Exhibit 10(p)

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is effective November 1, 2004 (the “Effective Date”) and is
between Richard Anderson (“Executive”) and UnitedHealth Care Services, Inc.
(“UnitedHealth Group”). This Agreement’s purposes are to set forth certain terms
of Executive’s employment by UnitedHealth Group or one of its affiliates and to
protect UnitedHealth Group’s knowledge, expertise, customer relationships, and
confidential information. Unless the context otherwise requires, “UnitedHealth
Group” includes all its affiliated entities.

 

1. Employment and Duties.

 

  A. Employment. UnitedHealth Group hereby employs Executive, and Executive
accepts employment, under this Agreement’s terms. Except as superseded by this
Agreement, Executive is subject to all of UnitedHealth Group’s employment
policies and procedures.

 

  B. Duties. Executive will initially hold a senior executive level position
with UnitedHealth Group. Executive will perform this position’s duties and any
other executive level responsibilities reasonably assigned to Executive.
Executive will devote substantially all of Executive’s business time and energy
to Executive’s duties. Executive will maintain operations in Executive’s area of
responsibility, and ensure that the employees within that area of responsibility
act, in compliance with applicable law and UnitedHealth Group’s Principles of
Integrity and Compliance.

 

2. Compensation and Benefits.

 

  A. Base Salary. Executive’s annual base salary will be in an amount customary
for executives of comparable position, less applicable withholdings and
deductions, payable according to UnitedHealth Group’s regular payroll schedule.
Periodic adjustments to Executive’s base salary may be made in UnitedHealth
Group’s sole discretion, provided that UnitedHealth Group will not decrease
Executive’s base salary during the first 12 months of this Agreement.

 

  B. Incentive Compensation. Executive will be eligible to participate in
UnitedHealth Group’s incentive compensation plans in UnitedHealth Group’s sole
discretion and in accordance with the plans’ terms and conditions. Executive’s
target bonus potential will be 100% of annual base salary, subject to periodic
adjustments in UnitedHealth Group’s sole discretion, provided that UnitedHealth
Group will not decrease Executive’s target bonus potential during the first 12
months of this Agreement.

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  C. Stock Option. Executive will be granted, within the calendar quarter of
Executive’s commencement of employment under this Agreement, a nonqualified
option to purchase shares of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated common stock and
other equity based incentive compensation customary for executives of comparable
position. 25% of the option will vest and become exercisable on each of the
grant date’s first through fourth anniversaries. The applicable stock option
certificate and plan contain the specific terms governing the option.

 

  D. Employee Benefits. Executive will be eligible to participate in
UnitedHealth Group’s employee welfare plans, including short-term and long-term
disability benefits, and retirement benefit plans in accordance with the terms
of the plans, and will be eligible for Paid Time Off in accordance with
UnitedHealth Group’s policies. However, UnitedHealth Group reserves the right to
amend or discontinue any plan or policy at any time in its sole discretion.
Executive will be provided life insurance benefits in a face amount of at least
$1,000,000.

 

3. Term and Termination.

 

  A. Term. This Agreement’s term is from the Effective Date until it is
terminated under Section 3.B.

 

  B. Termination.

 

  1. By UnitedHealth Group without Cause. UnitedHealth Group may terminate this
Agreement and Executive’s employment for any reason with 30 days’ prior written
notice.

 

  2. By UnitedHealth Group with Cause. UnitedHealth Group may terminate this
Agreement and Executive’s employment without prior notice if UnitedHealth Group
determines in its sole discretion that Cause exists. “Cause” means (A) the
willful and continued failure by Executive substantially to perform his duties
hereunder (other than any such failure resulting from his disability or from
termination by Executive for Good Reason), after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to Executive that specifically identifies
the manner in which Executive has not substantially performed his duties, and
Executive has not remedied such failure within a reasonable time after receipt
of such written notice; (B) a violation of UnitedHealth Group’s Principles of
Integrity and Compliance that is materially detrimental to UnitedHealth Group
and that Executive has not remedied within a reasonable time after receipt of a
written notice from UnitedHealth Group that specifically identifies such
violations; (C) the conviction of Executive of a felony; or (D) any other
willful and material breach of this Agreement by Executive that Executive has
not remedied

 

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       within a reasonable time after receipt of a written notice from
UnitedHealth Group that specifically identifies such breach. For purposes of
this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, on Executive’s part will be deemed
“willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith and
without reasonable belief that his action or omission was in the best interest
of UnitedHealth Group.

