Aetna Announces 2012 Annual Meeting Will Be Held May 18 in Nashville, Tennessee

Aetna’s (NYSE: AET) annual meeting of shareholders will occur on Friday, May 18, 2012. The annual meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. Central Time at Gaylord Opryland Hotel & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. The record date for determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting will be the close of business on March 16, 2012.

About Aetna

Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.4 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary 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, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.