Second Amendment to Employment Agreement between Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. and Michael D. Houk

Summary

This amendment updates the employment agreement between Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc. and Michael D. Houk. It extends the agreement's end date to December 31, 2004, and increases certain time periods in the agreement from one year to eighteen months. All other terms of the original agreement remain unchanged. The amendment is effective as of January 1, 2003.

EX-10.9 8 dex109.htm AMENDMENT TWO TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - HOUK Amendment Two to Employment Agreement - Houk

EXHIBIT 10.9 (iii)

 

AMENDMENT TWO

TO

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

Effective January 1, 2003, this AMENDMENT TWO TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc., an Indiana insurance company (the “Company”), and Michael D. Houk (the “Executive”) hereby amends the EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) between the parties dated as of the 12th day of August, 2000, as follows:

 

1.   Section 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the termination date and inserting in place thereof the 31st day of December, 2004.

 

2.   The first paragraph of Section 11 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the provision “one (1) year” and inserting in place thereof “eighteen (18) months.”

 

3.   Section 16(b) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the provision “one (1) year” and inserting in place thereof “eighteen (18) months.”

 

4.   All other provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Executive have duly executed this AMENDMENT TWO TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

Michael D. Houk

 

     

Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc.

 

/s/    Michael D. Houk

     

By:

 

/s/    Larry C. Glasscock


       
       

 

Name: Larry C. Glasscock

 

Title: President and CEO