UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
Washington, DC  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):    June 19, 2017 (June 15, 2017)
 
Humana Inc.
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Delaware
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
1-5975                                          61-0647538
 
(Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
500 West Main Street, Louisville, KY                          40202
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)
 
502-580-1000
 
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
 
On June 15, 2017, Humana Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of its commercial paper program to permit the issuance of commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.0 billion at any time outstanding.  Prior to this increase, the commercial paper program permitted the Company to issue commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1.0 billion at any time outstanding.  The other terms and conditions of the commercial paper program remain as previously described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2014.
 
The commercial paper notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
 
 

 
 

 

 
SIGNATURES
 
 
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.
 
 
HUMANA INC.
 
BY:     /s/   Cynthia H. Zipperle                              
              Cynthia H. Zipperle
              Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
              and Controller
 
 
 
Dated:           June 19, 2017