 

  3. By Executive.

 

  a. For Good Reason. Executive may terminate this Agreement and Executive’s
employment upon 30 days’ prior written notice for Good Reason. “Good Reason”
shall mean (i) a reduction in base pay or target bonus percentage, or (ii) a
requirement that Executive move the geographic location of Executive’s principal
duties more than 50 miles, or (iii) any material breach of this Agreement by
UnitedHealth Group that is not cured as provided below.

 

Executive must treat a Good Reason event as a termination of Executive’s
employment by sending written notice to UnitedHealth Group within 90 days after
Executive receives notice or otherwise is definitively informed of the event
constituting Good Reason. Executive’s written notice must specify the event(s)
Executive contends constitute Good Reason. An event will not be considered Good
Reason if Executive fails to timely send the required election notice or if
UnitedHealth Group cures the Good Reason within 30 days after receiving
Executive’s election notice. Executive’s failure to treat a Good Reason event as
an employment termination does not preclude Executive from treating a later Good
Reason event as an employment termination. The effective date of Executive’s
termination based on Good Reason will be 30 days after UnitedHealth Group
receives Executive’s written election notice.

 

  b. Voluntary Termination. Executive may terminate this Agreement and
Executive’s employment at any time with 30 days’ prior written notice.

 

  4. By Executive’s Death. This Agreement and Executive’s employment will
terminate automatically if Executive dies. The termination date will be the date
of Executive’s death.

 

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4. Severance Benefits.

 

  A. Circumstances under Which Severance Benefits Payable. Executive will be
entitled to Severance Benefits only if this Agreement and Executive’s employment
are terminated under the circumstances in Section 4.B or Section 4.C. The
Severance Benefits in this Agreement are in lieu of any payments or benefits to
which Executive otherwise might be entitled under any UnitedHealth Group
severance plan or severance program.

 

  B. Severance Benefits for Termination by UnitedHealth Group without Cause or
by Executive for Good Reason. Executive will be entitled to the following
Severance Benefits if UnitedHealth Group terminates this Agreement and
Executive’s employment without Cause under Section 3.B.1 or if Executive
terminates this Agreement and Executive’s employment for Good Reason under
Section 3.B.3.a:

 

  1. For 12 months following employment termination (the “Severance Period”),
biweekly payments equal to 1/26 of the sum of (1) Executive’s annualized base
salary as of Executive’s termination date, and (2) one-half of the total of any
bonus or incentive compensation paid or payable to Executive for the two most
recent calendar years (excluding stock option grants, Long Term Incentive Plan
payments, or any other special or one-time bonus or incentive compensation
payments), or if Executive has been eligible for such bonus or incentive
compensation payments for less than two calendar years, the last such payment
paid or payable to Executive. Such payments will be less applicable withholdings
and deductions. UnitedHealth Group may elect to pay the severance compensation
in this Section in a lump sum rather than biweekly during the Severance Period.

 

  2. If Executive is enrolled in group health, dental and life insurance
coverage on Executive’s termination date, a one-time payment equal to the
portion of the premiums that UnitedHealth Group subsidizes for employee-only
coverage for each of these benefits that Executive is enrolled in. The payment
will (a) cover the Severance Period, (b) be determined as of the date of
Executive’s termination, and (c) be less tax withholding.

 

  3. Outplacement services through an outplacement firm selected by, and in an
amount determined by, UnitedHealth Group.

 

  C. Severance Benefits for Termination following Change in Control. Executive
will be entitled to the following Severance Benefits if a Change in Control
occurs, and either of the following occurs within two years after the Change in
Control: (a) UnitedHealth Group terminates this Agreement and Executive’s
employment without Cause, or (b) a Change in

 

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       Employment occurs and Executive elects to treat such Change in Employment
as an employment termination.

