---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000004977-23-000198"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AFL"
cik: "0000004977"
company_name: "AFLAC INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:48:48.992753+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aflac CAO June Howard to retire; Robin Blackmon appointed effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- June P. Howard, SVP & Chief Accounting Officer, will retire on December 31, 2023.
- Robin Blackmon appointed as SVP & CAO effective Jan 1, 2024; previously VP & Deputy CAO since Jan 2023.
- Blackmon's initial base salary set at $400,000; eligible for 65% target annual bonus.
- Expected equity award of ~$400,000 in performance-based restricted stock granted Feb 2024, vesting over 3 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000004977-23-000198
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AFL
- cik: 0000004977
- company_name: AFLAC INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000198/0000004977-23-000198-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000198/afl-20231205.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-23-000198
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-23-000198.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004977-23-000198.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robin Blackmon was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at AFLAC INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: The Company has appointed Robin Blackmon as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000198/0000004977-23-000198-index.htm
- Executive change
  June P. Howard departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at AFLAC INC.
  - Action: will retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: Aflac Incorporated (the “Company”) was notified on December 5, 2023, that June P. Howard, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, will retire from these positions effective December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4977/000000497723000198/0000004977-23-000198-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.