# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001224608
**File Stem:** 0001224608-26-000057
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6104
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001224608-26-000057.hdr.sgml**: 20260513

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001224608-26-000057

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260512

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260513

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260513

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CNO Financial Group, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001224608
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE [6321]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 753108137
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-31792
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26974287

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 11299 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 200
- **CITY:** CARMEL
- **STATE:** IN
- **ZIP:** 46032
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3178176100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 11299 ILLINOIS STREET, SUITE 200
- **CITY:** CARMEL
- **STATE:** IN
- **ZIP:** 46032

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CONSECO INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20030326

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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, 2026

**CNO Financial Group, Inc.** 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **001-31792** | **75-3108137** |
| (State or Other<br>Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.) |

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**11299 Illinois 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:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | CNO | New York Stock Exchange |
| Rights to purchase Series F Junior Participating Preferred Stock |  | New York Stock Exchange |
| 5.125% Subordinated Debentures due 2060 | CNOpA | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**

On May 12, 2026, the Company held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at which the Company's shareholders voted on the three proposals noted below, each of which is further described in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2026 (the "2026 Proxy Statement"). Voting results for each proposal are set forth below.

**<u>Proposal 1</u>**

The nine nominees to serve as directors of the Company were elected, each for a one-year term expiring at the Company's 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Voting results were as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Gary C. Bhojwani | 81246371 | 206285 | 29547 | 4292819 |
| Archie M. Brown | 80925172 | 526957 | 30074 | 4292819 |
| David B. Foss | 80575917 | 876580 | 29706 | 4292819 |
| Linda T. Gibson | 81387302 | 65333 | 29568 | 4292819 |
| Adrianne B. Lee | 80925423 | 511566 | 45214 | 4292819 |
| Daniel R. Maurer | 80074756 | 1375348 | 32099 | 4292819 |
| Chetlur S. Ragavan | 81401173 | 49310 | 31720 | 4292819 |
| Steven E. Shebik | 81406630 | 45785 | 29788 | 4292819 |
| Jessica A. Turner | 80898124 | 540596 | 43483 | 4292819 |

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**<u>Proposal 2</u>**

The proposal to approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers disclosed in the 2026 Proxy Statement was approved. Voting results were as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 79,637,913 | 1,675,840 | 168,450 | 4,292,819 |

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**<u>Proposal 3</u>**

The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was approved. Voting results were as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **For** | **Against** | **Abstentions** |
| 83,949,859 | 1,766,276 | 58,887 |

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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.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| | **CNO Financial Group, Inc.** | **CNO Financial Group, Inc.** |
| Date: May 13, 2026 | By: | /s/ Joel T. Koehneman |
|  |  | Joel T. Koehneman |
|  |  | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |

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