secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AFLAC INC (AFL)
CIK:        0000004977
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004977-23-000011
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aflac Q4 net earnings $185M on FX losses; adjusted EPS up 0.8%; dividend raised 5%
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- Net earnings $185M ($0.30 diluted) vs $1.0B ($1.57) YoY; includes $521M net investment losses driven by FX.
- Adjusted earnings $806M, adjusted EPS $1.29 (+0.8%); revenue $4.0B vs $5.4B due to yen weakness.
- Aflac Japan Q4 sales +11.4% to ¥16.2B; U.S. sales +17.4% to $545M.
- Board declares Q1 dividend $0.42/share, +5% from $0.40; 40th consecutive annual increase.
- Share repurchases $600M in Q4, $2.4B full year; $116.6M remaining authorization.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000011/0000004977-23-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000011/afl-20230201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-23-000011

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