Unum Group — Director's Dealing 2005

May 24, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNUMPROVIDENT CORP (UNM)
CIK: 0000005513
Period of Report: 2005-05-20

Reporting Person: FOLEY JOSEPH R (Senior Vice President)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-05-20	MICP Premium Shares Dividends	$	A	1	Acquired		Common Stock (1.00)	Direct
2005-05-20	MICP Purchased Shares Dividends	$	A	3	Acquired		Common Stock (3.00)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	21514.00	Direct
Common Stock	8235.00	Indirect
Common Stock	2546.00	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This amount includes: Employee Stock Purchase Plan - 2,317 shares; Dividend Reinvestment Plan - 750 shares; restricted stock - 12,675 shares and shares owned (direct) outside of any plan - 5,772 shares.

F2: Conversion is one for one.

F3: Exercisable with the original grant to which the dividend relates.

F4: Not applicable.