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  0001658552
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000004977
  AFLAC INC
  001-07434
  1932 WYNNTON RD
  COLUMBUS
  GA
  31999
  7063233431
  Daniels James Todd
  Member of immediate family of any of the foregoing
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  1108
  94080.28
  577008328
  03/25/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  03/25/2024
  Option Granted - 06/26/2014
  Issuer
  N
  1108
  03/25/2024
  Cash
  Y
  The 1,108 shares sold today were sold in the account of Amy J. Barylak who is the spouse of James Todd Daniels.
  03/25/2024
  /s/ Jennifer Ruchti, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for James T. Daniels