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Company Headquarters: 120 Monument Circle Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Company History: WellPoint, Inc. was formed when WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and Anthem,Inc. merged in 2004. Anthem was the outgrowth of two Indianapolis-based corporations formed in 1944 and 1946 as mutual insurance companies, commonly known as Blue Cross of Indiana and Blue Shield of Indiana. WellPoint Health Networks Inc. was formed in 1996 through the merger of WellPoint and Blue Cross of California into a single stockholder-owned company. Trading Symbol: NYSE: WLP Position Statement: WellPoint’s mission is to improve the lives of the people it serves and the health of its communities. WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health benefits company in terms of commercial membership in the United States with medical enrollment of 34.8 million members. Through its nationwide networks, the company delivers a number of leading health benefit solutions through a broad portfolio of integrated health care plans and related services, along with a wide range of specialty products such as life and disability insurance benefits, pharmacy benefit management,dental, vision, behavioral health benefit services, as well as long term care insurance and flexible spending accounts. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, WellPoint is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut,Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as Blue Cross Blue Shield in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington,D.C.), Wisconsin; and through UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com. President and Chief Executive Officer: Angela F. Braly Number of Employees: Approximately 41,000 Business Approach: We believe health care is local, and WellPoint has the strong local presence required to understand and meet local customer needs. WellPoint is well-positioned to deliver what customers want: innovative, choice-based products; distinctive service; simplified transactions;and better access to information for quality care. WellPoint’s local presence and national expertise create opportunities for collaborative programs that reward physicians and hospitals for clinical quality and excellence. Our commitment to health improvement and care management provides added value to customers and health care professionals – helping to improve both health and health care costs for the people we serve. Organizational Structure: WellPoint’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies WellPoint’s health benefits operations include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans serving WellPoint, Inc.120 Monument Circle Indianapolis, IN 46204 members in Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin; Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans serving members in Georgia; Blue Cross of California, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield in New York. UniCare is WellPoint’s full-service health plan offered in several different regions throughout the country where the company does not have a licensed Blue plan. Offering a comprehensive array of health care plan and specialty products, UniCare preserves member choice at competitive prices. Specialty Companies WellPoint has a number of specialty companies that provide a full range of benefits and services to our health plan customers, including pharmacy benefit management, life and disability insurance benefits and dental. WellPoint also provides vision and behavioral health benefits. National Government Services is an administrator of government health benefits programs,primarily Medicare. National Government Services serves over 22.5 million people with Medicare in 26 states and 5 U.S. Territories. Other Subsidiaries WellPoint has other subsidiaries providing a variety of products and services.