---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000005513-23-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNM"
cik: "0000005513"
company_name: "Unum Group"
filed_at: "2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T00:08:09.204561+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Francis J. Shammo to leave Unum Board after 2023 Annual Meeting

## Summary
- Shammo notified Unum on Feb 21, 2023 he will not stand for re-election.
- Departure is at conclusion of his current term; no disagreement cited.
- No replacement named; Board size will decrease by one.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000005513-23-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNM
- cik: 0000005513
- company_name: Unum Group
- filed_at: 2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000042/0000005513-23-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000042/unm-20230221.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-23-000042
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-23-000042.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-23-000042.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Francis J. Shammo departed as Director at Unum Group.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 21, 2023, Francis J. Shammo notified Unum Group (the “Company”) that he would not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and would leave the Board at the conclusion of his current term.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000042/0000005513-23-000042-index.htm

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