AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 27, 2014 (this “Employment Agreement”), by and among Humana Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (the “Executive”) (each of the Executive and the Company a “Party,” and together, the “Parties”).
WHEREAS, the Executive is currently employed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company pursuant to an employment agreement between the Company and the Executive dated as of November 2, 2012 (the “Prior Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement effective as of the date hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other valid consideration, the sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Employment.
1.1. Term. Subject to Section 3 hereof, the Company agrees to continue to employ the Executive, and the Executive agrees to continue to be employed by the Company, in each case pursuant to this Employment Agreement, for a period commencing on the date hereof (such date of commencement, the “Effective Date”), and ending December 31, 2018 (the “Term”). The Executive’s period of employment pursuant to this Employment Agreement shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Employment Period.”
1.2. Duties. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Executive shall report directly to the Board. In his position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the Executive shall perform such duties, functions and responsibilities during the Employment Period, commensurate with the Executive’s positions, as reasonably and lawfully directed by the Board.
1.3. Exclusivity. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall devote substantially all of his business time and attention to the business and affairs of the Company, shall faithfully serve the Company, and shall conform to and comply with the lawful and reasonable directions and instructions given to him by the Board, consistent with Section 1.2 hereof. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall use his best efforts to promote and serve the interests of the Company and shall not engage in any other business activity, whether or not such activity shall be engaged in for pecuniary profit; provided, that nothing herein contained shall preclude service by the Executive on the boards of directors or trustees of other entities not engaged in any business competitive with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates, provided that the Executive shall have received approval for any such board service in advance from the Board.
Section 2. Compensation.
2.1. Salary. As compensation for the performance of the Executive’s services hereunder, during the Employment Period (and retroactive to January 1, 2014), the Company shall pay to the Executive a base salary at an annual rate of $1,120,000 (the “Base Salary”) payable in accordance with the Company’s standard payroll policies. The Base Salary will be reviewed annually and may be adjusted upward (but not downward) by the Organization & Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) in its discretion.
2.2. Annual Incentive. For each calendar year ending during the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual cash incentive payment (the “Annual Incentive”) to be based upon Company performance and other criteria for each such calendar year as determined by the Committee and generally applicable to the Company’s other senior executives. The Executive’s target Annual Incentive opportunity for each calendar year that ends during the Employment Period shall equal 150% of the Base Salary (the “Target Annual Incentive”) paid during the applicable year. The maximum Annual Incentive which the Executive may receive shall be 150% of the Target Annual Incentive. The actual Annual Incentive paid in respect of any calendar year depends on the extent to which performance goals, set annually by the Committee, are achieved and shall be payable in accordance with the terms of the Humana Inc. Executive Management Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). The Annual Incentive shall be paid in cash.
2.3. Long-Term Compensation. The Executive will be entitled to a long-term incentive award in 2014 that will have a value of $6,750,000 (such value to be determined on the same basis as the Committee values such awards generally) and shall be in a form and on terms consistent with the long-term incentive awards for other senior executives of the Company granted in 2014. Thereafter, the Executive shall be eligible for annual grants of equity awards or other long-term incentive awards in amounts and on terms and conditions determined by the Committee.
2.4. Other Compensation and Employee Benefits. During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in such other compensation, employee benefit and executive perquisite plans, programs, policies and arrangements that the Company makes available to the Executive from time to time.
2.5. Paid Time Off. During each calendar year of the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to twenty-eight (28) days of paid time off to be accrued, taken and carried over to subsequent years in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s policy as in effect from time to time.
2.6. Business Expenses. The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive, upon presentation of documentation, for all commercially reasonable business out-of-pocket expenses that the Executive incurs during the Employment Period in performing his duties under this Employment Agreement and in accordance with the expense reimbursement policy of the Company.
2.7. Closing Cost Reimbursement. In connection with the sale of the Executive’s residence in the Houston, Texas area, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for all real estate commissions and other customary closing costs of the type covered by the Company’s Executive Homeowner Relocation policy that the Executive incurs in connection with the sale of the residence.
2.8. Attorney’s Fees. The Company agrees to pay or reimburse the Executive for all reasonable attorney’s fees and related expenses incurred by the Executive in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Employment Agreement, up to a maximum amount of $25,000.
Section 3. Employment Termination.
3.1. Termination of Employment. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for any reason during the Term, and the Executive may voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder for any reason during the Term, in each case (other than a termination by the Company for Cause) at any time which in the case of a termination by the Executive shall be upon not less than thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Company (the date on which the Executive’s employment terminates for any reason is herein referred to as the “Termination Date”). Upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive shall be entitled to (a) payment of any Base Salary earned but unpaid through the Termination Date, (b) any Annual Incentive that the Executive may be entitled to pursuant to the terms of the Incentive Plan for any fiscal year completed prior to the Termination Date, (c) accrued and unused paid time off (consistent with Section 2.5 hereof) paid out at the then effective per-business-day Base Salary rate and (d) any unreimbursed expenses in accordance with Section 2.6 hereof (collectively, the “Accrued Amounts”).
