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): May 24, 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.)

 

 

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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.

(e) On May 24, 2012, the shareholders of Unum Group (the “Company”) approved the Unum Group Stock Incentive Plan of 2012 (the “Plan”) at the annual meeting of shareholders. The Human Capital Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company had previously adopted the Plan on February 21, 2012, subject to shareholder approval. A description of the material features of the Plan is set forth on pages 14 through 24 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2012 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated herein by reference. This description of the Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, which was included as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement and is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 24, 2012. Matters submitted to shareholders at the meeting and voting results were as follows:

Item 1 – Election of Directors. The Company’s shareholders elected the four director nominees listed below for three-year terms expiring in 2015, based upon the following voting results:

 

Nominee

    For      Against      Abstained      Broker Non-Votes  

Pamela H. Godwin

      239,239,863         2,355,420         60,108         10,256,819   

Thomas Kinser

      223,846,162         17,737,034         72,194         10,256,819   

A. S. MacMillan, Jr.

      221,478,198         19,655,405         521,788         10,256,819   

Edward J. Muhl

      223,841,984         17,741,144         72,263         10,256,819   

Also continuing as directors of the Company after the meeting were: E. Michael Caulfield, Ronald E. Goldsberry, Kevin T. Kabat, Gloria C. Larson, Michael J. Passarella, William J. Ryan and Thomas R. Watjen.

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

 

For     Against     Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  171,000,051        70,059,993        595,346        10,256,819   

Item 3 – Vote on Approval of the Unum Group Stock Incentive Plan of 2012. The Company’s shareholders approved the Unum Group Stock Incentive Plan of 2012, based upon the following voting results:

 

For     Against     Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  175,887,673        64,252,931        1,514,786        10,256,819   

Item 4 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012, based upon the following voting results:

 

For     Against     Abstained     Broker Non-Votes  
  251,098,491        733,528        80,191        —     

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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

 

  10.1 Unum Group Stock Incentive Plan of 2012 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of Unum Group’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 12, 2012).

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 25, 2012     By:  

/s/ Susan N. Roth

      Name:   Susan N. Roth
      Title:   Vice President, Transactions, SEC and Corporate Secretary

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

10.1    Unum Group Stock Incentive Plan of 2012 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of Unum Group’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 12, 2012).