SEC Form 5
FORM 5

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 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Goldsberry, Ronald E.     
(Last)                      (First)                      (Middle)
3290 Chestnut Drive

(Street)
Bloomfield Hills, MI     48302
(City)                      (State)                      (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker
    or Trading Symbol

UnumProvident Corporation   UNM
3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)
4. Statement for
    (Month/Year)

    December 2002

5. If Amendment,
    Date of Original
    (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

           X          Director                           10% Owner
                        Officer                             Other

Officer/Other
Description                              
7. Individual or Joint/Group
    Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X   Individual Filing
      Joint/Group Filing
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date
    (Month/Day/Year)
3. Transaction
    Code
    (Instr. 8)
 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of
    (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)



        Amount      |         A/D         |         Price          
5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned at
    End of
    Issuer's Fiscal
    Year

    (Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct(D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)
7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)
Common Stock


19,082.00 (1)
D

Common Stock


1,800.00
I
By Family Limited Partnership







If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
    (Instr. 3)
2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security
3. Transaction
    Date

    (Month/
    Day/
    Year)
 4. Transaction
    Code
 5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed (D) Of

    (Instr. 3,4 and 5)
6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
    Expiration Date(ED)
    (Month/Day/Year)





  (DE)     |     (ED)  
7. Title and Amount of
    Underlying Securities
    (Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)
 9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    at End of
    Year
    (Instr.4) 		10.
Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D)
or
Indirect
(I) 		11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)
Unum Corp Deferred Comp Plan Dividend
 1 for 1 02/15/2002
A
     (A) 37.00
@ termination | N/A
 Common Stock - 37.00 $28.90
D
Unum Corp Deferred Comp Plan Dividend
 1 for 1 05/17/2002
A
     (A) 42.00
@ termination | N/A
 Common Stock - 42.00 $25.77
D
Unum Corp Deferred Comp Plan Dividend
 1 for 1 08/16/2002
A
     (A) 48.00
@ termination | N/A
 Common Stock - 48.00 $22.29 7,404.26
D











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Form 5 (continued)
FOOTNOTE Descriptions for UnumProvident Corporation UNM

Form 5 - December 2002

Ronald E. Goldsberry
3290 Chestnut Drive

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Explanation of responses:

(1)   Includes 11,082 deferred share rights.
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