Unum Group — Director's Dealing 2006

May 31, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNUMPROVIDENT CORP (UNM)
CIK: 0000005513
Period of Report: 2006-05-26

Reporting Person: WATJEN THOMAS R (Director, President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-05-26	Common Stock	F	22362	$17.69	Disposed	620475.00	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	11931.00	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock (61,350 shares) vested, and 22,362 shares of common stock were withheld in payment of taxes due on vesting.

F2: This amount includes: Employee Stock Purchase Plan - 1 share; restricted stock - 224,611 shares; and shares owned (direct) outside of any plan - 395,863 shares.