AMENDMENT TWO TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

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