3.2. Certain Terminations.
(a) Termination by the Company other than for Cause or Disability; Termination by the Executive for Good Reason; Change in Control-Related Termination. If during the Term, the Executive’s employment is terminated (A) by the Company other than for Cause or Disability or (B) by the Executive for Good Reason, in addition to the Accrued Amounts, the Company shall pay or provide to the Executive the amounts and benefits described below:
(1) if such termination is
(A) not a Change in Control-Related Termination, severance in an amount equal to the sum of (x) two (2) times the Executive’s Base Salary (at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Termination Date) plus (y) two (2) times the Target Annual Incentive for the fiscal year in which the Termination Date occurs (one (1) times the Target Annual Incentive if the Termination Date occurs after December 31, 2016), payable in a lump sum; or
(B) a Change in Control-Related Termination, severance in an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of (x) the Base Salary (at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Termination Date) plus (y) the Target Annual Incentive for the fiscal year in which the Termination Date occurs, payable in a lump sum (the amount described in (A) or (B), as applicable, the “Severance”);
(2) if such termination is
(A) not a Change in Control-Related Termination, the Executive and his qualifying spouse (the “Executive’s Spouse”) and other qualifying dependents shall be eligible for continuation of health and dental coverage pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) and the terms of the applicable Company-sponsored health and dental plans (the “Group Health Plan”), until, the earliest of (x) twenty-four (24) months following the Termination Date or (y) the effective date of the Executive’s coverage under equivalent benefits from a new employer, provided that no such equivalent benefits shall be considered effective unless and until all pre-existing condition limitations and waiting period restrictions have been waived or have otherwise lapsed, and the Company will reimburse the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse, if the Executive dies, for the amount of the premiums (which in the case of Group Health Plans, shall be the COBRA premium for the period during which the continuation of coverage is provided under COBRA) the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse (in the case of the death of the Executive) pays in excess of the normal employee contribution for comparable Group Health Plan coverage provided by the Company and any reimbursement by the Company to the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse required under this Section 3.2(a)(2)(A) shall be made on the last day of the month in which the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse pays the amount required for such COBRA coverage; or
(B) a Change in Control-Related Termination, the Executive, the Executive’s Spouse and other qualifying dependents shall be eligible for continuation of Group Health Plan coverage pursuant to COBRA and the terms of the Group Health Plan and shall be eligible for continued coverage under all life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and disability insurance under plans and programs in which the Executive and/or the Executive’s dependents and beneficiaries participated immediately prior to the Termination Date, until, the earliest of (x) twenty-four (24) months following the Termination Date, or (y) the effective date of the Executive’s coverage under equivalent benefits from a new employer, provided that no such equivalent benefits shall be considered effective unless and until all pre-existing condition limitations and waiting period restrictions have been waived or have otherwise lapsed, and the Company will reimburse the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse, if the Executive dies, for the amount of all the premiums (which in the case of Group Health Plans, shall be the COBRA premium for the period during which the continuation of coverage is provided under COBRA) and payments the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse (in the case of the death of the Executive) pays for such continued coverage and any reimbursement by the Company to the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse required under this Section 3.2(a)(2)(B) shall be made on the last day of the month in which the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse pays the amount required for such continued coverage (the continuation under Section 3.2(a)(2) (A) or (B), the “Benefit Continuation”);
(3) a pro-rata incentive for the year in which the Termination Date occurs, equal to the Annual Incentive the Executive would have been entitled to receive had his employment not been terminated, based on the actual performance of the Company for the full year, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the Executive is employed by the Company during the applicable year prior to and including the Termination Date and the denominator of which is 365 (the “Pro-Rata Incentive”); provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Pro-Rata Incentive shall satisfy any obligation the Company may have to pay a pro-rata incentive payment under the Incentive Plan;
(4) the following provisions shall apply to the Executive’s stock options and other equity-based compensation awards granted after December 31, 2013 and outstanding on the Termination Date, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the applicable award agreement or plan under which the award is granted:
(A) a pro-rated portion of all time-vested equity-based awards other than stock options (based on the number of days in the vesting period that have elapsed through the Termination Date) shall become vested and all restrictions on such pro-rated portion shall lapse, in each case as of the Termination Date. If an award is granted with a vesting schedule pursuant to which the award vests in multiple installments, each installment shall be treated for purposes of this paragraph (A) as a separate award with a single vesting period as to which the proration will be applied;
(B) all stock options that are unvested as of the Termination Date shall be forfeited immediately upon the Termination Date;
(C) all stock options that are vested as of the Termination Date shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the second anniversary of the Termination Date or, if earlier, until the expiration of the term of the stock option; and
(D) with respect to performance-vested equity-based awards other than stock options, a pro-rated number of shares or stock units subject to the award (based on the number of days in the performance period that have elapsed through the Termination Date) shall remain outstanding until the end of the applicable performance period and the percentage of such shares or stock units that become vested shall be determined based on the actual level of performance attained; and
(5) the following provisions shall apply to the Executive’s stock options and other equity-based compensation awards granted on or prior to December 31, 2013 and outstanding on the Termination Date, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the applicable award agreement or plan under which the award is granted:
(A) all time-vested stock options shall become fully vested and exercisable and all time-vested equity-based awards other than stock options shall become fully vested and all restrictions thereon shall lapse, in each case as of the Termination Date;
(B) all performance-vested stock options shall vest and become exercisable as of the Termination Date to the extent the options would have become exercisable had the target performance level been attained;
(C) all stock options that are vested as of the Termination Date (including those which become vested pursuant to this Section 3.2(a)(5)) shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the second anniversary of the Termination Date or, if earlier, until the expiration of the term of the stock option; and
(D) with respect to performance-vested equity-based awards other than stock options, a pro-rated number of shares or stock units subject to the award (based on the number of days in the performance period that have elapsed through the Termination Date) shall remain outstanding until the end of the applicable performance period and the percentage of such shares or stock units that become vested shall be determined based on the actual level of performance attained.
(b) The Company’s obligations to pay the Severance and Pro-Rata Incentive and to provide the Benefit Continuation shall be conditioned upon: (i) the Executive’s continued compliance with his obligations under Section 4 of this Employment Agreement and (ii) the Executive’s execution, delivery and non-revocation of a valid and enforceable general release of claims (the “Release”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, within sixty (60) days after the Executive’s Termination Date. Subject to the previous sentence and to Section 7.3, (i) the Pro-Rata Incentive shall be paid at the time when annual incentives are paid generally to the Company’s senior executives and (ii) the Severance will be paid to the Executive on the first payroll date following the date that coincides with or immediately follows the date that is sixty (60) days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, the term “Separation From Service” means a “separation from service” within the meaning of the default rules under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and all regulations, guidance, and other interpretative authority issued thereunder (collectively, “Section 409A”). In the event that the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A the Company shall pay the Executive the Severance as provided in Section 7.3(d).
