SEC FORM
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SEC Form 3
| 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
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| 777 108TH AVE NE |
| SUITE 1200 |
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)
01/21/2010
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3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Symetra Financial CORP
[ SYA ]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
| X |
Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
| SVP - Distribution |
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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 |
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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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2.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr.
4)
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3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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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)
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2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
4)
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4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
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6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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| Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Remarks: |
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| No securities are beneficially owned. |
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Jacqueline M. Veneziani, Attorney in Fact |
01/21/2010 |
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** 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). |
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
see
Instruction 6 for procedure. |
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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY SEC SECTION 16 FILINGS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of George C. Pagos, Jacqueline M. Veneziani,and Thomas
J. Hall, each with the power to act individually,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Symetra Financial Corporation or one or more of its
subsidiaries (collectively, the "Corporation"), Forms 3, 4,
and 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority;
(3) submit a Form ID for purposes of obtaining an EDGAR
filing code, if necessary; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Accordingly, the undersigned hereby
agrees to indemnify each Attorney for and to hold each Attorney
harmless against any loss, liability, penalty, claim, damage,
settlement, judgment, cost or expense incurred on the Attorney's
part and arising out of or in connection with actions taken
by such Attorney that are authorized hereunder, as determined
in such Attorney's discretion.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of October, 2007.
/s/ Patrick B. McCormick
Signature
Patrick B. McCormick
Print Name
[SIGNATURE PAGE SEC SECTION 16 FILINGS POWER OF ATTORNEY]
