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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unum (NYSE: UNM) will provide up to $200,000 in financial support for the Haitian earthquake relief effort through a direct corporate contribution and expansion of its U.S. Matching Gifts Program.

"Beyond offering up our thoughts and prayers, one of the best ways we can help in a tragedy like this is through financial assistance of the Haitian relief efforts," CEO and President Tom Watjen said.

The company will divide $100,000 between the American Red Cross, the British Red Cross and Partners in Health, the largest health care provider in rural Haiti. In addition, Unum is offering a two-for-one match for employee donations of $50 or more to the American Red Cross, Partners in Health, Doctors Without Borders and Save the Children. The company has committed up to $100,000 to this expanded matching gifts effort.

"The agencies we have chosen for our financial contributions are among those best suited to provide swift and streamlined aid in disaster areas," Watjen said.

Unum has a proud heritage of philanthropic giving and volunteering in our communities throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. The company and its employees have supported significant national and international humanitarian relief efforts as well, including aid following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Southeast Asian tsunami in 2004.

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