Unum Group — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 28, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: Unum Group (UNM)
CIK: 0000005513
Period of Report: 2012-02-24

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-24	Common Stock	F	34533	$23.18	Disposed	959717	Direct
2012-02-24	Common Stock	F	12118	$23.18	Disposed	947599	Direct
2012-02-24	Common Stock	M	34621.019	—	Acquired	982220	Direct
2012-02-24	Common Stock	D	34621.019	$23.18	Disposed	947599	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-24	Restricted Stock Units	$	M	34621.019	Disposed		Common Stock (34621.019)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	12935.833	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligation applicable to the vesting of 98,665.290 stock-settled RSUs (as defined in footnote (2) below).

F2: Includes 237,832 restricted stock units, which may be settled, on a 1-for-1 basis, only in shares of common stock ("stock-settled RSUs"), and 721,885 shares of common stock. Fractional amounts have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

F3: Shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligation applicable to the vesting of 34,621.019 stock-settled RSUs.

F4: Includes 203,211 stock-settled RSUs and 744,388 shares of common stock. Fractional amounts have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

F5: Includes 203,211 stock-settled RSUs and 779,009 shares of common stock. Fractional amounts have been rounded to the nearest whole number.

F6: The restricted stock units may be settled solely in cash ("cash-settled RSUs"). Each cash-settled RSU is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock of the issuer.

F7: Represents the portion of the cash-settled RSUs granted on February 25, 2010 (the "2010 cash-settled RSUs") that vested on February 25, 2012, including a total of 1,1309.019 dividend equivalent rights accrued thereon.

F8: The 2010 cash-settled RSUs vest in three equal annual installments beginning on February 25, 2011. Vested units are to be settled within 30 days after the vesting date.

F9: Beneficial ownership amount accounts for the exempt acquisitions of a total of 1,211.180 dividend equivalent rights on the 2010 cash-settled RSUs pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends after February 25, 2011. The rights accrued when and as dividends were paid on shares underlying the 2010 cash-settled RSUs and became vested proportionately with and subject to settlement upon the same terms as the 2010 cash-settled RSUs to which they related. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one share of common stock of the issuer.