(c) If participation in any of the Company plans or programs necessary to provide the Benefits Continuation is not permitted under the terms of any plan or program, the Company shall arrange at its own expense to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those which the Executive would have been entitled to receive under such plans and programs. At the end of the period of coverage, the Executive shall have the right to have assigned to him, at no cost and with no apportionment of unpaid premiums, any assignable life insurance policy relating specifically to him.
3.3. Termination by Reason of Death or Disability.
(a) If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability, in addition to the Accrued Amounts, the Company shall pay the Executive (or his heirs upon a termination by death) the Pro-Rata Incentive, payable at the time when annual incentives are paid generally to the Company’s senior executives in respect of the year in which the death or Disability occurs. For the avoidance of doubt, payment of a Pro-Rata Incentive pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be in satisfaction of any obligation the Company may have to pay a pro-rata incentive under the Incentive Plan. In addition, the following provisions shall apply to the Executive’s stock options and other equity-based compensation awards outstanding on the Termination Date, notwithstanding any contrary provision in the applicable award agreement or plan under which the award is granted:
(1) all time-vested stock options shall become fully vested and exercisable and all time-vested equity-based awards other than stock options shall become fully vested and all restrictions thereon shall lapse, in each case as of the Termination Date;
(2) all performance-vested stock options shall vest and become exercisable as of the Termination Date to the extent the options would have become exercisable had the target performance level been attained;
(3) all vested stock options (including those which become vested pursuant to this Section 3.3(a) shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the second anniversary of the Termination Date or, if earlier, until the expiration of the term of the stock option; and
(4) with respect to performance-vested equity-based awards other than stock options, a pro-rated number of shares or stock units subject to the award (based on the number of days in the performance period that have elapsed through the Termination Date) that would have vested at the end of the performance period had the target performance level been attained shall vest as of the Termination Date.
(b) If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability before a Change in Control the Executive (in the case the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of his Disability), the Executive’s Spouse and other qualifying dependents shall be eligible for continuation of Group Health Plan coverage pursuant to COBRA and the terms of the Group Health Plan and the Company will reimburse the Executive (in the case the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of his Disability) or the Executive’s Spouse (in the case the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of his death) for the amount of the COBRA premiums the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse pays in excess of the normal employee contribution for comparable Group Health Plan coverage for up to the first eighteen (18) months of such coverage provided by the Company and any reimbursement by the Company to the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse required under this Section 3.3(b) shall be made on the last day of the month in which the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse pays the amount required for such COBRA coverage.
(c) If the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability on or after a Change in Control, the Executive (in the case the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of his Disability), the Executive’s Spouse and other qualifying dependents shall be eligible for continuation of Group Health Plan coverage pursuant to COBRA and the terms of the Group Health Plan and shall be eligible for continued coverage under all life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and disability insurance under plans and programs in which the Executive and/or the Executive’s dependents and beneficiaries participated immediately prior to the date of the Executive’s death or Disability, until, with respect to any plan or program other than COBRA continuation coverage twenty-four (24) months following the Termination Date and in the case of COBRA continuation coverage for no less than twenty-four (24) months following the Termination Date and the Company will reimburse the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse, if the Executive dies, for the amount of all the premiums (which in the case of Group Health Plans, shall be the COBRA premium for the period during which the continuation of coverage is provided under COBRA) and payments the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse (in the case of the death of the Executive) pays for such continued coverage, provided, that in the case of COBRA continuation coverage such reimbursement under this Section 3.3(c) shall be limited to the first twenty-four (24) months of premiums paid by the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse, as the case may be, and any reimbursement by the Company to the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse required under this Section 3.3(c) shall be made on the last day of the month in which the Executive or the Executive’s Spouse pays the amount required for such continued coverage.
(d) If participation in any of the Company plans or programs necessary to provide the benefits continuation described in Section 3.3(b) or Section 3.3(c) is not permitted under the terms of any plan or program, the Company shall arrange at its own expense to provide the Executive with benefits substantially similar to those which the Executive would have been entitled to receive under such plans and programs. At the end of the period of coverage, the Executive shall have the right to have assigned to him, at no cost and with no apportionment of unpaid premiums, any assignable life insurance policy relating specifically to him.
3.4. Exclusive Remedy. The foregoing payments upon termination of the Executive’s employment shall constitute the exclusive severance payments and benefits due the Executive upon a termination of his employment.
3.5. Resignation from All Positions. Upon the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, unless otherwise requested by the Company, the Executive shall resign, as of the date of such termination, from all positions he then holds as an officer, director, employee and member of the board of directors (and any committee thereof) of the Company and its Affiliates. The Executive agrees to execute such writings as are required to effectuate the foregoing.
3.6. Cooperation. Following the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company for any reason, the Executive shall reasonably cooperate with the Company upon reasonable request of the Board and agrees to be reasonably available to the Company (taking into account any other full-time employment of the Executive) with respect to matters arising out of the Executive’s services to the Company and its subsidiaries. The Executive shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred by him at the request of the Company pursuant to this Section 3.6.
Section 4. Certain Covenants.
4.1. Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.
(a) The Executive recognizes that the Executive’s position with the Company requires considerable responsibility and trust, and, in reliance on the Executive’s loyalty, the Company may entrust the Executive with highly sensitive confidential, restricted and proprietary information involving Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.
