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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): May 12, 2011



CNO Financial Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Delaware
001-31792
75-3108137
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
11825 North Pennsylvania Street
Carmel, Indiana  46032
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(317) 817-6100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.03.
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective May 12, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CNO Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Bylaws to change the number of directors to eight.  The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2.


Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of the Company’s shareholders on May 12, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s shareholders elected eight directors to serve terms expiring at next year’s annual meeting and voted on three other proposals.  The results of the voting were as follows:

Name
 
For
   
Against
   
Abstain
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
Robert C. Greving
    195,005,287         681,811         360,503         26,664,013    
R. Keith Long
    195,357,834         630,287         59,480         26,664,013    
Charles W. Murphy
    194,587,059         1,102,168         358,374         26,664,013    
C. James Prieur
    195,072,578         620,383         354,640         26,664,013    
Neal C. Schneider
    194,915,000         773,332         359,269         26,664,013    
Frederick J. Sievert
    195,005,384         682,985         359,232         26,664,013    
Michael T. Tokarz
    171,363,805         24,324,317         359,479         26,664,013    
John G. Turner
    194,116,328         1,573,182         358,091         26,664,013    

Proposal 2:
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.

For
   
Against
   
Abstain
 
    220,643,827         1,909,479         158,308  

Proposal 3:
Approval by non-binding advisory vote of executive compensation.

For
   
Against
   
Abstain
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
    174,348,005         21,374,894         324,702         26,664,013  

Proposal 4:
Approval by non-binding advisory vote of the frequency of future votes on executive compensation.

One Year
   
Two Years
   
Three Years
   
Abstain
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
  177,613,780       277,468       18,089,276       67,077       26,664,013  

In light of the voting results with respect to the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation, the Board has decided that the Company will hold an annual advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers until the next required vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of executives.  The Company is required to hold votes on frequency at least once every six years.
 
 
Item 7.01.
Regulation FD.

On May 12, 2011, the Company issued a press release to announce results of the voting at the Annual Meeting on the proposals described above and to announce that Neal C. Schneider had been selected by the Board to serve as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board.  A copy of the Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


Item 9.01(d).
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of CNO Financial Group, Inc.
99.1
Press release of CNO Financial Group, Inc. dated May 12, 2011.


 
 
 
 
 
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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
   
Date: May 12, 2011
 
 
By:
/s/ John R. Kline
 
   
John R. Kline
 
   
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
 
     







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