secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-21-000117
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q2 net earnings $1.1B ($1.62 diluted EPS), adjusted EPS $1.59, up 24% YoY; declares $0.33 dividend
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- Net earnings $1.1B ($1.62 diluted EPS) vs $805M ($1.12) YoY; adjusted EPS $1.59, +24.2% YoY.
- Japan segment: premium income down 3.8% (yen), but pretax adjusted earnings up 22.0% (yen) due to lower benefits and higher investment income.
- U.S. segment: net premium down 3.4%, pretax adjusted earnings down 3.1% to $413M; sales up 64.1% in quarter.
- Board declared Q3 dividend $0.33 per share (unchanged from Q2, up from $0.28 a year ago); payable Sept 1, record Aug 18.
- Repurchased $500M of common shares in Q2; $76.5M remaining authorized for repurchase.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497721000117/0000004977-21-000117-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497721000117/afl-20210728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-21-000117

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