secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-22-000121
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q2 2022 net earnings $1.4B ($2.16/diluted); adjusted earnings down 8.2% to $1.46/diluted
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- Total revenues $5.4B, down 2.9% YoY; net earnings up 25.6% to $1.4B.
- Adjusted earnings $939M ($1.46/diluted), down 13.1% from $1.1B; yen headwind of $0.09 per share.
- Aflac Japan net earned premiums in yen fell 4.2% to ¥313.2B; pretax adjusted profit margin up to 27.4%.
- Aflac U.S. sales increased 15.6% to $305M; pretax adjusted earnings fell 15.5% to $349M.
- Board declared $0.40 quarterly dividend, payable Sept 1, 2022; $650M used to repurchase 11.2M shares in Q2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497722000121/0000004977-22-000121-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497722000121/afl-20220801.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-22-000121

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