As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 7, 2011
                                                                      Registration No. 333-

 
UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________
 
HUMANA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
61-0647538
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
500 West Main Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(502) 580-1000
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 


Humana Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
 (Full title of the plan)
 
 

Christopher M. Todoroff
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Humana Inc.
500 West Main Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(502) 580-1000
 
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 

 
 

 

 

 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
 
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (1)
 
Amount of
Registration Fee
Deferred Compensation Obligations (2)
$50,000,000
100%
$50,000,000
$5,805

 
(1)  
Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”)
 
(2)  
Deferred compensation obligations under the Humana Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”) to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of such plan.
 
 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
The purpose of this Form S-8 Registration Statement is to register $50,000,000 of deferred compensation obligations under the Plan to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

References to “the Company” and “the Registrant” shall mean Humana Inc., a Delaware corporation
 
 
 
 

 
PART I
 
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plans as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) under the Securities Act.  Such documents need not be filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or a prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.  These documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
 
The SEC allows the Registrant to “incorporate by reference” information into this Registration Statement, which means that the Registrant can disclose important information to the SEC by referring to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and later information that the Registrant files with the SEC will automatically update this Registration Statement. The Registrant incorporates by reference the documents listed below:
 
(a)  
The Registrant’s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed on February 19, 2010, which contains the Registrant’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
 
(b)  
The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed on April 27, 2010, August 2, 2010 and November 1, 2010 for the periods ended March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010, and September 30, 2010, respectively.
 
(c)  
The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 21, 2010, September 15, 2010, December 13, 2010 and December 22, 2010.
 
In addition, any future filings made by the Registrant with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Exchange Act ”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
 
Any statement contained in any document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed incorporated document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
 
Item 4.                       Description of Securities
 
The securities offered under this Registration Statement include $50,000,000 of deferred compensation obligations of the Company that may be offered pursuant to the Plan to certain members of management and other highly-compensated employees of the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries.  The obligations are unfunded and unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan.  The obligations rank pari passu with the other unsecured indebtedness of the Company.  The Company reserves the right to enter into a trust arrangement in respect of the Plan, which trust may hold money or other property delivered to the trustee for payment of benefits under the Plan.  However, any such trust would not, and would not be intended to, change the obligations as unsecured general obligations of the Company.
 
The amount of compensation deferred by participants is determined based on participant elections made in accordance with the terms of the Plan.  Under the Plan, participants may defer up to 80% of certain annual incentive compensation to which they would be entitled, subject to a minimum deferral amount in any year of $25,000.  No Company contributions will be made to the Plan.  Participants are fully vested in their deferral contributions at all times.
 
The Company’s aggregate obligation under the Plan at any given time is equal to the sum of participants’ aggregate account balances at such time.  Participants’ account balances increase or decrease based on a rate of interest prescribed by the plan administrator or, if the plan administrator permits, pursuant to the hypothetical investment of the account balances in one or more investment funds, and are credited and debited in accordance with the actual financial performance of such funds.  Participants elect the investment funds in which the accounts are hypothetically invested among the funds that the plan administrator may make available from time to time.  If a participant fails to make an election, the account will be deemed to be invested in a money market or similar fund.  These investments would merely be used as the basis for measuring the value of participants’ accounts.  The Company is not required to actually invest in any of these funds.
 
Participants are generally entitled to defer amounts under the Plan until six months following their termination of employment, a date specified by the participant, or the earlier of such dates.  Subject to certain limitations provided in the Plan, distributions may be made to participants in the form of a lump sum payment or annual or quarterly installment payments over a period not longer than ten years.
 
A participant’s account balance will be distributed in a lump sum to the participant’s beneficiary or estate, as applicable, within 90 days following the participant’s death.  Upon a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), participants will receive lump sum distributions of their account balances within 30 days following the Change in Control.  In addition, in the event of an unforeseeable emergency, participants may apply to have all or a portion of their accounts distributed to them.  In these circumstances, the plan administrator may distribute to participants an amount determined as reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need.
 
