Registration No.33-31270 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------- UNUM CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 01-0405657 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 2211 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04122 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) UNUM EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST and COLONIAL COMPANIES, INC. SECURITY SAVER PLAN (Full title of plans) ---------- Kevin J. Tierney, Senior Vice President and Secretary UNUM CORPORATION 2211 Congress Street Portland, Maine 04122 (Name and address of agent for service) (207) 770-2211 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-31270; INCORPORATION OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 33-60124 BY REFERENCE Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 33-31270, relating to the UNUM Employees Retirement Savings Plan and Trust (the "UNUM Plan"), was originally filed October 4, 1989 and subsequently amended October 23, 1989. Such Registration Statement as so amended (this "Registration Statement") is hereby further amended for the following purposes: 1. Pursuant to Rule 429, to include the Colonial Companies, Inc. Security Saver Plan (the "Colonial Plan") within this Registration Statement. Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 33-60124, originally filed March 26, 1993 (the "Colonial Registration Statement"), is hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, subject to the amended information set forth below. 2. To include certain material amendments to the UNUM Plan and the Colonial Plan as exhibits to this Registration Statement. Effective January 1, 1997, the Colonial Plan will be merged with the UNUM Plan, and the separate existence of the Colonial Plan will thereby terminate as of such date. The UNUM Plan will continue in existence following the merger, as set forth in the amended and restated UNUM Employees Retirement Savings Plan, filed herewith. 3. To delete the UNUM Plan prospectus previously filed as Part I of this Registration Statement. Prospectus materials are being distributed to persons eligible to participate in the UNUM Plan but, as currently permitted by Form S-8, such materials are not being filed herewith. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT With regard to the UNUM Plan, Part II of this Registration Statement is amended to include the information set forth below. With regard to the Colonial Plan, no amendment is made to Part II of Registration Statement No. 33-60124. Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference: 1. The Annual Report of UNUM Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995. 2. All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since December 31, 1995. 3. The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. The UNUM Plan hereby incorporates by reference its Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 1995. All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, in the case of the UNUM Plan, all documents subsequently filed by such plan pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein by the Company (or the UNUM Plan, as the case may be) and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. See Item 6 of the Registration Statement 33-60124, incorporated herein by reference. Item 8. Exhibits. See the attached Index to Exhibits. Item 9. Undertakings. See Item 9 of Registration Statement No. 33-60124, incorporated herein by reference. SIGNATURES THE REGISTRANT. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, State of Maine, on December 19, 1996. UNUM CORPORATION By: /s/ James F. Orr III James F. Orr III, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ James F. Orr III Chairman of the Board, December 19, 1996 James F. Orr III President, and Chief Executive Officer /s/ Robert W. Crispin Executive Vice December 19, 1996 Robert W. Crispin President and Chief Financial Officer /s/ Stephen D. Roberts Vice President and December 19, 1996 Stephen D. Roberts Corporate Controller * Director December 13, 1996 Gayle O. Averyt * Director December 13, 1996 Robert E. Dillon, Jr. * Director December 13, 1996 Gwain H. Gillespie * Director December 13, 1996 Ronald E. Goldsberry Donald W. Harward Director * Director December 13, 1996 George J. Mitchell Director Cynthia A. Montgomery * Director December 13, 1996 James L. Moody, Jr. * Director December 13, 1996 Lawrence R. Pugh * Director December 13, 1996 Lois Dickson Rice * Director December 13, 1996 John W. Rowe * John-Paul DeRosa, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the person indicated above pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such person and filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement. /s/ John-Paul DeRosa John-Paul DeRosa Assistant Secretary Attorney-in-Fact Dated: December 20, 1996 THE PLANS. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each Plan has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Portland, State of Maine, on the date(s) indicated. UNUM EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST By: * Eileen C. Farrar, Trustee Date: December 17, 1996 COLONIAL COMPANIES, INC. SECURITY SAVER PLAN By: * Paul H. Clifton, Jr. Member of the Retirement Committee Date: December 16, 1996 * John-Paul DeRosa, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the person indicated above pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such person and filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement. /s/ John-Paul DeRosa John-Paul DeRosa Assistant Secretary Attorney-in-Fact Dated: December 20, 1996 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Number Description Method of Filing 4.1 UNUM Employees Retirement Savings Filed herewith Plan and Trust, as amended and restated effective January 1, 1994 4.1A First Amendment to UNUM Employees Filed herewith Retirement Savings Plan and Trust, effective September 15, 1995 4.1B Second Amendment to UNUM Employees Filed herewith Retirement Savings Plan and Trust, effective September 15, 1995 4.1C Amended and Restated Trust Filed herewith Agreement for the UNUM Plan, effective October 1, 1995 4.1D First Amendment to the Trust Filed herewith Agreement Under the UNUM Employees Retirement Savings Plan and Trust and the Duncanson& Holt, Inc. Employee Profit Participation and Savings Plan 4.1E Form of UNUM Employees Retirement Filed herewith Savings Plan, amended and restated effective January 1, 1997 4.2 Colonial Companies, Inc. Security Filed as Exhibit Saver Plan 4 to Statement No. 33-60124 and incorporated herein by reference 4.3 Certificate of Incorporation of Filed as Exhibit UNUM Corporation, as amended 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 25, 1992 and incorporated herein by reference 4.4 By-laws of UNUM Corporation Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K dated March 25, 1992 and incorporated herein by reference 4.5 Rights Agreement, dated as of Filed as Exhibit March 13, 1992, between UNUM 4 to Corporation and First Chicago the Registrant's Trust Company of New York, as Current Rights Agent Report on Form 8-K March 18, 1992 and incorporated herein by reference 4.5A First Amendment to Rights Filed as Exhibit Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2 to the 1996 Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-A dated June 21, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference 5 Opinion of Counsel regarding the Filed as Exhibit UNUM Plan 5 to Registration Statement No. 33-31270 and incorporated herein by reference 15 Acknowledgment of Independent Filed herewith Accountants 23.1 Consent of Independent Filed herewith Accountants 23.2 Consent of Counsel Included in Exhibit 5 24 Powers of Attorney Filed herewith