0001224608-12-000047.txt : 20120521 0001224608-12-000047.hdr.sgml : 20120521 20120521092216 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001224608-12-000047 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120518 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20120521 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120521 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CNO Financial Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001224608 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE [6321] IRS NUMBER: 753108137 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31792 FILM NUMBER: 12857139 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11825 N PENNSYLVANIA ST CITY: CARMEL STATE: IN ZIP: 46032 BUSINESS PHONE: 3178176100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11825 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET CITY: CARMEL STATE: IN ZIP: 46032 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONSECO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030326 8-K 1 form8-klitigationupdate.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K Litigation update





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 18, 2012



CNO Financial Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
001-31792
75-3108137
(State or Other
 Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
11825 North Pennsylvania Street
Carmel, Indiana  46032
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
(317) 817-6100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
 
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:

o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





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Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 18, 2012, the judge in the litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as Daniel B. Nicholas, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. Conseco Life Insurance Company, Cause No.12cv845 (the “Nicholas case”) approved the motion to intervene and approved the motion to transfer venue to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which motions had been filed by the plaintiff in the litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California as Celedonia X. Yue, M. D. on behalf of the class of all others similarly situated, and on behalf of the General Public v. Conseco Life Insurance Company, Cause No. CV11-9506 AHM (SHx). As disclosed in the Form 8-K filed by CNO Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) on April 20, 2012 and in the Form 10-Q filed on May 4, 2012, Conseco Life Insurance Company (“Conseco Life”), a subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a preliminary settlement with the plaintiff in the Nicholas case. The preliminary settlement remains subject to court approval. Conseco Life is considering whether to appeal the approval of the motions to intervene and to transfer venue to the California court.



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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.

 
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
 
 
 Date: May 21, 2012
 
 
 
By:
 
 
/s/ John R. Kline
 
 
 
John R. Kline
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
 




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