UNUM GROUP (NYSE:UNM) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item 5.03
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change
in Fiscal Year. |
(the Company) adopted amendments to the Companys Amended and
Restated Bylaws (the Bylaws) primarily to provide shareholders
with the right to call special meetings.
shareholders to request that the Company call a special meeting
of shareholders, provided that the requesting shareholder(s) own
in the aggregate not less than 25% of the Companys outstanding
shares of capital stock entitled to vote on the item(s) of
business to be brought before the proposed special meeting, and
that the other requirements specified in the Bylaws, as amended,
are satisfied. This section was also amended to enable the Lead
Independent Director to call a special meeting.
Sections 1, 4, and 7 of Article IV to clarify that the position
of Chairman of the Board of the Directors is not an officer
position. In addition, certain technical and non-substantive
amendments were made in various sections of the Bylaws, including
in Article I, Section 1 to provide that the Companys registered
office shall be as set forth in the Companys Certificate of
Incorporation.
qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Bylaws, as amended, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits.
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The following exhibit is filed with this report:
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3.1
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Unum Group, effective
March 29, 2017. |
About UNUM GROUP (NYSE:UNM)
Unum Group is a provider of disability insurance products in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Company provides a portfolio of other insurance products, including employer and employee paid group benefits, life insurance and other related services. Its segments are Unum US, Unum UK, Colonial Life, Closed Block and Corporate. The Unum US segment includes group long-term and short-term disability insurance, group life and accidental death and dismemberment products, and supplemental and voluntary lines of business. The Unum UK segment includes insurance for group long-term disability, group life, and supplemental lines of business, which include individual disability and critical illness products. The Colonial Life segment includes insurance for accident, sickness, and disability products, life products, and cancer and critical illness products. The Closed Block segment consists of individual disability, group and individual long-term care, and other insurance products. UNUM GROUP (NYSE:UNM) Recent Trading Information
UNUM GROUP (NYSE:UNM) closed its last trading session down -0.08 at 46.06 with 1,139,165 shares trading hands.