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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 2, 2011.

HUBBELL INCORPORATED
HUBBELL INCORPORATED
40 WATERVIEW DRIVE
SHELTON, CT 06484
ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:          Annual
For holders as of:    March 4, 2011
Date:   May 2, 2011           Time:   9:00 AM EDT
Location:   Hubbell Incorporated
40 Waterview Drive
Shelton, CT 06484
Directions to the meeting can be found on our website at www.hubbell.com, in the Investor Relations section.
You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.
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Voting Items      
 
                        
The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR the following:
 
1.
    Election of Directors            
 
                        
 
    Nominees:            
 
                        
 
    01 )   Timothy H. Powers 06 )   G. Jackson Ratcliffe  
 
                        
 
    02 )   Lynn J. Good 07 )   Carlos A. Rodriguez  
 
                        
 
    03 )   Anthony J. Guzzi 08 )   Richard J. Swift  
 
                        
 
    04 )   Neal J. Keating 09 )   Daniel S. Van Riper  
 
                        
 
    05 )   Andrew McNally IV            
 
                        
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3 and 4:
 
                        
2.
    Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2011.
 
                        
3.
    Approval of the Company’s Senior Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated.
 
                        
4.
    Approval, by non-binding vote, of the compensation of the named executive officers presented in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 2, 2011.
 
                        
The Board of Directors recommends you vote 3 years on the following proposal:
 
                        
5.
    Recommendation, by non-binding vote, of the frequency with which executive compensation will be subject to a shareholder advisory vote.
 
                        
NOTE: Voting items may also include such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement, continuation or adjournment thereof.


 

 

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