UNITED STATES
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Current Report
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 21, 2020, Unum Group, a Delaware corporation (“Unum Group” or the “Company”), announced that it had completed an offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”).
The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated May 18, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), and issued by the Company under an Indenture dated as of August 23, 2012. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the form of the Notes, the opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, special counsel to the Company, relating to the validity of the Notes, and a news release concerning the offering of Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 5.1 and 99.1, respectively.
The Notes were offered and sold under the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220106) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company has filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement, dated May 18, 2020, together with the accompanying base prospectus, dated August 22, 2017, relating to the offer and sale of the Notes.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report:
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.
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| Date: May 21, 2020 |
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/s/ J. Paul Jullienne | ||||
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J. Paul Jullienne | |||||
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Vice President, Managing Counsel, and Corporate Secretary | |||||