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eturn your proxy card. If you submit your later-dated proxy by Internet you must do so no laterthan 11:59 p.m. (E.S.T.) on April 23, 2012.If you hold your sh<strong>are</strong>s through a broker or o<strong>the</strong>r nominee, you should follow <strong>the</strong> separate votinginstructions, if any, provided by <strong>the</strong> broker or o<strong>the</strong>r nominee with <strong>the</strong> proxy statement. <strong>You</strong>r broker ornominee may provide proxy submissions through <strong>the</strong> Internet or by telephone. Please contact yourbroker or nominee <strong>to</strong> determine how <strong>to</strong> vote.<strong>You</strong> can revoke your proxy at any time before <strong>the</strong> vote is taken at <strong>the</strong> Special Meeting. If you donot hold your sh<strong>are</strong>s through a broker or o<strong>the</strong>r nominee, you may revoke your proxy before <strong>the</strong> proxyis voted by:• Submitting a later-dated proxy by mail, over <strong>the</strong> telephone, or through <strong>the</strong> Internet.• Sending a written notice, including by facsimile or electronic mail, <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Secretary of <strong>the</strong>Company. <strong>You</strong> must send any written notice of a revocation of a proxy so as <strong>to</strong> be deliveredbefore <strong>the</strong> taking of <strong>the</strong> vote at <strong>the</strong> Special Meeting <strong>to</strong>:Harleysville Group Inc.355 Maple AvenueHarleysville, Pennsylvania 19438Facsimile: (215) 256-5631Attention: Robert A. KauffmanEmail: rkauffman@harleysvillegroup.com• Attending <strong>the</strong> Special Meeting and voting in person. <strong>You</strong>r <strong>attend</strong>ance at <strong>the</strong> Special Meeting willnot in and of itself revoke your proxy. <strong>You</strong> must also vote your sh<strong>are</strong>s at <strong>the</strong> Special Meeting. Ifyour sh<strong>are</strong>s <strong>are</strong> held in <strong>the</strong> name of a bank, broker or o<strong>the</strong>r holder of record, you must obtain aproxy, executed in your favor, from <strong>the</strong> institution that holds your sh<strong>are</strong>s <strong>to</strong> be able <strong>to</strong> vote at<strong>the</strong> Special Meeting.If your sh<strong>are</strong>s <strong>are</strong> held in ‘‘street name,’’ you should follow <strong>the</strong> instructions of your broker ornominee regarding <strong>the</strong> revocation of proxies. If your broker or nominee allows you <strong>to</strong> submit a proxyby telephone or through <strong>the</strong> Internet, you may be able <strong>to</strong> change your vote by submitting a proxy againby telephone or through <strong>the</strong> Internet.All sh<strong>are</strong>s of <strong>the</strong> Company’s common s<strong>to</strong>ck represented by valid, unrevoked proxies we receivethrough this solicitation will be voted in accordance with your instructions on <strong>the</strong> proxy card. If youvote your sh<strong>are</strong>s by telephone or through <strong>the</strong> Internet, your sh<strong>are</strong>s will be voted at <strong>the</strong> Special Meetingas instructed.If o<strong>the</strong>r matters do properly come before <strong>the</strong> Special Meeting, or at any adjournment orpostponement <strong>the</strong>reof, we intend that sh<strong>are</strong>s of <strong>the</strong> Company’s common s<strong>to</strong>ck represented by properlysubmitted proxies will be voted, or not voted, by and at <strong>the</strong> discretion of <strong>the</strong> persons named as proxieson <strong>the</strong> proxy card. In addition, <strong>the</strong> grant of a proxy will confer discretionary authority on <strong>the</strong> personsnamed as proxies on <strong>the</strong> proxy card <strong>to</strong> vote in accordance with <strong>the</strong>ir best judgment on proceduralmatters incidental <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> conduct of <strong>the</strong> Special Meeting, such as a motion <strong>to</strong> adjourn or postpone in<strong>the</strong> absence of a quorum or a motion <strong>to</strong> adjourn or postpone for o<strong>the</strong>r reasons.PLEASE DO NOT SEND IN SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THE PROXY CARD. If <strong>the</strong>Merger is completed, s<strong>to</strong>ckholders of record will receive a letter of transmittal with instructionsinforming <strong>the</strong>m how <strong>to</strong> send in any sh<strong>are</strong> certificates <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> exchange agent in order <strong>to</strong> receive <strong>the</strong>s<strong>to</strong>ckholder’s cash payment. S<strong>to</strong>ckholders should use <strong>the</strong> letter of transmittal <strong>to</strong> exchange sh<strong>are</strong>certificates for <strong>the</strong> cash payment <strong>to</strong> which <strong>the</strong>y <strong>are</strong> entitled as a result of <strong>the</strong> Merger.21