A participant’s interest in his or her accounts under the Plan generally cannot be commuted, sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, anticipated, mortgaged, encumbered, hypothecated, alienated or conveyed by the participant.  The Company has reserved the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no such amendment or termination may adversely affect any benefits earned prior to the date of such amendment or termination.
 
 Item 5.                       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 6.                       Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
The Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws, as amended, include provisions to (i) eliminate the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the “ Delaware Law ”) and (ii) authorize the Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware Law, including circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary.
 
Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware Law, a corporation generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of a corporation, and with respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. The Registrant believes that these provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers. These provisions do not eliminate liability for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit or for any willful or negligent payment of any unlawful dividend or any unlawful stock purchase or redemption.
 
The Registrant has entered into agreements with its directors and executive officers that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or any of its affiliates, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
 
The Registrant has purchased an insurance policy covering the officers and directors of the Registrant with respect to certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
 
Item 7.                       Exemption from Registration Claimed
 
Not applicable.
 
 
 

 
Item 8.                       Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1*
Humana Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
   
5.1*
Opinion of counsel as to the validity of the securities registered herein.
 
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrant.
 
23.2*
Consent of counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
 

 
*     Filed herewith.


Item 9.                       Undertakings
 
(a)           The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
 
(1)  
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
 
(i)         To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
 
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
 
(iii)  
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
 
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
 
 
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
 
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
(b)                      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of those securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering.
 
 
(c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 of this Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of the issue.
 
 

 
 

 


 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the city of Louisville, Commonwealth of Kentucky, on January 7, 2011.
 
 
HUMANA INC.
 
/s/ James H. Bloem                
By:  James H. Bloem                                                  
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer

      

 
 

 

  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
 
 
Signature
Title
Date
 
 
/s/ Michael B. McCallister
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
January 7, 2011
Michael B. McCallister
 
/s/ James H. Bloem
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
January 7, 2011
 
James H. Bloem
 
/s/ Steven E. McCulley
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
January 7, 2011
 
Steven E. McCulley
 
 
Director
 
Frank A. D’Amelio
 
 
Director
 
 
W. Roy Dunbar
 
/s/ Kurt J. Hilzinger
Director
January 7, 2011
Kurt J. Hilzinger
 
/s/ David A. Jones, Jr.
Director
January 7, 2011
David A. Jones, Jr.
 
 
Director
 
William J. McDonald
 
/s/ William E. Mitchell
Director
January 7, 2011
William E. Mitchell
 
/s/ David B. Nash, M.D.
Director
January 7, 2011
David B. Nash, M.D.
 
/s/ James J. O’Brien
Director
January 7, 2011
James J. O’Brien
 
 
Director
 
Marissa T. Peterson
 
/s/ W. Ann Reynolds, Ph.D.
Director
January 7 2011
W. Ann Reynolds, Ph.D.
 

 
 

 


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
   
4.1*
Humana Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
 
5.1*
Opinion of counsel as to the validity of the securities registered herein.
 
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrant.
 
23.2*
Consent of counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
   
 
 
*     Filed herewith.


 

HUMANA INC.
 
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
 

 
ARTICLE I                       
 
Introduction and Purpose
 
1.1   Statement of Purpose .  The primary purpose of this Plan is to provide certain key employees of Humana Inc. and its subsidiaries with the opportunity to defer receipt of a portion of certain incentive compensation to which they may become entitled while the Plan is in effect.  The Plan is intended to be an unfunded, nonqualified deferred compensation plan and shall be construed accordingly.
 
1.2   Top Hat Plan .  The Company intends that the Plan constitute an unfunded “top hat” plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly-compensated employees, within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA.
 
ARTICLE II
 
Definitions and Construction
 
2.1   Definitions .  Where the following words and phrases appear in the Plan, they shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless their context clearly indicates to the contrary:
 
(1)   Account :  The notional account established and maintained by the Plan on behalf of each Participant to record such Participant’s interest under the Plan.
 
