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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 1, 2016

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 1, 2016, Unum Group completed its previously announced acquisition of H&J Capital, LLC, parent of Starmount Life Insurance Company and AlwaysCare Benefits (“Starmount”), a leading independent dental and vision benefits company headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A copy of the news release relating to the completion of the Starmount acquisition is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

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 August 1, 2016, concerning the completion of the Starmount acquisition.

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 1, 2016     By:   /s/ J. Paul Jullienne
        Name:   J. Paul Jullienne
        Title:   Vice President, Managing Counsel and Corporate Secretary


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    News release of Unum Group dated August 1, 2016, concerning the completion of the Starmount acquisition.