secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-21-000142
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q3 adjusted EPS $1.53, up 10.1%; dividend raised 17.9% to $0.33
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- Q3 net earnings $888M ($1.32 diluted) vs $2.5B ($3.44) last year, which included a $1.4B tax benefit.
- Adjusted earnings rose 3.7% to $1.0B; adjusted EPS up 10.1% to $1.53.
- Revenue fell 7.6% to $5.2B, driven by weaker yen and lower Japan premiums.
- Japan pretax adjusted earnings +35.8% in yen; U.S. pretax adjusted earnings +8.8%.
- Board declared Q4 dividend $0.33/share, up 17.9% YoY; 39th consecutive annual increase.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497721000142/0000004977-21-000142-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497721000142/afl-20211027.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-21-000142

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