secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-22-000142
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q3 net earnings $1.6B ($2.53/dil) vs $888M a year ago; adjusted EPS $1.15 down 24.8% YoY
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- Net earnings $1.6B ($2.53 diluted) benefited from $695M deferred tax release; adjusted earnings $725M ($1.15 diluted) down 29.7% YoY.
- Japan segment pretax adjusted earnings fell 19.2% in yen due to 940bps benefit ratio increase from 'deemed hospitalization'; sales up 10.2% in yen.
- U.S. segment pretax adjusted earnings down 13.7% to $309M; sales up 11.8% to $334M.
- Board declared Q4 dividend $0.40/share (payable Dec 1, record Nov 16); Q3 share repurchases $650M (11.1M shares).
- Yen headwind: average rate 137.08 vs 110.11 YoY, impacting adjusted EPS by $0.08.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497722000142/0000004977-22-000142-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497722000142/afl-20221031.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-22-000142

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