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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - CNO Financial Group, Inc.exhibit991-05092012shareho.htm
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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 9, 2012



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:

o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


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

Effective May 9, 2012, 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 nine. 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 9, 2012 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company's shareholders elected nine 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:

Proposal 1:
Election of Directors

Name
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
Edward J. Bonach
 
191,652,551

 
626,104

 
151,993

 
16,099,554

Ellyn L. Brown
 
191,355,941

 
922,458

 
152,249

 
16,099,554

Robert C. Greving
 
191,347,812

 
930,252

 
152,584

 
16,099,554

R. Keith Long
 
191,517,713

 
809,825

 
103,110

 
16,099,554

Charles W. Murphy
 
191,382,672

 
884,905

 
163,071

 
16,099,554

Neal C. Schneider
 
188,741,809

 
3,534,680

 
154,159

 
16,099,554

Frederick J. Sievert
 
189,006,751

 
3,265,634

 
158,263

 
16,099,554

Michael T. Tokarz
 
169,674,419

 
22,603,111

 
153,118

 
16,099,554

John G. Turner
 
188,889,839

 
3,389,458

 
151,351

 
16,099,554


Proposal 2:
Approval of Adoption of the Amended and Restated Section 382 Shareholders Rights Plan.

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
178,556,364

 
13,740,655

 
133,629

 
16,099,554


Proposal 3:
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
207,633,981

 
753,675

 
142,546


Proposal 4:
Approval by non-binding advisory vote of executive compensation.

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
189,637,358

 
1,029,067

 
1,764,223

 
16,099,554



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Item 7.01.
Regulation FD.

On May 9, 2012, the Company issued a press release to announce results of the voting at the Annual Meeting on the proposals described above. 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 9, 2012.




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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 9, 2012
 
 
 
By:
 
 
/s/ John R. Kline
 
 
 
John R. Kline
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
 



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