Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Addition of Paul R. Garcia as independent director
On November 2, 2021, the Board of Directors of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
("UnitedHealth Group" or the "Company") elected Paul R. Garcia to serve as an
independent director effective immediately. Mr. Garcia was also appointed to
serve on the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Garcia is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global
Payments Inc., a publicly traded, leading provider of electronic payment
processing services, a role he held from 1999 to 2014.
Mr. Garcia also serves as a director of Deluxe Corporation and Repay Holdings
Corporation. In the past five years, he has also served as a director of Truist
Financial Corporation, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and West Corporation.
Mr. Garcia has been recognized as a leader and innovator, including named one of
the best CEOs in America five times by Institutional Investor and recognized in
Latino Leaders Magazine in 2019 and 2020 for his service on corporate boards. He
was also the 2012 recipient of the Technology Association of Georgia's Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Mr. Garcia will receive compensation for his services as a director in
accordance with the Company's standard compensation program for non-employee
directors, which is summarized in Exhibit 10.12 to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
In accordance with the Company's customary practice, the Company is entering
into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Garcia, which
requires the Company to indemnify him against certain liabilities that may arise
as a result of his status or service as a director. The foregoing description is
qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Indemnification
Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2015.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Garcia and any other
person pursuant to which Mr. Garcia was appointed to serve on the Board of
Directors. Mr. Garcia has no direct or indirect material interest in any
transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Board Role Changes
On October 11, 2021 Michele J. Hooper was appointed Lead Independent Director
and John H. Noseworthy, M.D. was appointed Chair of the Governance Committee of
the Board of Directors.


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                                   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.

Date: November 8, 2021

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED

                      By:                   /s/ Dannette L. Smith

                                           Dannette L. Smith
                                           Secretary to the Board of Directors

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