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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-126068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRV"
cik: "0000086312"
company_name: "TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T06:32:33.780932+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Travelers amends bylaws to align with SEC Rule 14a-19 on shareholder nominations

## Summary
- Board approved amended and restated bylaws effective December 7, 2022.
- Updates Article II Sections 10 and 11 regarding shareholder director nominations and business proposals.
- Amendments incorporate requirements of newly adopted SEC Rule 14a-19 (universal proxy).
- Nominating shareholders must represent intent to solicit proxies and provide evidence of compliance.
- Other administrative, ministerial, and conforming revisions included.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-126068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRV
- cik: 0000086312
- company_name: TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465922126068/0001104659-22-126068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465922126068/tm2232336d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws effective December 7, 2022, updating provisions related to shareholder director nominations and business proposals to address Rule 14a-19 and making other administrative revisions (effective 2022-12-07).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-07
  source text: Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. On December 7, 2022, the Board of Directors of The Travelers Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s bylaws effective immediately. Among other things, the amendments update certain provisions of Article II, Sections 10 and 11 regarding the procedure and disclosure required in connection with shareholder director nominations and business proposals, including to address newly adopted Rule 14a-19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465922126068/0001104659-22-126068-index.htm

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