(b) For purposes of this Employment Agreement, a “Trade Secret” is any scientific or technical information, design, process, procedure, formula or improvement that is valuable and not generally known to competitors of the Company. “Confidential Information” is any data or information, other than Trade Secrets, that is important, competitively sensitive, and not generally known by the public, including, but not limited to, the Company’s business plans, business prospects, training manuals, product development plans, bidding and pricing procedures, market strategies, internal performance statistics, financial data, confidential personnel information concerning employees of the Company, supplier data, operational or administrative plans, policy manuals, and terms and conditions of contracts and agreements. The terms “Trade Secrets” and “Confidential Information” shall not apply to information which is (i) already in the Executive’s possession (unless such information was used in connection with formulating the Company’s business plans, obtained by the Executive from the Company or was obtained by the Executive in the course of the Executive’s employment by the Company), or (ii) required to be disclosed by any applicable law.
(c) Except as required to perform the Executive’s duties hereunder or as may be required by law or legal process or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the Executive will not use or disclose any Trade Secrets or Confidential Information of the Company during employment, at any time after termination of employment and prior to such time as they cease to be Trade Secrets or Confidential Information through no act of the Executive in violation of this Section 4.1.
(d) Upon the request of the Company and, in any event, upon the termination of employment hereunder, the Executive will surrender to the Company all memoranda, notes, records, plans, manuals or other documents pertaining to the Company’s business or the Executive’s employment (including all copies thereof). The Executive will also leave with the Company all materials involving Trade Secrets or Confidential Information of the Company. All such information and materials, whether or not made or developed by the Executive, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company, and the Executive hereby assigns to the Company all of the Executive’s right, title and interest in and to any and all of such information and materials.
4.2. Agreement Not to Compete and Agreement Not to Solicit.
(a) The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending twenty-four (24) months after the Executive’s Termination Date (the “Restricted Period”), the Executive, directly or indirectly, personally, or as an employee, officer, director, partner, member, owner, stockholder, investor or principal of, or consultant or independent contractor with, another entity, shall not participate in any business which competes with the Company including, without limitation, health maintenance organizations, insurance companies or prepaid health plan businesses in which the Company has been actively engaged during any part of the two (2) year period immediately preceding the Executive’s employment Termination Date (“Company Business”), in any Geographic Area (as defined below) in which the Company and/or any of its Affiliates is then doing business. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, “Geographic Area” means any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any equivalent entity in any foreign country.
(b) The Executive hereby covenants and agrees that during the Restricted Period, the Executive, directly or indirectly, personally, or as an employee, officer, director, partner, member, owner, stockholder, investor or principal of, or consultant or independent contractor with, another entity, shall not:
(1) Interfere with the relationship of the Company and any of its employees, agents, representatives, consultants or advisors.
(2) Divert, or attempt to cause the diversion from the Company, any Company Business, nor interfere with relationships of the Company with its policyholders, agents, brokers, dealers, distributors, marketers, sources of supply or customers.
(3) Solicit, recruit or otherwise induce or influence any employee of the Company to accept employment in any business which competes with the Company Business, in any Geographic Area in which the Company and/or any of its Affiliates is then doing business.
4.3. Extension of Restriction Period. The Restricted Period shall be extended for any period during which the Executive is in breach of any provision of Section 4.2 hereof.
4.4. Proprietary Rights. The Executive shall disclose promptly to the Company any and all inventions, discoveries, and improvements (whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright or similar statutes), and all patentable or copyrightable works, initiated, conceived, discovered, reduced to practice, or made by him, either alone or in conjunction with others, during the Executive’s employment with the Company and related to the business or activities of the Company and its Affiliates (the “Developments”). Except to the extent any rights in any Developments constitute a work made for hire under the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. that are owned ab initio by the Company and/or its applicable Affiliate, the Executive assigns all of his right, title and interest in all Developments (including all intellectual property rights therein) to the Company or its nominee without further compensation, including all rights or benefits therefor, including without limitation the right to xxx and recover for past and future infringement. The Executive acknowledges that any rights in any Developments constituting a work made for hire under the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C § 101 et seq. are owned upon creation by the Company and/or its applicable Affiliate as the Executive’s employer. Whenever requested to do so by the Company, the Executive, at the Company’s expense, shall execute any and all applications, assignments or other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary to apply for and obtain trademarks, patents or copyrights of the United States or any foreign country or otherwise protect the interests of the Company and its Affiliates therein. These obligations shall continue beyond the end of the Executive’s employment with the Company with respect to inventions, discoveries, improvements or copyrightable works initiated, conceived or made by the Executive while employed by the Company, and shall be binding upon the Executive’s employers, assigns, executors, administrators and other legal representatives. In connection with his execution of this Employment Agreement, the Executive has informed the Company in writing of any interest in any inventions or intellectual property rights that he holds as of the date hereof. If the Company is unable for any reason, after reasonable effort, to obtain the Executive’s signature on any document needed in connection with the actions described in this Section 4.4, the Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as the Executive’s agent and attorney in fact to act for and on the Executive’s behalf to execute, verify and file any such documents and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the purposes of this Section 4.4 with the same legal force and effect as if executed by the Executive.
4.5. Confidentiality of Agreement. Other than with respect to information required to be disclosed by applicable law, the Executive agrees not to disclose the terms of this Employment Agreement to any Person; provided the Executive may disclose this Employment Agreement and/or any of its terms to the Executive’s immediate family, financial advisors and attorneys, so long as the Executive instructs every such Person to whom the Executive makes such disclosure not to disclose the terms of this Employment Agreement further. Anytime after this Employment Agreement is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other government agency by the Company and becomes a public record, this provision shall no longer apply.
4.6. Specific Enforcement. The Executive specifically acknowledges and agrees that the restrictions set forth in this Section 4 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interest of the Company and that the Company would not have entered into this Employment Agreement in the absence of such restrictions. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that any violation of the provisions of Section 4 hereof will result in irreparable injury to the Company, that the remedy at law for any violation or threatened violation of this Section 4 will be inadequate and that in the event of any such breach, the Company, in addition to any other remedies or damages available to it at law or in equity, shall be entitled to temporary injunctive relief before trial from any court of competent jurisdiction as a matter of course, and to permanent injunctive relief without the necessity of proving actual damages.