(2)   Allocation Date :  With respect to a Deferral Election, the date on which all or a portion of a Participant’s Deferral Amount is credited to his or her Account, which shall be the date which is 15 days after such Deferral Amount (or portion thereof) would have been paid to the Participant if the Participant had not made a Deferral Election.
 
(3)   Authorized Officer :  The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and any other officer designated by the Committee as an Authorized Officer for purposes of the Plan.
 
(4)   Beneficiary :  The term “ Beneficiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3.
 
(5)   Board :  The Board of Directors of the Company.
 
(6)   Change in Control :  The occurrence of any of the following events:
 
 
(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:
 
(A)   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:
 
(i)   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,
 
(ii)   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  
 
(iii)   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.
 
(iv)   A complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
 
(v)   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.
 
(7)   Code :  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
(8)   Committee :  The Organization & Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee of directors designated by the Board.
 
(9)   Company :  Humana Inc.
 
(10)   Deferral Amount :  The portion of a Participant’s Incentive Compensation elected by the Participant to be deferred in a Plan Year.
 
(11)   Deferral Election :  A Participant’s timely election pursuant to Article IV which sets forth a Deferral Amount, a Deferral Period and a Distribution Method.
 
(12)   Deferral Period :  The term “ Deferral Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.
 
(13)   Distribution Method :  The term “ Distribution Method ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.2
 
(14)   Eligible Employee :  For any Plan Year, (i) any person employed by the Company or any Subsidiary whose annual rate of base compensation as of December 31 of the year prior to the Plan Year exceeded the limitation provided in Code Section 401(a)(17) for the Plan Year and (ii) any other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary who the Committee or an Authorized Officer designates, prior to March 31 of a Plan Year, as an Eligible Employee for that Plan Year.
 
(15)   ERISA :  Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
 
(16)   Incentive Compensation :  Performance-based compensation, as such term is defined under Section 409A, paid by the Company or a Subsidiary to a Participant in respect of a Plan Year pursuant to any annual incentive plan sponsored by the Company or a Subsidiary in which a Participant participates.
 
(17)   Investment Options :  The hypothetical investment vehicles in which a Participant’s deferrals may be deemed invested if and to the extent permitted by the Committee pursuant to Article V.  Investment Options shall be limited to those made available by the Committee in its discretion from time to time.
 
(18)   Participant :  Any Eligible Employee who has become a Participant of the Plan pursuant to Section 3.1 until such individual ceases to be a Participant pursuant to Section 3.2.
 
(19)   Payment Commencement Date :   With respect to any Deferral Election, the first day of the second calendar month following the end of the Deferral Period set forth in the Deferral Election.
 
(20)   Plan :  This Humana Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.
 
(21)   Plan Year :   The calendar year commencing with the first Plan Year being 2011.
 
(22)   Separation from Service :  The termination of employment with the Company, as set forth in Section 409A.
 
(23)   Section 409A .   Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and interpretive guidance issued thereunder.
 
(24)   Subsidiary :   Any subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule A hereto.
 
(25)   Unforeseeable Emergency :  A severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s beneficiary, or the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Code Section 152, without regard to 152(b)(1), (b)(2), and (d)(1)(B)); loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty; or any similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.  The determination of whether an Unforeseeable Emergency exists shall be made by the Committee or Authorized Officers in accordance with Section 409A.
 
2.2   Headings .  The headings of Articles and Sections herein are included solely for convenience, and, if there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Plan, the text shall control.
 
ARTICLE III                                 
 
Participation
 
3.1   Eligibility .  An Eligible Employee shall become a Participant in the Plan upon a Deferral Election becoming irrevocable pursuant to Section 4.2.
 
3.2   Cessation of Eligibility .  A Participant shall cease to be a Participant upon the final distribution of all amounts credited to the Participant’s Account.
 
