Item 8.01. Other Events.

Unum Group ("Unum Group" or the "Company"), a Delaware corporation, entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated September 25, 2009 (the "Underwriting Agreement") relating to the offering and sale of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "Notes) under an Indenture dated as of September 30, 2009 (the "Indenture"). The closing occurred on September 30, 2009. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the form of the Notes, the Indenture, and a press release concerning the offering of Notes are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2 and 99.1, respectively.

The Notes were offered and sold by the Company pursuant to its effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-155283) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2008 (the "Registration Statement") and a prospectus supplement dated September 25, 2009.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report and hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement:

1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated September 25, 2009 with respect to 7.125% Senior Notes due 2016, between Unum Group and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co., on behalf of themselves and the Underwriters named therein.

4.1 Form of 7.125% Senior Note due 2016.

4.2 Indenture for Senior Debt Securities, dated as of September 30, 2009, between Unum Group and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

99.1 Press release of Unum Group dated September 30, 2009, concerning offering of the Notes.

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