Aetna Shareholders Approve Board Nominees

HARTFORD, Conn., May 21, 2010 — Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that its shareholders elected all of the company’s 13 nominees to the Aetna Board of Directors, in each case satisfying the company’s majority vote standard. In addition, shareholders ratified the appointment of the company’s independent registered public accountants, and approved the Aetna Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, the Aetna Inc. 2010 Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan, and the continued use of certain performance criteria under the Aetna Inc. 2001 Annual Incentive Plan.

Shareholders also rejected two shareholder proposals: the first to implement cumulative voting in the election of directors; the second to adopt a policy requiring an independent, non-executive chairman of the Board of Directors. The company had opposed both proposals.

About Aetna
Aetna is one of the nation’s leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.1 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. Our customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates.  For more information, see www.aetna.com and Aetna's Annual Report at www.aetna.com/2009annualreport.