Current Report
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  
November 1, 2002
 
UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
Delaware
  
1-11834
  
62-1598430
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
1 Fountain Square
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(423) 755-1011
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 
Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
 
 
(c)
 
Exhibits.
 
99.1    Press Release of the Registrant dated November 1, 2002
 
Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On November 1, 2002, UnumProvident Corporation issued a press release announcing its intention to file a Form S-3 shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information included or incorporated in this report, including Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall such information and exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
UNUMPROVIDENT CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
         
Date:  November 1, 2002
          
/s/    F. DEAN COPELAND        
               
F. Dean Copeland
Senior Executive Vice President
and General Counsel

 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
EXHIBITS
     
99.1
   
Press Release of the Registrant dated November 1, 2002.