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[AETNA Logo] INTEROFFICE COMMUNICATION
XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
To Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Date April 6, 1999
Subject Employment Agreement
This memo is to confirm that your employment agreement with Aetna Inc. (the
"Company") dated as of December 19, 1995, as amended as of May 2, 1996 is not
being renewed, but instead shall terminate as of December 31, 1999 with your
employment continuing as an executive of the Company on an at-will basis. As we
discussed, this also confirms our agreement that Section 6(f) shall be of no
further force or effect. In lieu of benefits under the Company's severance plan
and upon receipt of a customary release, we have agreed that the Company shall
guarantee you a minimum of 52 weeks salary continuation in the event your
employment is ever terminated under circumstances which call for the payment of
benefits under the Company's severance plan, and for a period of 156 weeks if
your employment is terminated by the Company for any reason other than
misconduct following a "change in control" as defined in the Company's severance
plan. However, as long as any chief executive officer successor candidate (as
identified to you by the Company from time to time) hired by the Company
subsequent to June 30, 1998 is entitled to severance protection which includes
more than the formula used herein, then in such event the 52 weeks and 156 weeks
of salary continuation referred to in the prior sentence shall instead be
calculated using both base salary and your annual target bonus then in effect.
Please acknowledge the foregoing by signing and returning a copy of this memo to
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx at your convenience.
Aetna Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Agreed:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
Date: April 8, 1999