ARTICLE IV
 
Deferral Elections
 
4.1   Deferral Election .  Each Participant may elect to have the payment of up to 80% of his or her Incentive Compensation for a Plan Year deferred pursuant to the Plan; provided, that such amount must be equal to or greater than $25,000.  If a Participant’s Deferral Election results in a Deferral Amount of less than $25,000, then the Deferral Amount shall be zero.  Each Deferral Election shall be made on a deferral election form to be provided by the Company and shall specify (i) the Deferral Amount, (ii) the Deferral Period and (iii) the Distribution Method.  For purposes of the Plan, “ Deferral Period ,” with respect to any Deferral Election, shall mean the period commencing on the Allocation Date and, ending, at the election of the Participant, on (A) the date that is six months following the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service, (B) a date specified by the Participant in his or her Deferral Election or (C) the earlier of either the date that is six months following the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service or any date specified by the Participant in his or her Deferral Election.
 
4.2   Timing of Deferral Elections .  Deferral Elections made in respect of Incentive Compensation otherwise payable to Participants in a Plan Year shall be timely if made no later than March 31 of the Plan Year with respect to which the Incentive Compensation is earned.  A Deferral Election shall be irrevocable as of such date, except in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency as described herein.  A Participant may change a Deferral Election in respect of any Plan Year prior to the date it becomes irrevocable.
 
4.3   Subsequent Deferrals .  With respect to any Deferral Election, a Participant may change the Deferral Period to one of the alternatives provided in Section 4.1 and/or the Distribution Method to one of the alternatives provided in Section 6.2, provided that any such change (i) will not be effective for twelve (12) months after the date on which such change is made, (ii) in the case of a Deferral Period that ends  on a specified date, must be made not less than twelve (12) months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment in respect of the Participant’s applicable Deferral Amount and (iii) will result in a Payment Commencement Date that is at least five (5) years after the previously scheduled Payment Commencement Date; provided further that a Participant shall be permitted to change the Distribution Method from a lump sum to installments only if the Deferral Amount (plus allocated earnings or losses) with respect to which the change is being made is equal to or greater than $100,000 at the time of such change.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any change made pursuant to this Section 4.3 shall be done in a manner that complies with Section 409A.
 
ARTICLE V
 
Deferral Accounts
 
5.1   Deferral Account .  An Account shall be established on the books and records of the Company in the name of each Participant, which shall reflect the amount of actual deferrals pursuant to Article IV plus any earnings and less any losses thereon as an unfunded liability of the Plan to such Participant.  Amounts attributable to each Deferral Election shall be accounted for separately in a Participant’s Account.  Participants shall be fully vested in their Account balance at all times.
 
5.2   Credits to Accounts .  On each Allocation Date, an amount reflecting the Participant’s Deferral Amount which would otherwise have been paid to the Participant on such Allocation Date shall be credited to the Participant’s Account.
 
5.3   Investment of Accounts .  Participants’ Accounts shall accrue interest commencing on the Allocation Date at a rate prescribed by the Committee from time to time.  If and at such time as the Committee so determines to permit Participants to elect to have their Accounts deemed invested in Investment Options, Participants shall elect the Investment Option(s) in which amounts credited to the Participant’s Account shall be deemed to be allocated, which may be allocated in such increments as the Committee may from time to time permit.  If a Participant makes no investment election or makes an investment election with respect to less than 100% of his or her Account balance pursuant to this Section 5.3, unallocated amounts shall be deemed to be allocated to the default Investment Option established by the Committee.  A Participant may change the allocation of his or her Account balance among the Investment Options at the time or times and in the manner as the Committee may prescribe.  Any investment election or change in investment election shall apply to all amounts credited to the Participant’s Account notwithstanding the separate accounting for amounts attributable to each Deferral Election.
 
5.4   Adjustments to Account Balances .  The balances in Participants’ Accounts shall be adjusted for gains (or losses) as if such amounts were actually invested in the Investment Options selected by the Participants.  The balances in a Participant’s Account will continue to accrue interest or, if the Committee has so determined, be allocated among the Investment Options in accordance with this Article V until his or her Account balance has been completely distributed.
 