 

  1. For 12 months following employment termination (the “Severance Period”)
Executive will receive biweekly payments equal to 1/26 of the sum of (1)
Executive’s highest annualized base salary during the 2 year period immediately
preceding termination and (2) the greater of (i) all bonuses that would have
been payable to Executive under any incentive compensation plans in which
Executive participates at the time of termination at Executive’s target level in
effect at the time of termination, or (ii) one-half of the total of any bonus or
incentive compensation paid or payable to Executive for the two most recent
calendar years (excluding stock option grants, Long Term Incentive Plan
payments, or any other special or one-time bonus or incentive compensation
payments), or if Executive has been eligible for such bonus or incentive
compensation payments for less than two calendar years, the last such payment
paid or payable to Executive. Such payments will be less applicable withholdings
and deductions. UnitedHealth Group may elect to pay the severance compensation
in this Section in a lump sum rather than biweekly during the Severance Period.

 

  2. If Executive is enrolled in group health, dental and life insurance
coverage on Executive’s termination date, a one-time payment equal to the
portion of the premiums that UnitedHealth Group subsidizes for employee-only
coverage for each of these benefits that Executive is enrolled in. The payment
will (a) cover the Severance Period, (b) be determined as of the date of
Executive’s termination, and (c) be less tax withholding.

 

  3. Outplacement services through an outplacement firm selected by, and in an
amount determined by, UnitedHealth Group.

 

  D. Separation Agreement and Release Required. In order to receive any
Severance Benefits under this Agreement, Executive must sign a separation
agreement and release of claims in a form determined by UnitedHealth Group in
its sole discretion.

 

  E. Definitions.

 

  1. Change in Control. A “Change in Control” means (a) the acquisition by any
person, entity or “group,” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), other than
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (“UHG”) or any UnitedHealth Group employee
benefit plan, of beneficial ownership (as defined in the Exchange Act) of 20% or

 

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       more of UHG’s common stock or the combined voting power of UHG’s
then-outstanding voting securities in a transaction or series of transactions
not approved in advance by a vote of at least three-quarters of UHG’s directors;
(b) a change in 50% or more of the directors of UHG in any 12 month period which
is not approved by at least three-quarters of the directors in office before the
first change occurred; (c) the approval by UHG’s shareholders of a
reorganization, merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of UHG or of
the sale (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or
substantially all of the assets of UHG, other than a reorganization, merger,
consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or sale approved in advance by a vote of
at least three-quarters of UHG’s directors; (d) the first purchase under any
tender offer or exchange offer (other than an offer by UHG) under which shares
of UHG common stock are purchased; or (e) a determination in the sole discretion
a majority of UHG’s directors that there has been a change of control.

 

  2. Change in Employment following Change in Control. A “Change in Employment”
occurs if, following a Change in Control, without Executive’s consent,
UnitedHealth Group (i) changes Executive’s duties materially and adversely, (ii)
reduces Executive’s salary or benefits other than in a general reduction
affecting a group of employees, (iii) gives Executive 30 days’ written notice
that it is terminating this Agreement, but not Executive’s employment, or (iv)
moves the geographic location of Executive’s principal duties more than 50
miles. An isolated, insubstantial or inadvertent action by UnitedHealth Group
will not constitute a Change in Employment.

 

Executive may elect to treat a Change in Employment as a termination of
Executive’s employment by sending written notice to UnitedHealth Group within 90
days after Executive receives notice or otherwise is definitively informed of
the event(s) constituting the Change in Employment. Executive’s written notice
must specify the event(s) Executive contends constitute a Change in Employment.
An event will not be considered a Change of Employment if Executive fails to
timely send the required election notice or if UnitedHealth Group cures the
Change in Employment within 30 days after receiving Executive’s election notice.
Executive’s failure to treat a Change in Employment as an employment termination
does not preclude Executive from treating a later Change in Employment as an
employment termination. The effective date of Executive’s termination based on a
Change in Employment will be 30 days after UnitedHealth Group receives
Executive’s written election notice.

 

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5. Property Rights, Confidentiality, Non-Disparagement, and Restrictive
Covenants.

