---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000005513-23-000139"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UNM"
cik: "0000005513"
company_name: "Unum Group"
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:33:54.896906+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Unum shareholders re-elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; Kevin T. Kabat received 17.3M against votes (~10.2% of shares voted).
- Advisory vote to approve executive compensation passed with 150.9M for, 8.7M against (~94.5% of votes cast).
- Shareholders favored annual say-on-pay frequency (150.3M votes for 1 year); Board adopts annual frequency.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for 2023 with 170.2M for (97.1% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000005513-23-000139
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UNM
- cik: 0000005513
- company_name: Unum Group
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000139/0000005513-23-000139-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000139/unm-20230525.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000005513-23-000139.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Unum Group shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023, based upon the following voting results:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000139/0000005513-23-000139-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Unum Group shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Shareholders elected the eleven director nominees listed below for one-year terms expiring in 2024, based upon the following voting results:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000139/0000005513-23-000139-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Unum Group shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, based upon the following voting results:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000139/0000005513-23-000139-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Unum Group shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-25
  source text: Shareholders voted, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of holding future advisory votes to approve executive compensation as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstained Broker Non-Votes 150,323,671 357,351 9,137,549 250,662 15,111,620
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/5513/000000551323000139/0000005513-23-000139-index.htm

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