ARTICLE VI                                 
 
Distributions
 
6.1   Distributions Upon End of Deferral Period .  With respect to any Deferral Election, payment of a Participant’s Account attributable to such Deferral Election shall be made or commence to be paid on the Payment Commencement Date in the manner set forth in this Article VI.
 
6.2   Distribution Method .  Distribution of amounts credited to a Participant’s Account shall be made in accordance with the Distribution Method elected by the Participant in the applicable Deferral Election.  For purposes of the Plan, “ Distribution Method ” shall mean, with respect to payments of amounts credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to a Deferral Election, either (i) a lump sum payment on the Payment Commencement Date or (ii) a number of annual installments (not exceeding 10) or quarterly installments (not exceeding 40) specified by the Participant in his or her Deferral Election, with (A) the first installment to be paid on the Payment Commencement Date and (B) installments subsequent to the first installments to be paid on the first day of the applicable calendar month each quarter or year thereafter; provided , that, if the Deferral Election results in a Deferral Amount of less than $100,000, the Distribution Method for that Deferral Election shall be a lump sum.
 
6.3   Amount of Distribution .
 
(a)   Lump Sum Payment .  If a Participant elects a lump sum payment with respect to a Deferral Election, such payment shall consist of cash equal to the value, as of the day preceding distribution, of that portion of the Participant’s Account that is attributable to such Deferral Election.
 
(b)   Installment Payments .  If a Participant elects installments with respect to a Deferral Election, the amount payable under each such installment shall be a cash payment equal to the value, as of the day preceding the installment payment, of that portion of the Participant’s Account balance that is attributable to such Deferral Election divided by the number of remaining installment payments to be made (including the installment then being made).
 
6.4   Accelerated Payment in the Event of Death .  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Deferral Election, in the event a Participant dies prior to receiving distribution of his or her entire Account balance, payments shall be made to the Beneficiary or, if applicable, to the estate of the Participant, in accordance with the applicable beneficiary designation form.  The Company shall pay to the Beneficiary or, if applicable, to the estate of the Participant within ninety (90) days following date of the Participant’s death a lump sum cash payment equal to the value of his or her entire Account balance as of the day preceding the distribution.
 
6.5   Accelerated Payment Upon a Change in Control .  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Deferral Election, upon a Change in Control which constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company under Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder, shall pay to each Participant within thirty (30) days following the Change in Control a lump sum cash payment equal to the value of his or her entire Account balance as of the day preceding the distribution.
 
6.6   Distributions Upon an Unforeseeable Emergency­ .  Upon written application by a Participant who has experienced an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Committee may distribute to such Participant all or a portion of his or her Account balance in an amount not to exceed the amount determined by the Committee as being reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need (which may include amounts necessary to pay any federal, state, local or foreign income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution), after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not cause severance financial hardship, or by cessation of current deferrals under the Plan.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
Administration
 
7.1   General Powers and Responsibilities of the Committee .  The Committee shall have full authority to construe and interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan, and to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the Plan and perform all acts as it shall, from time to time, deem advisable, and otherwise to supervise the administration of the Plan.  The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, or in any Deferral Election hereunder, in the manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary to effectuate the Plan.  Any decision, interpretation or other action made or taken in good faith by or at the direction of the Committee in connection with the Plan shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the Committee and shall be final, binding and conclusive.  A Participant shall not participate in any decision involving a request made by him or her or relating in any way to his or her rights, duties, and obligations as a participant in the Plan (unless such decision relates to all Participants generally and in a similar manner).
 
7.2   Liability and Indemnification of the Committee and Authorized Officers .  No member of the Committee or any Authorized Officer shall be liable for any action, failure to act, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any transaction hereunder, except for liability arising from his or her own willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties.  The Company hereby agrees to indemnify the Committee for all costs and expenses and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any liability incurred in connection with defending against, responding to, negotiating for the settlement of or otherwise dealing with any claim, cause of action or dispute of any kind arising in connection with any actions in administering this Plan or in authorizing or denying authorization to any transaction hereunder.
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
Amendment or Termination of the Plan
 
The Company, by action of the Board or the Committee, may amend, modify or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any time and for any reason without prior notice to or consent of any Participant; provided, however, that no amendment, modification or termination of the Plan shall reduce a Participant’s Account balance, or change a previously specified Deferral Election as of the date of such amendment, modification or termination.  In addition, any Authorized Officer may amend Schedule A to add to or remove from Schedule A any Subsidiary.
 

