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: April 17, 2014
HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-10890 | 37-0911756 |
| (State of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer |
| Identification No.) |
1 Horace Mann Plaza, Springfield, Illinois 62715-0001
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 217-789-2500
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| Item 8.01: | Other Events |
On April 18, 2014, Horace Mann Educators Corporation (“Horace Mann”) received notice that Mr. Charles R. Wright died on April 17, 2014. Mr. Wright began his service as a member of Horace Mann’s Board of Directors in 2007. In addition to being a member of a number of Board committees over his tenure, he was serving as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. As disclosed in Horace Mann’s recently filed Proxy Statement, Mr. Wright intended to retire from the Board in May 2014, at the end of his most recently elected term.
Mr. Gabriel L. Shaheen, Chairman of Horace Mann’s Board of Directors and a current member of the Compensation Committee, will serve as interim Chairman of the Compensation Committee until May 2014.
SIGNATURE
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.
| HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION | ||||
| By: | /s/ Bret A. Conklin | |||
| Name: | Bret A. Conklin | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President & Controller | |||
| (Principal Accounting Officer) | ||||
Date: April 21, 2014