| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 | | OMB APPROVAL | | OMB Number: | 3235-0104 | | Expires: | February 28, 2011 | | Estimated average burden | | hours per response | 0.5 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/11/2009 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PROGRESSIVE CORP/OH/
[PGR]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Common
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280
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
| 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
Remarks:
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| David M. Coffey, By Power of Attorney | 06/22/2009 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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see Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned is a director and/or officer of The Progressive Corporation,
an Ohio corporation (the "Corporation"), certain securities of which are
registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Act"). The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Charles E. Jarrett, Dane A. Shrallow, Michael R. Uth and David M.
Coffey, and each of them, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name,
place and stead, as my attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign any and all Forms
3, 4 and 5, or successor forms, and any and all amendments or supplements
thereto, in order to report, pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Act, the number
of the Common Shares and other securities (including any derivative securities)
of the Corporation beneficially owned by the undersigned, or any change in the
number of Shares or other securities of the Corporation so owned by the
undersigned or in the nature of such ownership, and to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange the required number of
copies of such form or forms, or any such amendments or supplements, pursuant
to and in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange giving and
granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever necessary or appropriate
to be done in or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
approving all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any
such substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney on the
19th day of June, 2009.
/s/ Lawton W. Fitt
Lawton W. Fitt
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