UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): September 25, 2009
UNUM GROUP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-11294 | 62-1598430 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1 Fountain Square
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(423) 294-1011
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Unum Group (“Unum Group” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated September 25, 2009 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) relating to the offering and sale of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes) under an Indenture dated as of September 30, 2009 (the “Indenture”). The closing occurred on September 30, 2009. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the form of the Notes, the Indenture, and a press release concerning the offering of Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 99.1, respectively.
The Notes were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to its effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-155283) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2008 (the “Registration Statement”) and a prospectus supplement dated September 25, 2009.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report and hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement:
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated September 25, 2009 with respect to 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016, between Unum Group and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co., on behalf of themselves and the Underwriters named therein. | |
| 4.1 | Form of 7.125% Senior Note due 2016. | |
| 4.2 | Indenture for Senior Debt Securities, dated as of September 30, 2009, between Unum Group and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. | |
| 99.1 | Press release of Unum Group dated September 30, 2009, concerning offering of the Notes. | |
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.
| September 30, 2009 | UNUM GROUP | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Susan N. Roth | |||||||
| Name: | Susan N. Roth | |||||||
| Title: | Vice President, Transactions, SEC and Corporate Secretary | |||||||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated September 25, 2009 with respect to 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016, between Unum Group and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co., on behalf of themselves and the Underwriters named therein. | |
| 4.1 | Form of 7.125% Senior Note due 2016. | |
| 4.2 | Indenture for Senior Debt Securities, dated as of September 30, 2009, between Unum Group and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. | |
| 99.1 | Press release of Unum Group dated September 30, 2009, concerning offering of the Notes. | |