0000944695-14-000007.txt : 20140122 0000944695-14-000007.hdr.sgml : 20140122 20140122122310 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000944695-14-000007 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20140121 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140122 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140122 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944695 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 043263626 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 440 LINCOLN ST CITY: WORCESTER STATE: MA ZIP: 01653 BUSINESS PHONE: 5088551000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 440 LINCOLN ST CITY: WORCESTER STATE: MA ZIP: 01653 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950501 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPPINGER FREDERICK H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001261155 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13754 FILM NUMBER: 14539705 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. STREET 2: 440 LINCOLN ST CITY: WORCESTER STATE: MA ZIP: 01653 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2014-01-21 0 0000944695 HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. THG 0001261155 EPPINGER FREDERICK H THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. 440 LINCOLN ST WORCESTER MA 01653 1 1 0 0 President & CEO Common Stock 2014-01-21 4 F 0 4499 59.89 D 181704 D Represents a portion of shares of restricted stock previously granted by the Issuer that were forfeited to pay withholding taxes upon vesting of the restricted stock. Does not include 160,362 shares held indirectly in a Rabbi Trust pursuant to deferral agreements. /s/ Matthew R. Frascella pursuant to Confirming Statement 2014-01-22 EX-24 2 eppingerconfstmt2014.txt CONFIRMING STATEMENT CONFIRMING STATEMENT This Statement confirms that the undersigned, Frederick H. Eppinger, has authorized and designated each of Charles F. Cronin, J. Kendall Huber, Walter H. Stowell, and Matthew R. Frascella, acting singly, to execute and file on the undersigned's behalf, individually and in the undersigned's capacity as a trustee for various family trusts, all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. The authority of Charles F. Cronin, J. Kendall Huber, Walter H. Stowell, and Matthew R. Frascella under this Statement shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in the securities of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned acknowledges that Charles F. Cronin, J. Kendall Huber, Walter H. Stowell, and Matthew R. Frascella are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. /s/ Frederick H. Eppinger Dated: January 9, 2014