---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004977-23-000194"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AFL"
cik: "0000004977"
company_name: "AFLAC INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T00:33:44.665885+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aflac appoints CEO Daniel P. Amos as President effective Jan 1, 2024; bylaws amended

## Summary
- Daniel P. Amos, current Chairman and CEO, appointed President of Aflac effective January 1, 2024.
- Mr. Amos retains roles as Chairman and CEO; compensation details incorporated by reference from 2023 proxy.
- Board amended and restated Bylaws to remove Article IX regarding Emeritus Directors.
- Full text of amended Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004977-23-000194
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AFL
- cik: 0000004977
- company_name: AFLAC INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000194/0000004977-23-000194-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000194/afl-20231116.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-23-000194.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-23-000194.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel P. Amos was appointed as President at AFLAC INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On November 16, 2023, Aflac Incorporated (the “Company”) appointed Daniel P. Amos President of the Company, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000194/0000004977-23-000194-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  AFLAC INC: Amended and restated Bylaws to remove Article IX Emeritus Directors (effective 2023-11-16).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-11-16
  source text: On November 16, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors amended and restated the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (as so amended and restated, the “Bylaws”) to, among other things, remove “Article IX Emeritus Directors”.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000194/0000004977-23-000194-index.htm

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