Section 5. Representation. The Executive represents and warrants that (i) he is not subject to any contract, arrangement, policy or understanding, or to any statute, governmental rule or regulation, that in any way limits his ability to enter into and fully perform his obligations under this Employment Agreement and (ii) he is not otherwise unable to enter into and fully perform his obligations under this Employment Agreement.
Section 6. Non-Disparagement. From and after the Effective Date and following termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, (i) the Executive agrees not to make any statement that is intended to become public, or that should reasonably be expected to become public, and that criticizes, ridicules, disparages or is otherwise derogatory of the Company or any of its Affiliates, employees, officers, directors or stockholders and (ii) the Company agrees not to issue any public statement that criticizes, ridicules, disparages or is otherwise derogatory of the Executive or any of his Affiliates or family and shall advise its directors and officers not to make any such public statement on the Company’s behalf.
Section 7. Taxes.
7.1. Withholding. All amounts paid to the Executive under this Employment Agreement shall be subject to withholding and other income and employment taxes imposed by applicable law. The Executive shall be solely responsible for the payment of all taxes imposed on him relating to the payment or provision of any amounts or benefits hereunder.
7.2. Section 280G. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Employment Agreement to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any payment or distribution of any type to or for the Executive by the Company, any Affiliate of the Company, any Person who acquires ownership or effective control of the Company or ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations thereunder), or any Affiliate of such Person, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Employment Agreement or otherwise (the “Payments”) constitute “parachute payments” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), and if (ii) such aggregate would, if reduced by all federal, state and local taxes applicable thereto, including the excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code (the “Excise Tax”), be less than the amount the Executive would receive, after all taxes, if the Executive received aggregate Payments equal (as valued under Section 280G of the Code) to only three times the Executive’s “base amount” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code), less $1.00, then (iii) such Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) if and to the extent necessary so that no Payments to be made or benefit to be provided to the Executive shall be subject to the Excise Tax. All determinations required to be made under this Section 7.2 shall be made by a nationally recognized accounting firm that is (i) not serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group effecting the Change in Control and (ii) agreed upon by the Company and the Executive (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations (which detailed supporting calculations shall include specific information about each Payment (including the amount of each Payment) and such other information as the Executive shall reasonably request or need to make the determination required of the Executive under this Section 7.2 both to the Company and the Executive within thirty (30) business days after the Termination Date (or such earlier time as is requested by the Company) and an opinion to the Executive that he has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax imposed under section 4999 of the Code on his federal income tax return with respect to the Payments (as eliminated or reduced, if applicable, under such initial determination). Any such determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and the Executive. If the Payments are so reduced, the Company shall reduce or eliminate the Payments (A) by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the Payments which are not payable in cash (other than that portion of the Payments subject to clause (C) hereof), (B) then by reducing or eliminating cash payments (other than that portion of the Payments subject to clause (C) hereof) and (C) then by reducing or eliminating the portion of the Payments (whether payable in cash or not payable in cash) to which Treasury Regulation § 1.280G-1 Q/A 24(c) (or successor thereto) applies, in each case in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits which are to be paid the farthest in time.
(b) It is possible that after the determinations and selections made pursuant to this Section 7.2 the Executive will receive Payments that are, in the aggregate, either more or less than the amount provided under this Section 7.2 (hereafter referred to as an “Excess Payment” or “Underpayment,” respectively). If it is established, pursuant to a final determination of a court or an Internal Revenue Service proceeding that has been finally and conclusively resolved, that an Excess Payment has been made, then the Executive shall promptly pay an amount equal to the Excess Payment to the Company, together with interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate (as defined in and under Section 1274(d) of the Code) from the date of the Executive’s receipt of such Excess Payment until the date of such payment. In the event that it is determined (i) by a court or (ii) by the Accounting Firm upon request by a Party, that an Underpayment has occurred, the Company shall promptly pay an amount equal to the Underpayment to the Executive, together with interest on such amount at the applicable federal rate from the date such amount would have been paid to the Executive had the provisions of this Section 7.2 not been applied until the date of such payment.
7.3 Section 409A. (a) The parties intend that any compensation, benefits and other amounts payable or provided to the Executive under this Employment Agreement are intended to be paid or provided in compliance with Section 409A such that there will be no adverse tax consequences, interest, or penalties for the Executive under Section 409A as a result of the payments and benefits so paid or provided to him. The parties agree to modify this Employment Agreement, or the timing (but not the amount) of the payment hereunder of severance or other compensation, or both, and any reimbursements to the extent necessary to comply with and to the extent permissible under Section 409A.
(b) The terms “terminate,” “terminated” and “termination” mean a termination of the Executive’s employment that constitutes a Separation From Service and the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service shall be treated as the Executive’s Termination Date for purpose of determining the time of payment of any amount that becomes payable to Executive pursuant to Section 3 hereof upon the termination of his employment and that is treated as a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A.
(c) In the case of any amounts that are payable to the Executive under this Employment Agreement in the form of installment payments, the Executive’s right to receive such payments shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate payments for purposes of Section 409A.
(d) If the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of his Separation From Service within the meaning of Section 409A, then any payment otherwise required to be made to him under this Employment Agreement on account of his Separation From Service, to the extent such payment (after taking in to account all exclusions applicable to such payment under Section 409A) is properly treated as deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, shall not be made until the first business day after (i) the expiration of six months from the date of Executive’s Separation From Service, or (ii) if earlier, the date of Executive’s death (the “Delayed Payment Date”). On the Delayed Payment Date, there shall be paid to the Executive or, if the Executive has died, to the Executive’s estate, in a single cash lump sum, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the payments delayed pursuant to the preceding sentence.
