E. Broatch Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
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