ARTICLE IX                                 
 
Claims Procedure
 
The Committee shall have full power and authority to interpret, construe, and administer the Plan, and the Committee’s interpretations and construction hereof, and actions hereunder, including the value, amount, timing, form, or recipient of any payment to be made hereunder, shall be binding and conclusive on all persons for all purposes.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the determination of a Change in Control event will be objectively determinable and the Committee shall not have discretionary authority to determine whether a Change in Control has occurred.
 
In the event that a claim for a benefit is wholly or partially denied, the Committee shall, within ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim by the Plan, provide the claimant with a written statement setting forth the specific reasons for the adverse determination; reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the determination is based; a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and a description of the Plan’s review procedures and time limits applicable to such procedures, including a statement of the claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA following an adverse benefit determination on review.
 
The claimant will have sixty (60) days following receipt of an adverse benefit determination within which to appeal the determination.  During such time, the Participant will have the opportunity to submit written comment, documents, records, and other information relating to the claim for benefits.  The claimant will be provided, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim for benefits. The review will take into account all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted by the claimant relating to the claim, without regard to whether such information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.
 
The Committee will notify the claimant within sixty (60) days after receipt of the claimant's request for review by the Plan.  In the case of an adverse benefit determination, the notification shall set forth, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant the specific reason or reasons for the adverse determination; reference to the specific Plan provisions on which the benefit determination is based; a statement that the claimant is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claimant's claim for benefits; and a statement describing any voluntary appeal procedures offered by the Plan and the claimant's right to obtain the information about such procedures, and a statement of the claimant's right to bring an action under section 502(a) of ERISA.
 
No member of the Committee shall be liable to any person for any action taken or omitted in connection with the interpretation and administration of the Plan unless attributable to his own willful misconduct or lack of good faith.  Claimants who are members of the Committee shall not participate in any action or determination regarding their own benefits hereunder.
 
ARTICLE X                      
 
Miscellaneous
 
10.1   Participant Rights in the Plan Unfunded .  Any liability of the Plan or the Company to any Participant with respect to any benefit shall be based solely upon the contractual obligations created by the Plan and the Deferral Election forms.  No such obligation shall be deemed to be secured by any pledge or any encumbrance on any property of the Plan or the Company.  The obligations under the Plan shall be unfunded and unsecured promises to pay.  No Participant or Beneficiary shall have any rights under the Plan other than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company and any Subsidiary for whom a Participant provides services.  The Company may establish a trust for the benefit of Participants hereunder or otherwise segregate, identify or reserve assets for the purpose of paying benefits hereunder; provided, however,   that assets segregated, identified or reserved for the purpose of paying benefits pursuant to the Plan shall remain general corporate assets subject to the claim of the creditors of the Company and any Subsidiary for whom a Participant provides services or in the case of assets held in a trust established by the Company, subject to the claims of general creditors to the extent provided in such trust.
 
10.2   Nonassignability .  Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, any amount payable under the Plan.  All amounts payable under the Plan, and all rights to such amounts, are expressly declared to be unassignable and non-transferable, except that, in the case of a Participant’s death, payments under this Plan shall be made in accordance with Section 6.4.
 
10.3   Designation of Beneficiary .  Each Participant at the time he or she completes his or her initial  Deferral Election shall designate a beneficiary (a “ Beneficiary ”) and a contingent Beneficiary to whom benefits hereunder are to be paid if the Participant dies prior to receiving his or her Account balance.  A Participant may change his or her Beneficiary designations at any time by filing a revised Beneficiary designation form with the Company or such other individual or entity designated by the Committee.  Any Beneficiary designation or change in Beneficiary Designation shall not be effective until it has been delivered to the Company.  If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided above, or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant, the Company shall pay the Account balance to the estate of the Participant.
 