(e) To the extent that the reimbursement of any expenses or the provision of any in-kind benefits pursuant to this Employment Agreement constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A, (i) the amount of such expenses eligible for reimbursement, or in-kind benefits to be provided hereunder during any one calendar year shall not affect the amount of such expenses eligible for reimbursement or in-kind benefits to be provided hereunder in any other calendar year (except for any life-time or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses); (ii) all such expenses eligible for reimbursement hereunder shall be paid to the Executive as soon as administratively practicable after any documentation required for reimbursement for such expenses has been submitted, but in any event by no later than December 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which such expenses were incurred; and (iii) the Executive’s right to receive any such reimbursements or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.
Section 8. Miscellaneous.
8.1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Employment Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.
(b) “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) “Cause” shall mean one of the following has occurred: (A) the Executive’s indictment for, or conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to (1) any felony or (2) any crime (whether or not a felony) involving moral turpitude, fraud, theft, breach of trust or other similar acts, whether of the United States or any state thereof or any similar foreign law to which the Executive may be subject that has a substantial and adverse effect on the Executive’s qualifications or ability to perform his duties, (B) the Executive’s engaging in conduct constituting willful misconduct, gross negligence or fraud that results in a significant risk of economic harm to the Company or any of its Affiliates, (C) the Executive’s continued failure to substantially perform his duties if such failure is not remedied within fifteen (15) days after the Executive receives written notice thereof from the Company or (D) the Executive’s material violation of the provisions of Section 4 of this Employment Agreement; provided, however, that if the Executive is terminated for Cause by reason of his indictment pursuant to clause (A) above and the indictment is subsequently dismissed or withdrawn or the Executive is found to be not guilty in a court of law in connection with such indictment, then the Executive’s termination shall be treated for purposes of this Employment Agreement as a termination by the Company other than for Cause or Disability, and the Executive shall be entitled to receive (without duplication of benefits) the payments and benefits set forth in Section 3.2(a) as applicable following such dismissal, withdrawal or finding, payable in the manner and subject to the conditions set forth in such Section 3.2(a). For purposes of this Section 8.1(b), no act, or failure to act, on the Executive’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive not in good faith.
(d) “Change in Control” shall have the meaning set forth on Exhibit B.
(e) “Change in Control-Related Termination” shall mean, during the Employment Period, (i) the Executive’s termination by the Company other than for Cause, or termination by the Executive for Good Reason, in each case within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control or (ii) the Executive’s termination by the Company other than for Cause at any time prior to a Change in Control if such termination occurs after the Company entered into and has not terminated a definitive agreement, the consummation of which would constitute a Change in Control.
(f) “Disability” shall mean the Executive is entitled to and has begun to receive long-term disability benefits under the long-term disability plan of the Company in which the Executive participates, or, if there is no such plan, the Executive’s inability, due to physical or mental ill health, to perform the essential functions of the Executive’s job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, for 180 days out of any 270 day consecutive day period.
(g) “Good Reason” shall mean one of the following has occurred without the Executive’s written consent: (i) a material and adverse change in the Executive’s duties, authority or responsibilities, (ii) the Executive being required to report to anyone other than the Board, (iii) a reduction in the Executive’s base salary or target incentive opportunity, other than in connection with an across-the-board reduction applicable to all senior executives of the Company, (iv) the relocation of the Executive’s principal place of business resulting in an increase in the Executive’s one-way commute of more than thirty (30) miles, or (v) the failure of the Company to continue in effect a material incentive or other compensation plan unless the Company substitutes a plan providing substantially equivalent compensation opportunities. In the event the Executive believes Good Reason to exist, the Executive must provide the Company with written notice no later than ninety (90) days after the first occurrence of the event or condition the Executive claims constitutes Good Reason specifying the basis for the Executive’s belief that Good Reason exists and must provide the Company with thirty (30) days to cure such event or condition. Failing such cure by the Company, a termination of employment by the Executive for Good Reason shall be effective on the day following the expiration of such cure period; provided, however, that if the Term ends after the Executive provides the notice described above and prior to the Company curing any such event or condition, a termination by the Executive for Good Reason shall be effective on the last day of the Term; provided, further, however, that if such notice is provided less than ten (10) business days before the end of the Term, the Term shall be extended until the end of the tenth (10th) business day following the delivery of such notice to the Company.
(h) “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
8.2. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Executive pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Indemnification Agreement entered into by the Parties. The Executive shall be covered under any directors’ and officers’ insurance that the Company maintains for its directors and other officers in the same manner and on the same basis as the Company’s directors and other officers.
8.3. Amendments and Waivers. Subject to applicable law, this Employment Agreement and any of the provisions hereof may be amended, modified, or supplemented, in whole or in part, only in a writing signed by all Parties hereto. The waiver by a Party hereto of a breach by another party hereto of any provision of this Employment Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach by such other Party or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach by such other Party, except as otherwise explicitly provided for in the writing evidencing such waiver. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of any Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such Party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
8.4. Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Employment Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive, and any purported assignment by the Executive in violation hereof shall be null and void. Nothing in this Employment Agreement shall confer upon any Person not a party to this Employment Agreement, or the legal representatives of such Person, any rights or remedies of any nature or kind whatsoever under or by reason of this Employment Agreement, except the personal representative of the deceased Executive may enforce the provisions hereof applicable in the event of the death of the Executive. The Company is authorized to assign this Employment Agreement to a successor to substantially all of its assets.
8.5. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Employment Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly received (a) upon receipt by hand delivery, (b) upon receipt after being mailed by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, (c) upon receipt after being sent by email, (d) the next business day after being sent via a nationally recognized overnight courier, or (e) upon confirmation of delivery when sent via facsimile to the recipient. Such notices, demands and other communications shall be sent to the address or facsimile number indicated below:
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000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
E-mail Address: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
with a copy to:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 212-859-4000
E-mail Address: xxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx at his principal office at the Company (during the Employment Period), and at all times to his principal residence as reflected in the records of the Company.
