0001193125-12-358859.txt : 20120816 0001193125-12-358859.hdr.sgml : 20120816 20120816142927 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-358859 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120816 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120816 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120816 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Unum Group CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000005513 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE [6321] IRS NUMBER: 621598430 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11294 FILM NUMBER: 121039642 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE CITY: CHATTANOOGA STATE: TN ZIP: 37402 BUSINESS PHONE: 423-294-8974 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 FOUNTAIN SQUARE CITY: CHATTANOOGA STATE: TN ZIP: 37402 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNUMPROVIDENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990702 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROVIDENT COMPANIES INC /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19961204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROVIDENT LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO OF AMERICA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950407 8-K 1 d398275d8k.htm FORM 8-K FORM 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): August 16, 2012

 

 

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):

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4© under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

This current report on Form 8-K is being filed by Unum Group (the “Company”) solely for the purpose of filing a revised consent of Ernst & Young LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, to the incorporation by reference of its reports dated February 24, 2012, as further described in the consent attached hereto as Exhibit 23.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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

23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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: August 16, 2012     By:  

/s/ Susan N. Roth

    Name:   Susan N. Roth
    Title:  

Vice President, Transactions, SEC and

Corporate Secretary

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 EX-23.1 2 d398275dex231.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP <![CDATA[CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP]]>

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP,

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Unum Group

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

 

  1. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-47551, Form S-8 No. 33-88108) of Unum Group (formerly Provident Companies, Inc.) pertaining to the Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company MoneyMaker, A Long-Term 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan,

 

  2. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-40219) pertaining to:

 

  a. The Paul Revere Savings Plan

 

  b. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Stock Plan of 1994

 

  c. Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Annual Management Incentive Compensation Plan of 1994,

 

  3. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 033-62231) pertaining to the Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company Employee Stock Purchase Plan of 1995,

 

  4. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-81669) pertaining to:

 

  a. Provident Companies, Inc. Stock Plan of 1999

 

  b. Provident Companies, Inc. Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan of 1998

 

  c. Employee Stock Option Plan of 1998

 

  d. Amended and Restated Annual Management Incentive Compensation Plan of 1994,

 

  5. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-81969) pertaining to:

 

  a. UnumProvident Corporation 1987 Executive Stock Option Plan

 

  b. UnumProvident Corporation 1990 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan

 

  c. UnumProvident Corporation 1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan

 

  d. UnumProvident Corporation 1998 Goals Stock Option Plan,

 

  6. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-85882) pertaining to:

 

  a. UnumProvident Corporation Stock Plan of 1999

 

  b. UnumProvident Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan (as amended on February 15, 2002)

 

  c. UnumProvident Corporation Broad-Based Stock Plan of 2001 (as amended on February 8, 2001)

 

  d. UnumProvident Corporation Broad-Based Stock Plan of 2002

 

  e. UnumProvident Corporation Employee Stock Option Plan,

 

  7. Shelf Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-100953) and the related Registration Statement (No. 333-104926) filed under Rule 462(b),

 

  8. Shelf Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-115485),

 

  9. Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-121758),

 

  10. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-123422) of Unum Group (formerly UnumProvident Corporation) pertaining to:

 

  a. UnumProvident Corporation Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

  b. UnumProvident Corporation Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan of 2004,

 

  11. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-145400) of Unum Group pertaining to the Unum Group Stock Incentive Plan of 2007,

 

  12. Registration Statement (Form S-3 ASR No. 333-177892), and

 

  13. Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-158885) of Unum Group pertaining to the Unum Limited Savings-Related Share Option Scheme of 2008

of our reports dated February 24, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Unum Group and subsidiaries and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Unum Group and subsidiaries, included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Chattanooga, Tennessee

August 15, 2012