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): May 21, 2015

 

 

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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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.

Effective May 21, 2015, Ronald E. Goldsberry is retiring from the Board of Directors of Unum Group in accordance with the company’s bylaws, which impose a mandatory retirement age of 72.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Unum Group held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 21, 2015. Matters submitted to shareholders at the meeting and voting results were as follows:

Item 1 – Election of Directors. Shareholders elected the ten director nominees listed below for one-year terms expiring in 2016, based upon the following voting results:

 

Nominee		For				Against				Abstained				Broker Non-Votes
Cynthia L. Egan			212,104,476				2,638,106				181,815				9,983,654
Pamela H. Godwin			190,520,083				24,222,944				181,370				9,983,654
Timothy F. Keaney			212,092,761				2,645,200				186,436				9,983,654
Thomas Kinser			212,143,849				2,592,349				188,199				9,983,654
Gloria C. Larson			189,145,457				25,596,062				182,878				9,983,654
A. S. MacMillan, Jr.			211,605,168				3,104,967				214,262				9,983,654
Richard P. McKenney			211,002,374				3,718,747				203,276				9,983,654
Edward J. Muhl			211,665,195				3,068,034				191,168				9,983,654
William J. Ryan			210,675,306				4,061,260				187,831				9,983,654
Thomas R. Watjen			209,547,648				5,192,737				184,012				9,983,654

Also continuing as members of the Board of Directors after the meeting were: Theodore H. Bunting, Jr., E. Michael Caulfield, Kevin T. Kabat, and Ronald P. O’Hanley.

Item 2 – Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Unum Group’s named executive officers, based upon the following voting results:

 

For		Against				Abstained				Broker Non-Votes
148,894,124			65,705,187				325,086				9,983,654

Item 3 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Unum Group’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015, based upon the following voting results:

 

For		Against				Abstained				Broker Non-Votes
220,901,054			3,807,617				199,381				—

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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.

 

				Unum Group
				(Registrant)
Date: May 21, 2015				By:		/s/ Susan N. Roth
						Name:		Susan N. Roth
						Title:		Vice President, Transactions, SEC and Corporate Secretary