Unum Group — Director's Dealing 2006

Feb 10, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: UNUMPROVIDENT CORP (UNM)
CIK: 0000005513
Period of Report: 2006-02-08

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-02-08	Common Stock	F	8816	$20.89	Disposed	517837.00	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	11933.00	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock (33,334 shares) vested, and 8,816 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 - 160,961 shares; and shares owned (direct) outside of any plan - 356,875 shares.