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24 AFLAC INCORPORATED 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11
.23
.38
.44
.55
.80
.96
1.12 1.14
$1.23
.30
Aflac has increased its
annual dividend for 29
consecutive years. Total
cash dividends paid in
2011 rose 7.9% over 2010.
AFLAC’S TOTAL RETURN
TO SHAREHOLDERS
In 2011, Aflac Incorporated marked
the 29th consecutive year the com-
pany increased its annual divi-
dend. Including reinvested cash
dividends, Aflac’s total return to
shareholders declined 21.3% in 2011.
Aflac’s share price decreased 23.3%
from the 2010 year-end price of
$56.43 to the 2011 year-end price
of $43.26. This compares with a
total return decline of 20.7% for
the S&P Life & Health Index, a 2.1%
total return for the S&P 500, and
an 8.4% return for the Dow Jones
Industrial Average.
• Over the last ve years, Aac’s
total return to shareholders,
including reinvested dividends,
was 5.8%.
• Over the last 10 years, Aac’s
total return to shareholders,
including reinvested dividends,
was 108.0%.
AFL SHAREHOLDER MIX*
Number of registered shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,700
Percentage of outstanding AFL shares owned by institutional investors . 63%
Percentage of outstanding AFL shares owned by individual investors. . . 37%
(includes director, employee and sales force ownership of approximately 4%)
*Approximate, as of 12/31/11
FIRST SHAREHOLDERS
Cost of 100 shares purchased in 1955 when Aflac was founded . . . . . .$1,110
Number of shares those 100 shares grew into
(after 28 stock splits and/or stock dividends) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,980
shares
Value at 12/31/11 (excluding dividends) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8.1 million
Dividends paid in 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$231,215
AFLAC FINANCIAL STRENGTH*
Standard & Poor’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA-
Moody’s Investors Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aa3
A.M. Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A+ (Superior)
Rating & Investment Information Inc. (R&I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA-
*Ratings as of 3/1/12
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INVESTOR FACTS
ANNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS PAID PER SHARE