10.4   Incapacity .  In the event benefits become payable under the Plan after a Participant becomes incapacitated, such benefits shall be paid to the Participant’s legal guardian or legal representative.
 
10.5   No Right to Continued Employment .  Nothing in the adoption or implementation of the Plan shall confer on any employee the right to continued employment by the Company or a Subsidiary or affect in any way the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to terminate his employment at any time.  For the purposes of the Plan, any question as to whether and when there has been a termination of a Participant’s employment, and the cause of such termination, shall be determined by the Committee, and its determination shall be final.
 
10.6   Tax Withholding .  The Company shall have the right to withhold from any payment hereunder amounts sufficient to satisfy all Federal, state, local or other withholding tax requirements.
 
10.7   Expenses .  The Company will bear all expenses incurred in administering this Plan and no part thereof shall be charged against any Participant’s Account or any amounts distributable hereunder.
 
10.8   Severability .  If any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof; rather, each provision shall be fully severable and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein.
 
10.9   Successors .  The terms and conditions of the Plan and each Deferral Election shall inure to the benefit of and bind the Company and the Participants, and their successors, assigns and personal representatives.
 
10.10   Code Section 409A .  The Plan and all deferrals hereunder are intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, Code Section 409A.  The Plan and all deferrals shall be administered, interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A.  Should any provision of the Plan or any Deferral Election be found not to comply with, or to effectuate exemption from, the provisions of Code Section 409A, such provision shall be modified and given effect (retroactively if necessary), in the sole discretion of the Committee, and without the consent of any affected Participant, in such manner as the Committee determines to be necessary to comply with, or to effectuate exemption from, Code Section 409A.
 
10.11   Governing Law .  The provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without giving effect to conflict of law principles thereof.
 

 
Adopted by the Organization & Compensation Committee:  December 9, 2010
 

 
 

 

Schedule A
 
Participating Subsidiaries

 
American Dental Plan of North Carolina, Inc.
 
American Dental Providers of Arkansas, Inc.
 
American Tax Credit Corporate Georgia Fund III, L.L.C.
 
Availity, L.L.C.
 
CAC - Florida Medical Centers, LLC
 
CareNetwork, Inc.
 
CarePlus Health Plans, Inc.
 
Cariten Health Plan Inc.
 
Cariten Insurance Company
 
CHA HMO, Inc.
 
CHA Service Company
 
CompBenefits Company
 
CompBenefits Corporation
 
CompBenefits Dental, Inc.
 
CompBenefits Direct, Inc.
 
CompBenefits Insurance Company
 
CompBenefits of Alabama, Inc.
 
CompBenefits of Georgia, Inc.
 
Competitive Health Analytics, Inc.
 
Corphealth Provider Link, Inc.
 
Corphealth, Inc.
 
CPHP Holdings, Inc.
 
DefenseWeb Technologies, Inc.
 
Dental Care Plus Management, Corp.
 
DentiCare, Inc.
 
Emphesys Insurance Company
 
Emphesys, Inc.
 
Green Ribbon Health, L.L.C.
 
Health Value Management, Inc.
 
Healthcare E-Commerce Initiative, Inc.
 
HUM INT, LLC
 
HUM-e-FL, Inc.
 
HUM-Holdings International, Inc.
 
Humana Active Outlook, Inc.
 
Humana AdvantageCare Plan, Inc.
 
Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois, Inc.
 
Humana Dental Company
 
Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.
 
Humana Europe, Ltd.
 
Humana Government Network Services, Inc.
 
Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana, Inc.
 
Humana Health Insurance Company of Florida, Inc.
 
Humana Health Plan Interests, Inc.
 
Humana Health Plan of California, Inc.
 
Humana Health Plan of Ohio, Inc.
 
Humana Health Plan of Texas, Inc.
 
Humana Health Plan, Inc.
 
