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): July 28, 2014

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 July 28, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Unum Group (the “Company”) elected Cynthia L. Egan as a director of the Company. Ms. Egan also was appointed to serve on the Audit Committee and the Regulatory Compliance Committee of the Board. The Board has affirmatively determined that Ms. Egan is an independent director. Ms. Egan was elected to fill a newly created position on the Board, which is now comprised of 13 members, and will serve as a Class I director with a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Ms. Egan is the former President of Retirement Plan Services at T. Rowe Price Group, where she served from 2007 until her retirement in December 2012, and currently serves as a senior advisor to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She is also a director of Envestnet, Inc. A copy of the news release issued by the Company on July 29, 2014 announcing Ms. Egan’s election is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Ms. Egan 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 19 of the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2014.

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 July 29, 2014, 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: July 29, 2014	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 July 29, 2014, announcing the election of a new director.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

  1 Fountain Square Chattanooga, TN 37402 www.unum.com

.	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Contacts
	MEDIA	Jim Sabourin 423 294 6043
	INVESTORS	Tom White 423 294 8996

Unum elects Cynthia Egan to board of directors

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 29, 2014) – Unum Group (NYSE:UNM) announced today that Cynthia Egan, senior advisor to the Treasury Department and former president of retirement plan services at T. Rowe Price Group, has been elected to serve as a director of the company.

Recognized as a leader in the retirement industry for defining leading-edge solutions, Egan is currently advising senior Treasury officials on the development of “myRA”, the Treasury-sponsored program that is being created to support retirement savings for workers who are not covered by defined contribution or other structured retirement programs.

“We are very fortunate to have Cynthia join our board,” said William J. Ryan, chairman of the board of Unum Group. “She brings significant expertise in financial services and the defined contribution industry, and I am certain her perspective and experience will be a tremendous asset to Unum.”

As a Unum board member, Egan will serve on the audit and regulatory compliance committees.

Prior to her role with the U.S. Treasury Department and T. Rowe Price, Egan was a long-time member of the executive team at Fidelity Investments where she was executive vice president of Fidelity Institutional Tax-Exempt Services Company, president of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund and executive vice president of FMR Corp. Egan began her professional career at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in 1980, and, prior to joining Fidelity, worked at KPMG Peat Marwick and Bankers Trust Company.

Egan currently serves as a member of the board at Envestnet, Inc., a wealth management technology and services provider.

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UNUM IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK AND MARKETING BRAND OF UNUM GROUP AND ITS INSURING SUBSIDIARIES.

ABOUT UNUM

Unum Group (www.unum.com) is a leading provider of financial protection benefits in the United States and the United Kingdom. Its primary businesses are Unum US, Colonial Life and Unum UK. Unum’s portfolio includes disability, life, accident and critical illness coverage, which help protect millions of working people and their families in the event of an illness or injury. The company reported revenues of $10.35 billion in 2013, and provided $6.5 billion in benefits last year.

For more information visit us at www.unum.com or connect with us at www.facebook.com/unumbenefits, www.twitter.com/unumnews and www.linkedin.com/company/unum

UNUM IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK AND MARKETING BRAND OF UNUM GROUP AND ITS INSURING SUBSIDIARIES.

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