 

  A. UnitedHealth Group’s Property.

 

  1. Assignment of Property Rights. Executive must promptly disclose in writing
to UnitedHealth Group all inventions, discoveries, processes, procedures,
methods and works of authorship, whether or not patentable or copyrightable,
that Executive alone or jointly conceives, makes, discovers, writes or creates,
during working hours or on Executive’s own time, during this Agreement’s term
(the “Works”). Executive hereby assigns to UnitedHealth Group all Executive’s
rights, including copyrights and patent rights, to all Works. Executive must
assist UnitedHealth Group as it reasonably requires to perfect, protect, and use
its rights to the Works. This provision does not apply to an invention for which
no UnitedHealth Group equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information
was used and: (1) which does not relate directly to UnitedHealth Group’s
business or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (2)
which does not result from any work performed for UnitedHealth Group.

 

  2. No Removal of Property. Executive may not remove from UnitedHealth Group’s
premises any UnitedHealth Group records, documents, data or other property, in
either original or duplicate form, except as necessary in the ordinary course of
UnitedHealth Group’s business.

 

  3. Return of Property. Executive must immediately deliver to UnitedHealth
Group, upon termination of employment, or at any other time at UnitedHealth
Group’s request, all UnitedHealth Group property, including records, documents,
data, and equipment, and all copies of any such property, including any records
or data Executive prepared during employment.

 

  B. Confidential Information. Executive will be given access to and provided
with sensitive, confidential, proprietary and trade secret information
(“Confidential Information”) in the course of Executive’s employment. Examples
of Confidential Information include: inventions; new product or marketing plans;
business strategies and plans; merger and acquisition targets; financial and
pricing information; computer programs, source codes, models and databases;
analytical models; customer lists and information; and supplier and vendor lists
and information. Executive agrees not to disclose or use Confidential
Information, either during or after Executive’s employment with UnitedHealth
Group, except as necessary to perform Executive’s UnitedHealth Group duties or
as UnitedHealth Group may consent in writing. This Agreement does not restrict
use or disclosure of publicly available information or information: (i) that
Executive obtained

 

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       from a source other than UnitedHealth Group before becoming employed by
UnitedHealth Group; or (ii) that Executive received from a source outside
UnitedHealth Group without an obligation of confidentiality.

 

  C. Non-Disparagement. Executive agrees not to criticize, make any negative
comments or otherwise disparage UnitedHealth Group or those associated with it,
whether orally, in writing or otherwise, directly or by implication, to any
person or entity, including UnitedHealth Group customers and agents.

 

  D. Restrictive Covenants. Executive agrees to the restrictive covenants in
this Section in consideration of Executive’s employment and UnitedHealth Group’s
promises in this Agreement, including providing Executive access to Confidential
Information. The restrictive covenants in this Section apply during (i) this
Agreement’s term, (ii) the Severance Period, but only if Executive is receiving
severance payments pertaining to that period, and (iii) any period following
this Agreement’s termination or expiration during which Executive remains
employed by UnitedHealth Group. Executive agrees that he/she will not, directly
or indirectly, for Executive or for any other person or entity, as agent,
employee, officer, director, consultant, owner, principal, partner or
shareholder, or in any other individual or representative capacity:

 

  1. Engage in any business competitive with UnitedHealth Group with any person
or entity who: (a) was a UnitedHealth Group provider or customer within the 12
months before Executive’s employment termination and, (b) with whom Executive
had contact to further UnitedHealth Group’s business or for whom Executive
performed services or from whom Executive received services during Executive’s
employment.

 

  2. Hire, employ, recruit or solicit any UnitedHealth Group employee or
consultant.

 

  3. Induce or influence any UnitedHealth Group employee, consultant, customer
or provider to terminate his, her or its employment or other relationship with
UnitedHealth Group.

 

  4. Engage or participate in, or in any way render services or assistance to,
any business that competes, directly or indirectly, with any UnitedHealth Group
product or service that Executive participated in, engaged in, or had
Confidential Information regarding, during Executive’s employment. Ownership of
less than 2% of the total outstanding stock or securities of a UnitedHealth
Group competitor listed on a national securities exchange is not a violation of
this Section.

