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<CONFORMED-NAME>HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORP /DE/
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<STREET1>1 HORACE MANN PLZ
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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">UNITED STATES </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL"
SIZE="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="4">CURRENT REPORT </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Date of
Report:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>December&nbsp;8</B>, <B>2009</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5"><B>HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL"
SIZE="1">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Delaware</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(State of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(Commission File Number)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">1 Horace Mann Plaza,
Springfield, Illinois 62715-0001 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="1">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="3">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: 217-789-2500 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">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: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02:&nbsp;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Effective December&nbsp;8, 2009, the Company&#146;s Board of
Directors elected Robert Stricker to hold office as Director, until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, bringing the number of board members to ten.&nbsp;There are no special arrangements or understandings between Mr.&nbsp;Stricker and any
other persons under which he was selected to serve as a Director.&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Stricker was appointed to serve on the Board&#146;s Audit Committee and Investment and Finance Committee.</FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Mr.&nbsp;Stricker, 62,&nbsp;retired from Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. in March 2009 as Senior Vice President and Principal. Prior
to joining Shenkman, he served as Managing Director, Head of U.S. Fixed Income, Citigroup Asset Management at Citigroup, Inc. from 1994 to 2001. Mr.&nbsp;Stricker has over 35 years of experience in the financial services industry. He currently
serves on the OPEB Trust Board of the town of Greenwich, Connecticut and the Jewish Community Endowment Foundation Investment Committee in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr.&nbsp;Stricker holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. </FONT></P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">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. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">HORACE MANN EDUCATORS CORPORATION</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">/s/ Bret A. Conklin</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Senior Vice President &amp; Controller</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="justify"><FONT
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="2">Date: December&nbsp;11, 2009 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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