EX-99.2 6 d378996dex992.htm FORM OF PROXY CARD FOR TOWER GROUP, INC. Form of Proxy Card for Tower Group, Inc.

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

 

 

TOWER GROUP, INC.

120 BROADWAY, 31ST FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY 10271

 
        
     

Investor Address Line 1

Investor Address Line 2

Investor Address Line 3

Investor Address Line 4

Investor Address Line 5

John Sample

1234 ANYWHERE STREET

ANY CITY, ON A1A 1A1

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VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com

 

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

 

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS

 

If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.

 

VOTE BY MAIL

 

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

   

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THE COMPANY NAME INC. - COMMON

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS A

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS B

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS C

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS D

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS E

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS F

THE COMPANY NAME INC. - 401 K

 

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TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:            x

KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

                                                                               
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The Board of Directors recommends you

vote FOR proposals 1, 2, and 3.

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The adoption of the merger agreement and approval of the merger.

  

 

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Approval, on an advisory basis, of certain compensatory arrangements between the Company and its named executive officers that are based on or otherwise relate to the merger.

  

 

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Adjournment of the special meeting, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to adopt the merger agreement and approve the merger.

  

 

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NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

 

                  
   

For address change/comments, mark here.

(see reverse for instructions)

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Investor Address Line 1

Investor Address Line 2

Investor Address Line 3

Investor Address Line 4

Investor Address Line 5

John Sample

1234 ANYWHERE STREET

ANY CITY, ON A1A 1A1

 

            
   

 

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name, by authorized officer.

                   
                                                  

 

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting: The Notice & Proxy Statement is/are available at www.proxyvote.com.

   
               
                 
      

TOWER GROUP, INC.        

 

Special Meeting of Stockholders        

 

            , 2012        

 

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors        

      

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The undersigned hereby appoints Michael H. Lee, William E. Hitselberger and Elliot S. Orol, and each of them, proxies, with full power of substitution in each of them, for and on behalf of the undersigned to vote as proxies, as directed and permitted herein, at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of Tower Group, Inc. to be held at          a.m., Eastern Time, on             , 2012, at the Millenium Hilton Hotel, 55 Church Street, New York, NY 10007, and at any adjournments thereof upon matters set forth in the Proxy Statement and, in their judgment and discretion, upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

 

SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS             , 2012

 

When properly executed, your proxy will be voted as you indicate, or where no contrary indication is made, will be voted FOR Proposals 1, 2 and 3. The full text of the proposals and the position of the Board of Directors on each appear in the Proxy Statement and should be reviewed prior to voting.

 

 

    
     

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(If you noted any Address Changes and/or Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side.)

 

Continued and to be signed on reverse side