Unum Group — Director's Dealing 2005

Nov 15, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNUMPROVIDENT CORP (UNM)
CIK: 0000005513
Period of Report: 2005-11-11

Reporting Person: MADEJA PETER C (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-11-11	Common Stock	M	25000	$13.72	Acquired	86573.00	Direct
2005-11-11	Common Stock	S	600	$21.51	Disposed	85973.00	Direct
2005-11-11	Common Stock	S	19800	$21.52	Disposed	66173.00	Direct
2005-11-11	Common Stock	S	4500	$21.53	Disposed	61673.00	Direct
2005-11-11	Common Stock	S	100	$21.54	Disposed	61573.00	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-11-11	Employee Stock Options (right to buy)	$13.72	M	25000	Disposed	2010-02-25	Common Stock (25000.00)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4526.00	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This amount includes: Employee Stock Purchase Plan - 6,219 shares; restricted stock - 34,337 shares; and shares held outside of any plan - 21,017 shares.