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Exhibit 10.20
SECOND AMENDMENT
TO THE
COVENTRY CORPORATION
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement made as of February
26, 1997, HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc. ("HealthAmerica") sold to Allegheny
Health Education and Research Foundation ("AHERF") all the business, operations
and assets of certain medical centers (the "HealthAmerica Medical Operations")
and in connection with such sale, certain employees of HealthAmerica and Penn
Group Medical Associates, P.A. ("PGMA") became employees of AHERF but continued
to perform the same services for AHERF in connection with the HealthAmerica
Medical Operations purchased by AHERF that they provided for HealthAmerica and
PGMA prior to the sale and PGMA was no longer controlled by Coventry or its
subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement made as of March 12,
1997, Group Health Plan, Inc. ("GHP") sold to BJC Health System ("BJC") certain
assets relating to a staff model medical practice at various medical centers
(the "GHP Medical Operations") and in connection with such sale, certain
employees of GHP became employees of BJC but continued to perform the same
services for BJC in connection with the GHP Medical Operations purchased by BJC
that they provided for GHP prior to the sale; and
WHEREAS, Coventry and its subsidiaries and The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Trust
Company adopted a Revised Agreement of Adoption for the Trust under the Coventry
Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "Trust") to confirm the
allocation of the assets held in the Trust subsequent to such sales and the
administration of the Coventry Supplemental
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Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP") following such sales and pursuant to such
Agreement it was confirmed that, for purposes of determining the vesting
percentage under Section 4.3 of the SERP for the Participants described above,
service with AHERF following the AHERF sale or service with BJC following the
BJC sale, as applicable, were to be taken into account in determining Years of
Service under the Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed appropriate to fully vest those Participants
described above as of the date of the AHERF sale or the BJC sale, as applicable,
regardless of the number of Years of Service at the time of the transfer of
employment and Section 9.1 of the SERP provides for its amendment with the
approval of the Board of Directors of Coventry Corporation;
NOW, THEREFORE, The Coventry Corporation Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan is hereby amended, as follows:
Section 4.3 is amended to add a new sentence at the end thereof to
provide as follows:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant (i) who became an employee
of Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation in connection
with its purchase of all the business operations and assets of certain
medical offices of HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc. pursuant to an
Asset Purchase Agreement made as of February 26, 1997 but continued to
perform the same services for the purchaser following such sale or (ii)
who became an employee of BJC Health System in connection with the sale
of certain assets relating to a staff model medical practice at various
medical centers pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement made as of
March __, 1997 and who continued to perform the same services for the
purchaser following such sale shall be 100% vested in the account
balance of his Deferred Compensation Account attributable to Employer
Matching Contributions upon his ceasing to be an Employee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Coventry Corporation has caused this Second
Amendment to the Coventry Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan to
be executed by its duly authorized officers this 15th day of July, 1997.
COVENTRY CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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ATTEST:
/s/ ▇. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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