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):

 

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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.