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page 4 ANTHEM, INC.
Key members of our
senior leadership team
( from left to right):
front row: Larry Glasscock,
Jane Niederberger, John
Murphy, Michael Houk
second row: Keith Faller,
David Frick, Marjorie Dorr,
Caroline Matthews
third row: Mark Boxer,
Michael Smith, Samuel
Nussbaum, M.D.,
Thomas Snead
Larry C. Glasscock
Chairman, President and CEO
Fortune magazine once again recognized Anthem as one of its most admired companies in
health care. For the second consecutive year the Health Ethics Trust honored Anthem for our efforts
to conduct business ethically and with integrity; this time for our web-based ethics and compliance
training program for our 20,000 associates. In addition, Money magazine—citing our continued
growth and the potential of our merger with WellPoint—named Anthem one of its six “Best Stocks
to Own in 2004.”
While we embrace our role as a national leader in our industry, we remain focused on our local
business operations and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield tradition of service to the communities where
we live and work. Many of our ongoing community-based programs addressed key public health
issues such as diabetes, heart disease and the growing epidemic of obesity, as well as the need for
dental care.
Appropriately, continued national attention is being paid to the issue of corporate governance.
Anthem has a history of strong corporate governance and board independence; 13 of the company’s
15 board members are independent directors. I am pleased to report that your board of directors
took additional steps to ensure confidence in Anthem’s corporate governance and re-affirmed key
governance practices already in place. “Results with Integrity” is an integral part of everything we
do at Anthem. Our board, management, associates and external business partners continue to be
governed by Anthem’s Standards of Business Conduct.
As always, we believe it is important to recognize the individual and collective efforts of our board
of directors, our strong leadership team, and our 20,000 associates. In our corporate headquarters,
regional locations and in communities large and small, these dedicated and talented people contribute
every day to the leadership of our company, and more importantly, to the health and well-being of
our nearly 12 million members and the hundreds of communities we serve. At Anthem, improving
the health of the people we serve is more than a slogan; it is our way of life.