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Fernando Aguirre to Join Aetna Board of Directors

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HARTFORD, Conn.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Aetna (NYSE: [ AET ]) announced today that Fernando Aguirre, chairman and chief executive officer of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., has been appointed to Aetnaa™s Board of Directors, effective immediately. With the addition of Aguirre, 53, the companya™s board increases to 13 members.

"Aetna is very pleased to have Fernando Aguirre joining our Board of Directors"

aAetna is very pleased to have Fernando Aguirre joining our Board of Directors,a Chairman, CEO and President Mark T. Bertolini said. aHe has a long track record of involvement in global business, an area of increasing importance to Aetna. In addition, his many years with Chiquita and Procter & Gamble provide him with significant brand management experience that should serve our company well."

Aguirre became chairman and CEO of Chiquita Brands in 2004. The company has more than $3 billion in revenues and sells products worldwide with the Chiquita brand on bananas, healthy snacks and smoothies, and the Fresh Express brand on salads in North America. He has led the companya™s strategic business transformation, leveraging the strong equity of the companya™s brands, expanding into new markets and products and acquiring other top food companies to secure Chiquitaa™s position as an international leader in nutritious foods. Before joining Chiquita, Aguirre worked for more than 23 years in increasingly responsible positions in brand management, general management and turnarounds at Procter & Gamble (P&G). In addition to working in the United States, he spent time leading business units in Mexico, Canada and Brazil.

A native of Mexico, Aguirre earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business from Southern Illinois University in 1980. He also attended the prestigious YPO Harvard Presidenta™s seminar for 10 years, earning Harvard Business School graduate status in 2009. He serves on the board of directors for Chiquita Brands and the Levi Strauss & Company and is also a member of the International Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

About Aetna

Aetna is one of the nationa™s leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving approximately 36.5 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, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, see [ www.aetna.com ].