Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Dated May 25, 2006
Registration Statement No. 333-132878

 

Humana Inc.

 

Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

 

Humana Inc.

Security Description:

 

Senior Notes

Size:

 

$500,000,000

Coupon:

 

6.450%

Maturity:

 

June 1, 2016

Price to Public:

 

99.709%

Estimated Net Proceeds to Issuer after Underwriters' Discount and Offering Expenses:

 


$494,005,000

Benchmark:

 

5.125% UST due May 2016

Spread to Treasury:

 

145 bps

Yield to Maturity:

 

6.490%

Ratings:

 

Baa3 (negative) (Moody’s) / BBB (stable) (S&P) /
BBB- (stable) (Fitch)

Interest Pay Dates:

 

June 1 and December 1, commencing December 1, 2006

Optional Redemption:

 

Make-whole call @T+30 bps

Trade Date:

 

May 25, 2006

Settlement Date:

 

(T+3) May 31, 2006

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

Co-Managers:

 

Banc of America Securities LLC
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
BNY Capital Markets, Inc.
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Senior Notes and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Senior Notes if you request it by calling toll-free 1-877-858-5407.