---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000005513-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNM"
cik: "0000005513"
company_name: "Unum Group"
filed_at: "2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T10:41:27.986898+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unum Group amends Bylaws to align with Delaware law and address proxy solicitations

## Summary
- Board adopted amendments to Bylaws effective March 4, 2023.
- Amendments allow adjournment of stockholder meetings without notice per Delaware law.
- White proxy card reserved for exclusive use by the Company; stockholder list inspection requirement removed.
- Bylaws updated to address compliance with Rule 14a-19 for stockholder nominee solicitations.
- Other technical and non-substantive amendments also made.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000005513-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNM
- cik: 0000005513
- company_name: Unum Group
- filed_at: 2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000070/0000005513-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000070/unm-20230304.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-23-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Unum Group: Amended Bylaws to adjourn stockholder meetings without notice, reserve white proxy card for Company use, remove stockholder list inspection requirement, and address Rule 14a-19 compliance for stockholder nominees (effective 2023-03-04).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-03-04
  source text: On March 4, 2023, the Board of Directors of Unum Group (the “Company”) adopted amendments to the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000070/0000005513-23-000070-index.htm

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