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 21, 2015

 

 

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.

Effective May 21, 2015, Ronald E. Goldsberry is retiring from the Board of Directors of Unum Group in accordance with the company’s bylaws, which impose a mandatory retirement age of 72.

 

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

Unum Group held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 21, 2015. Matters submitted to shareholders at the meeting and voting results were as follows:

Item 1 – Election of Directors. Shareholders elected the ten director nominees listed below for one-year terms expiring in 2016, based upon the following voting results:

 

Nominee

   For      Against      Abstained      Broker Non-Votes  

Cynthia L. Egan

     212,104,476         2,638,106         181,815         9,983,654   

Pamela H. Godwin

     190,520,083         24,222,944         181,370         9,983,654   

Timothy F. Keaney

     212,092,761         2,645,200         186,436         9,983,654   

Thomas Kinser

     212,143,849         2,592,349         188,199         9,983,654   

Gloria C. Larson

     189,145,457         25,596,062         182,878         9,983,654   

A. S. MacMillan, Jr.

     211,605,168         3,104,967         214,262         9,983,654   

Richard P. McKenney

     211,002,374         3,718,747         203,276         9,983,654   

Edward J. Muhl

     211,665,195         3,068,034         191,168         9,983,654   

William J. Ryan

     210,675,306         4,061,260         187,831         9,983,654   

Thomas R. Watjen

     209,547,648         5,192,737         184,012         9,983,654   

Also continuing as members of the Board of Directors after the meeting were: Theodore H. Bunting, Jr., E. Michael Caulfield, Kevin T. Kabat, and Ronald P. O’Hanley.

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

 

For

 

Against

   

Abstained

   

Broker Non-Votes

 
148,894,124     65,705,187        325,086        9,983,654   

Item 3 – Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Unum Group’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015, based upon the following voting results:

 

For

 

Against

   

Abstained

   

Broker Non-Votes

 
220,901,054     3,807,617        199,381        —     


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 21, 2015 By:

/s/ Susan N. Roth

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