UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 26, 2015 (May 21, 2015)

 

 

ANTHEM, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Indiana		001-16751		35-2145715
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

120 Monument Circle

Indianapolis, IN 46204

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (317) 488-6000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Kenneth R. Goulet, Executive Vice President and President, Commercial and Specialty Business of Anthem, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company on May 21, 2015 that he will be retiring later this summer. Mr. Goulet’s retirement is due to personal reasons and not due to any disagreement or dispute with the Company. Mr. Goulet is expected to remain in his current role for the next few months in order to ensure the seamless transition of his responsibilities to his successor, to be named at a later date.

A copy of the Company’s press release announcing Mr. Goulet’s retirement is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

Section 7—Regulation FD

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 26, 2015, the Company issued a press release reaffirming its net income guidance for full year 2015 to be greater than $9.47 per share, including greater than $0.43 per share of net unfavorable items. Excluding these items, adjusted net income is expected to be greater than $9.90 per share. This guidance includes no additional net adjustment items beyond those reported in the Company’s first quarter 2015 earnings release. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

None of the information furnished in Item 7.01 or Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Unless expressly set forth by specific reference in such filings, none of the information furnished in this report shall be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.

Section 9—Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:

 

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release dated May 26, 2015.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 26, 2015

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Exhibit
99.1		Press Release dated May 26, 2015.

 

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