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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 4, 2012.


UNITEDHEALTH GROUP		Meeting Information
INCORPORATED		Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
		For holders as of: April 5, 2012
		Date: June 4, 2012 Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
		Location: Anthony Marlon Auditorium
		UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group company
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 9900 BREN ROAD EAST MINNETONKA, MN 55343		2700 North Tenaya Way Las Vegas, Nevada 89128
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Voting Items
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:
1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1a. William C. Ballard, Jr. 1b. Richard T. Burke 1c. Robert J. Darretta 1d. Stephen J. Hemsley 1e. Michele J. Hooper 1f. Rodger A. Lawson 1g. Douglas W. Leatherdale 1h. Glenn M. Renwick 1i. Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. 1j. Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.				2. Advisory approval of the Company’s executive compensation. 3. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2012. The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal: 4. Consideration of the shareholder proposal set forth in the proxy statement, if properly presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

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