X0202 4 2007-09-28 0000850141 HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/ HMN 0001247247 HECKMAN PETER H 1 HORACE MANN PLAZA SPRINGFIELD IL 62715 0 1 0 0 EVP & Chief Financial Officer Phantom Stock Units 0 2007-09-28 4 A 0 167.95 0 A 1988-08-08 1988-08-08 Common Stock 167.95 167.95 D One-for-one. The phantom stock units are estimated based on the market price of Horace Mann Educators Corporation Common Stock and are acquired under the Horace Mann Educators Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for employees which are to be settled 100% in cash on the earlier of the reporting person's retirement date, termination date or a date certain. Rhonda R. Armstead, Attorney in Fact for Peter H. Heckman 2007-10-02