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0001075305
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000004977
AFLAC INC
001-07434
1932 WYNNTON RD
COLUMBUS
GA
31999
7063233431
RIMER BARBARA K
Director
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
18210
1241584.74
604226995
05/02/2023
NYSE
Common
05/02/2023
Option Granted 08/13/2023
Issuer
N
18210
05/02/2023
Cash
Y
05/02/2023
/s/ Lisa Gerard, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Barbara Rimer