Humana Health Plans of Puerto Rico, Inc.
 
Humana Innovation Enterprises, Inc.
 
Humana Insurance Company
 
Humana Insurance Company of Kentucky
 
Humana Insurance Company of New York
 
Humana Insurance of Puerto Rico, Inc.
 
Humana MarketPOINT of Puerto Rico, Inc.
 
Humana MarketPOINT, Inc
 
Humana Medical Plan of Michigan, Inc.
 
Humana Medical Plan of Pennsylvania, Inc.
 
Humana Medical Plan of Utah, Inc.
 
Humana Medical Plan, Inc.
 
Humana Military Dental Services, Inc.
 
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc.
 
Humana Pharmacy, Inc.
 
Humana Veterans Healthcare Services, Inc.
 
Humana-Vitality, LLC
 
Humana WellWorks LLC
 
Humana Wisconsin Health Organization Insurance Corporation
 
HumanaCares, Inc.
 
HumanaDental Insurance Company
 
HumanaDental, Inc.
 
Humco, Inc.
 
Hummingbird Coaching Systems LLC
 
Independent Care Health Plan
 
INFOCUS Technology, Inc.
 
Kanawha HealthCare Solutions, Inc.
 
Kanawha Insurance Company
 
KMG America Corporation
 
Managed Care Indemnity, Inc.
 
PHP Companies, Inc.
 
Preferred Health Partnership of Tennessee, Inc.
 
Preferred Health Partnership, Inc.
 
Preservation on Main, Inc.
 
Sensei, Inc.
 
Texas Dental Plans, Inc.
 
The Dental Concern, Inc.
 
The Dental Concern, Ltd.
 
516-526 West Main Street Condominium Council of Co-Owners, Inc.
 

 

 
Exhibit 5.1

[Humana Letterhead]
 

 
January 7, 2011
 

RE:           Registration Statement on Form S-8
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
         I am Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Humana Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).  I am delivering this opinion in connection with the registration, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Form S-8 ”), of the offer and sale of up to $50,000,000 of deferred compensation obligations of the Company (“ Deferred Compensation Obligations ”) under the Humana Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”).  With your permission, all assumptions and statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on my part except to the extent otherwise expressly stated, and I express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of such assumptions or items relied upon.
 
         In connection with this opinion, I have (i) investigated such questions of law, (ii) examined originals or certified, conformed or reproduction copies of such agreements, instruments, documents and records of the Company, such certificates of public officials and such other documents, and (iii) received such information from officers and representatives of the Company as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.
 
         In all such examinations, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons executing documents, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of original and certified documents and the conformity to original or certified documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduction copies.  As to various questions of fact relevant to the opinions expressed herein, I have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, representations and warranties contained in the documents and certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from representatives of the Company and others and assume compliance on the part of all parties to the documents with their covenants and agreements contained therein.  I also have assumed that any future changes to the terms and conditions of the Plan will be duly authorized by the Company and will comply with all applicable laws.
       
         Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that the issuance of the Deferred Compensation Obligations has been duly authorized by the Company and, when created and issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws of general application relating to or affecting creditors’ remedies or by general principles of equity.

         The opinion expressed herein is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ GCLD ”) and applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution, in each case as currently in effect, and reported judicial decisions interpreting the GCLD and the Delaware Constitution.  The opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof, and I undertake no obligation to supplement this letter if any applicable laws change after the date hereof or if I become aware of any facts that might change the opinions expressed herein after the date hereof or for any other reason.  I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form S-8 relating to the registration of the Deferred Compensation Obligations.

The opinions expressed herein are solely for your benefit in connection with the Form S-8 and may not be relied on in any manner or for any purpose by any other person or entity.

 

 
Very truly yours,


/s/ Ralph M. Wilson


Ralph M. Wilson
Vice President and Associate General Counsel

 


 
Exhibit 23.1
 
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 

 
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8   of our report dated February 19, 2010 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Humana Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
 
Louisville, Kentucky
 
January 7, 2011