8-K

 

 

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): November 1, 2013

 

 

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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On November 1, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Unum Group (the “Company”) elected Theodore H. Bunting, Jr. as a director of the Company. Mr. Bunting is the Group President, Utility Operations of Entergy Corporation. Mr. Bunting has been determined by the Board to be an independent director and has been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee and the Regulatory Compliance Committee. Mr. Bunting was elected to fill a newly created position on the Board, which is now comprised of 13 members, and will serve as a Class II director with a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. A copy of the news release announcing Mr. Bunting’s election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Mr. Bunting will participate in the standard compensation arrangement for non-employee directors, including receiving a pro-rata portion of the director’s annual cash retainer and restricted stock unit award for the current board year, as described on page 20 of the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2013.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this report:

 

  99.1 News release of Unum Group dated November 4, 2013, announcing the election of a new director.

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.

 

   

Unum Group

(Registrant)

Date:     November 4, 2013     By:   /s/ Susan N. Roth
      Name:   Susan N. Roth
      Title:     Vice President, Transactions, SEC and Corporate Secretary

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    News release of Unum Group dated November 4, 2013, announcing the election of a new director.