 

  5. Assist anyone in any of the activities listed above.

 

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  E. Injunctive Relief. Executive agrees that (a) legal remedies (money damages)
for any breach of Section 5 will be inadequate, (b) UnitedHealth Group will
suffer immediate and irreparable harm from any such breach, and (c) UnitedHealth
Group will be entitled to injunctive relief from a court in addition to any
legal remedies UnitedHealth Group may seek in arbitration. In any litigation or
arbitration under this Section 5, the party not prevailing in the proceeding
shall bear the costs and expenses thereof, including without limitation, the
reasonable attorneys’ fees of the prevailing party.

 

  F. Survival. This Section 5 will survive this Agreement’s termination.

 

6. Miscellaneous.

 

  A. Assignment. Executive may not assign this Agreement. UnitedHealth Group may
assign this Agreement in its sole discretion. Any successor to UnitedHealth
Group will be deemed to be UnitedHealth Group under this Agreement.

 

  B. Notices. All notices under this Agreement must be hand delivered or sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, to
the party’s address below or to the party’s current address at the time of the
notice.

 

UnitedHealth Group:

 

UnitedHealth Group

   

Attn: Vice President, Employee Relations

   

MN008-T850

   

9900 Bren Road East

   

Minnetonka, MN 55343

Executive:

 

Richard Anderson

   

9522 Olympia Drive

   

Eden Prairie, MN 55347

 

  C. Terms of this Agreement Prevail Over Inconsistent Terms of Any Other
Agreement or Document; Amendment of Agreement. It is anticipated that, both at
the commencement of and during the term of his employment, Executive will
execute or be granted access to a number of agreements and other documents which
contain or will contain terms inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement,
particularly with respect to, but not limited to, the issues of termination of
employment, severance benefits, restrictive covenants, and the availability of
attorney’s fees in the event of a breach. Those agreements and documents
include, by way of illustration only and not by way of limitation, the
following:

 

  •   Employment Arbitration Policy

 

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  •   Principles of Integrity & Compliance

 

  •   Employee Handbook Acknowledgment Form

 

  •   Company Policies and Procedures posted on the internet or the Company’s
intranet, or otherwise made accessible to Executive

 

  •   Awards, Grants, or Agreements pertaining to Executive Compensation, Stock
Incentives, or other aspects of Executive’s compensation or benefits

 

It is the intention of the parties that, to the extent the terms of any plan,
award, grant, agreement, acknowledgment, or other document executed or
acknowledged by Executive, or made available to Executive by UnitedHealth Group,
regardless of the date of such execution, acknowledgment, or grant of access,
are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the latter shall govern.
UnitedHealth Group has an interest in using form documents for its employees
pertaining to such matters and maintaining uniformity in their provisions, and
the parties agree that, for purposes of convenience only, instead of modifying
each document to make it conform to the provisions of this Agreement, this
Section 6.C. shall be sufficient to effect that result. The terms of this
Agreement, including this Section 6.C., may be modified only by a
subsequently-executed Employment Agreement which both (a) explicitly identifies
this Agreement and the date of its execution, and (b)(i) identifies the
particular provisions being modified or (ii) in the event this Agreement is to
be superseded in its entirety, explicitly so provides.

 

  D. Choice of Law. Minnesota law governs this Agreement.

 

  E. Waivers. No party’s failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right
or remedy under this Agreement will be a waiver of such right or remedy, nor
will any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy preclude any other or
further exercise of such right or remedy.

 

  F. Narrowed Enforcement and Severability. If a court or arbitrator decides
that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or overbroad, the parties agree
that the court or arbitrator should narrow such provision so that it is
enforceable or, if narrowing is not possible or permissible, such provision
should be considered severed and the other provisions of this Agreement should
be unaffected.

 

  G. Dispute Resolution and Remedies. Except for injunctive relief under Section
5.E, any dispute between the parties relating to this Agreement or to
Executive’s employment will be resolved by binding arbitration under
UnitedHealth Group’s Employment Arbitration Policy, as it may be amended from
time to time. The arbitrator(s) may not vary this Agreement’s terms and must
apply applicable law.

 

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United HealthCare Services, Inc.

     

Executive

By

 

/s/ David J. Lubben

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/s/ Richard H. Anderson

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Its

 

Vice President

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Date

 

November 1, 2004

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Date

 

November 1, 2004

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