UnitedHealth Group (UNH)

Appointment of G. Mike Mikan as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Company appointed G. Mike Mikan to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective November 7, 2006. The Company expects to enter into a new employment agreement with Mr. Mikan which will be retroactive to November 7, 2006 and will file an amendment to this Form 8-K to disclose the material terms of the employment agreement within four business days of the entry into such employment agreement.

Mr. Mikan, age 35, was Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company from February 2006 to November 2006. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Company’s UnitedHealthcare division, a $35 billion operation, and as President of UnitedHealth Networks from June 2004 to February 2006. He was Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s Specialized Care Services division from 2001 to 2004, prior to which he was an executive in the Company’s corporate development group, which is responsible for its merger and acquisition activities. In his prior roles with the Company Mr. Mikan had no direct involvement with the Company’s stock option administration or accounting for stock options. Mr. Mikan has not been directly or indirectly involved in any transaction, proposed transaction, or series of similar transactions with the Company required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Mikan succeeds Patrick J. Erlandson, who resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective November 7, 2006. Mr. Erlandson, who had served as the Company’s principal financial and principal accounting officer, is transferring to an operational role within the Company as previously planned.