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8.6. Governing Law. This Employment Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.
8.7. Arbitration. Other than with respect to provisions under Section 4 of this Employment Agreement, in the event of any dispute, controversy or claim between the Parties that arises out of or relates to this Employment Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company, or any termination of such employment, then either Party may, by written notice to the other, require that such dispute, controversy or claim be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules (the “Rules”) of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). A single arbitrator shall be selected by agreement of the Parties or, if they do not agree on an arbitrator within thirty (30) days after one Party has notified the other of his or its desire to have the matter settled by arbitration, then the arbitrator shall be selected pursuant to the Rules by the AAA in Louisville, Kentucky. The determination reached in such arbitration shall be final and binding on the Parties without any right of appeal or further dispute, except as otherwise required by applicable law. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, any such arbitration shall take place in Louisville, Kentucky. Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses of the arbitrator’s expenses and administrative fees of arbitration; provided, that, if the Executive prevails on at least one material issue, the Company shall reimburse the Executive for reasonable attorney’s fees and related expenses incurred in connection with such dispute.
8.8. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision or portion of any provision of this Employment Agreement, including those contained in Section 4 hereof, will be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Employment Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law and if the rights or obligations of any party hereto under this Employment Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, (a) such provision will be fully severable, (b) this Employment Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof, (c) the remaining provisions of this Employment Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance herefrom and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Employment Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible. In addition, should a court or arbitrator determine that any provision or portion of any provision of this Employment Agreement, including those contained in Section 4 hereof, is not reasonable or valid, either in period of time, geographical area, or otherwise, the parties hereto agree that such provision should be interpreted and enforced to the maximum extent which such court or arbitrator deems reasonable or valid.
8.9. Entire Agreement. From and after the Effective Date, this Employment Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto, and supersedes all prior representations, term sheets, agreements and understandings (including the Prior Agreement and any prior course of dealings), both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
8.10. Counterparts. This Employment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
8.11. Binding Effect. This Employment Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and any of their respective successors, personal representatives and permitted assigns, including, without limitation, the Executive’s heirs and the personal representatives of the Executive’s estate and any successor to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.
8.12. General Interpretive Principles. Whenever used in this Employment Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. The headings of the sections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, clauses and subclauses of this Employment Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions hereof. Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Employment Agreement as a whole (including the exhibits hereto), and references herein to Sections refer to Sections of this Employment Agreement. Words of inclusion shall not be construed as terms of limitation herein, so that references to “include,” “includes” and “including” shall not be limiting and shall be regarded as references to non-exclusive and non-characterizing illustrations.
8.13. Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Full Settlement. Except as provided in Section 3.4, nothing in this Employment Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Company or its Affiliates and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any other contract or agreement with the Company or its Affiliates. Amounts that are vested benefits or that the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any plan, policy, practice or program of or any other contract or agreement with the Company or its Affiliates at or subsequent to the Termination Date shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice or program or contract or agreement, except as explicitly modified by this Employment Agreement. The Executive shall not be obligated to seek other employment or otherwise mitigate the amounts payable to the Executive under this Employment Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Employment Agreement as of the date first written above.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Corporate Secretary
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman of the Board
EXECUTIVE
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Exhibit A
Release
1. In consideration of the payments and benefits to be made under the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2014 (the “Employment Agreement”), by and between Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (the “Executive”) and Humana Inc. (the “Company”) (each of the Executive and the Company, a “Party” and together, the “Parties”), the sufficiency of which the Executive acknowledges, the Executive, with the intention of binding himself and his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, does hereby release, remise, acquit and forever discharge the Company and each of its subsidiaries and Affiliates (as defined in the Employment Agreement) (the “Company Affiliated Group”), their present and former officers, directors, executives, stockholders, agents, attorneys, employees and employee benefit plans (and the fiduciaries thereof), and the successors, predecessors and assigns of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Company Released Parties”), of and from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, complaints, charges, demands, rights, damages, debts, sums of money, accounts, financial obligations, suits, expenses, attorneys’ fees and liabilities of whatever kind or nature in law, equity or otherwise, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, unliquidated or otherwise and whether now known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which the Executive, individually or as a member of a class, now has, owns or holds, or has at any time heretofore had, owned or held, arising on or prior to the date hereof, against any Company Released Party that arises out of, or relates to, the Employment Agreement, the Executive’s employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries and Affiliates, or any termination of such employment, including claims (i) for severance or vacation or paid time off benefits, unpaid wages, salary or incentive payments, (ii) for breach of contract, wrongful discharge, impairment of economic opportunity, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional harm or other tort, (iii) for any violation of applicable state and local labor and employment laws (including, without limitation, all laws concerning unlawful and unfair labor and employment practices) and (iv) for employment discrimination under any applicable federal, state or local statute, provision, order or regulation, and including, without limitation, any claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Civil Rights Act of 1988, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), the Equal Pay Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and any similar or analogous state statute.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Release shall not apply and expressly excludes: (a) vested benefits under any plan maintained by the Company that provides for deferred compensation, equity compensation or pension or retirement benefits; (b) health benefits under any policy or plan currently maintained by the Company that provides for health insurance continuation or conversion rights including, but not limited to, rights and benefits to continue health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended or similar state law; (c) any claim that cannot by law be waived or released by private agreement; (d) claims arising after the date of the Release; (e) to the extent not paid as of the date of this Release, payments and benefits to be made under the Employment Agreement; (f) claims under any directors and officers insurance policies; and (g) rights to indemnification Executive may have under the by-laws or certificate of incorporation of the Company and its Affiliates, any applicable indemnification agreements with the Company and its Affiliates or applicable law.
2. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the release of claims set forth in this Release is not to be construed in any way as an admission of any liability whatsoever by any Company Released Party, any such liability being expressly denied.
