Aetna Shareholders Approve Board Nominees

[Aetna via BizWire]

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2004--Aetna Inc.
(NYSE: AET) today announced that shareholders elected all of the
company's 14 nominees to the Board of Directors and ratified the
appointment of the company's independent auditors.
Shareholder proposals to implement cumulative voting in the
election of directors and to limit executive compensation did not
pass.
Aetna is one of the nation's leading providers of health care,
dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits,
serving approximately 13.3 million medical members, 11.2 million
dental members, 8.1 million pharmacy members and 12.4 million group
insurance customers, as of March 31, 2004. The company has extensive
nationwide networks of more than 618,000 health care services
providers, including over 370,000 primary care and specialist
physicians and 3,783 hospitals. For more information about Aetna,
please visit the company's web site at www.aetna.com.