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EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - CNO Financial Group, Inc.exhibit991-03032014clic.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): March 3, 2014



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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 
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Item 7.01.
Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 3, 2014, CNO Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its agreement to sell Conseco Life Insurance Company (“CLIC”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The press release also announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has increased the quarterly cash dividend on its common stock to six cents per share. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The press release is furnished and not filed, pursuant to Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.
 
The slide presentation that is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2, which is incorporated herein by reference, will be presented at CNO's conference call on March 3, 2014 to discuss its agreement to sell CLIC and may be used by CNO in various other presentations to investors. The slide presentation is furnished and not filed, pursuant to Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.


Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)
Not applicable
(b)
Not applicable
(c)
Not applicable
(d)
Exhibits

The following materials are furnished as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
 
99.1- Press Release, dated March 3, 2014, related to the sale of CLIC.

99.2- Slide presentation to be presented at the Company’s conference call on March 3, 2014.



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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: March 3, 2014
 
 
By:
/s/ John R. Kline
 
 
 
John R. Kline
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
 
 


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