3. The release of claims set forth in this Release applies to any relief no matter how called, including, without limitation, (i) wages, (ii) back pay or front pay, (iii) compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive damages, damages for pain or suffering, (iv) costs, (v) attorneys’ fees and expenses, and (vi) any right to receive any compensation or benefit from any complaint, claim, or charge with any local, state or federal court, agency or board, or in any proceeding of any kind which may be brought against the Company as a result of such a complaint, claim or charge.
4. The Executive specifically acknowledges that his acceptance of the terms of the release of claims set forth in this Release is, among other things, a specific waiver of his rights, claims and causes of action under Title VII, ADEA, ADA and any state or local law or regulation in respect of discrimination of any kind; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed, nor does anything contained herein purport, to be a waiver of any right or claim or cause of action which by law the Executive is not permitted to waive.
5. As to rights, claims and causes of action arising under the ADEA, the Executive acknowledges that he has been given a period of twenty-one (21) days to consider whether to execute this Release. If the Executive accepts the terms hereof and executes this Release, he may thereafter, for a period of seven (7) days following (and not including) the date of execution, revoke this Release as it relates to the release of claims arising under the ADEA. If no such revocation occurs, this Release shall become irrevocable in its entirety, and binding and enforceable against the Executive, on the day next following the day on which the foregoing seven-day period has elapsed. If such a revocation occurs, the Executive shall irrevocably forfeit any right to payment of the Severance and Pro-Rata Incentive and provision of Benefit Continuation (each, as defined in the Employment Agreement), but the remainder of the Employment Agreement shall continue in full force.
6. Other than as to rights, claims and causes of action arising under the ADEA, the release of claims set forth in this Release shall be immediately effective upon execution by the Executive.
7. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that he has not, with respect to any transaction or state of facts existing prior to the date hereof, filed any complaints, charges or lawsuits against any Company Released Party with any governmental agency, court or tribunal.
8. The Executive acknowledges that he has been advised to seek, and has had the opportunity to seek, the advice and assistance of an attorney with regard to the release of claims set forth in this Release, and has been given a sufficient period within which to consider the release of claims set forth in this Release.
9. The Executive acknowledges that the release of claims set forth in this Release relates only to claims that exist as of the date of this Release.
10. The Executive acknowledges that the Severance, Pro-Rata Incentive and Benefit Continuation he is receiving in connection with the release of claims set forth in this Release and his obligations under this Release are in addition to anything of value to which the Executive is entitled from the Company.
11. Each provision hereof is severable from this Release, and if one or more provisions hereof are declared invalid, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this Release is so broad, in scope, or duration or otherwise, as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.
12. This Release constitutes the complete agreement of the Parties in respect of the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all prior agreements between the Parties in respect of the subject matter hereof except to the extent set forth herein.
13. The failure to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Release or to require at any time performance by another party of any of the provisions hereof shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provisions or to affect the validity of this Release, or any part hereof, or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision in accordance with the terms of this Release.
14. This Release may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by facsimile shall be deemed effective for all purposes.
15. This Release shall be binding upon any and all successors and assigns of the Executive and the Company.
16. Except for issues or matters as to which federal law is applicable, this Release shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Release has been signed as of ____________________, 20__.
By:
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Exhibit B
The below definition of Change in Control is the definition used in the Humana Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan. All definitions referred to but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the 2011 Stock Incentive Plan.
“Change in Control” shall mean the occurrence of:
(a) An acquisition (other than directly from the Company) of any voting securities of the Company (the “Voting Securities”) by any “Person” (as the term person is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), immediately after which such Person has “Beneficial Ownership” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, in determining whether a Change in Control has occurred, Voting Securities which are acquired in a “Non-Control Acquisition” (as hereinafter defined) shall not constitute an acquisition which would cause a Change in Control. A “Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an acquisition by (i) an employee benefit plan (or a trust forming a part thereof) maintained by (A) the Company or (B) any corporation or other Person of which a majority of its voting power or its equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company (for purposes of this definition, a “Subsidiary”), (ii) the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any Person in connection with a “Non-Control Transaction” (as hereinafter defined);
(b) The individuals who, as of the effective date of this Plan are members of the Board (the “Incumbent Board”), cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination for election by the Company’s common stockholders, of any new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Board, such new director shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board; provided further, however, that no individual shall be considered a member of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”) including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Proxy Contest; or
(c) The consummation of:
(i) A merger, consolidation or reorganization involving the Company, unless such merger, consolidation or reorganization is a “Non-Control Transaction.” A “Non-Control Transaction” shall mean a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company where:
(A) the stockholders of the Company, immediately before such merger, consolidation or reorganization, own directly or indirectly immediately following such merger, consolidation or reorganization, at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Securities of the corporation resulting from such merger or consolidation or reorganization (the “Surviving Corporation”) in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Securities immediately before such merger, consolidation or reorganization;
(B) the individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to the execution of the agreement providing for such merger, consolidation or reorganization constitute at least two-thirds of the members of the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation, or a corporation beneficially directly or indirectly owning a majority of the Voting Securities of the Surviving Corporation, and no agreement, plan or arrangement is in place to change the composition of the board of directors following the merger, consolidation or reorganization; and
(C) no Person other than (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary, (iii) any employee benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) maintained by the Company, the Surviving Corporation, or any Subsidiary, or (iv) any Person who, immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or reorganization had Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities, has Beneficial Ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Surviving Corporation’s then outstanding voting securities.
(ii) A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(iii) The sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person (other than a transfer to a Subsidiary).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because any Person (the “Subject Person”) acquired Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the then outstanding Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company which, by reducing the number of Voting Securities then outstanding, increases the proportional number of Shares Beneficially Owned by the Subject Persons, provided that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of Voting Securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition by the Company, the Subject Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional Voting Securities which increases the percentage of the then outstanding Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by the Subject Person, then a Change in Control shall occur.