Unum Group — Director's Dealing 2005

Feb 9, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNUMPROVIDENT CORP (UNM)
CIK: 0000005513
Period of Report: 2005-02-08

Reporting Person: COPELAND F DEAN (Sr EVP/Gen Counsl/Chief Admn)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-02-08	Common Stock	F	3363	$17.18	Disposed	146167.00	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2407.00	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock (10,000 shares) vested, and 3,363 shares of common stock were withheld in payment of taxes due on vesting.

F2: This amount includes: Employee Stock Purchase Plan - 544 shares; restricted stock - 61,782 shares; and shares owned (direct) outside of any plan - 83,841 shares.