Unum Group — Director's Dealing 2005

Feb 22, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNUMPROVIDENT CORP (UNM)
CIK: 0000005513
Period of Report: 2005-02-18

Reporting Person: BEST ROBERT O (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-02-18	Common Stock	A	18150	$17.45	Acquired	90477.00	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3681.00	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Grant of restricted stock which vests on February 18, 2007.

F2: Includes 38,112 shares of restricted stock; 4,551 shares in the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan; 193 shares in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan; and 47,621 shares owned outside of any plan.