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$1.34
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Aflac has increased its
annual dividend for 30
consecutive years. Total
cash dividends paid in
2012 rose 8.9% over 2011.
AFLAC’S TOTAL RETURN TO
SHAREHOLDERS
In 2012, Aflac Incorporated
marked the 30th consecutive year
the company increased its annual
dividend. Including reinvested cash
dividends, Aflac’s total return to
shareholders increased 26.4% in
2012. Aflac’s share price increased
22.8% from the 2011 year-end price
of $43.26 to the 2012 year-end price
of $53.12. This compares with a total
shareholder return of 14.6% for the
S&P Life & Health Index, 16.0% for
the S&P 500, and 10.2% for the
Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• Overthelastveyears,Aac’s
total return to shareholders,
including reinvested dividends,
was down 3.3%.
• Overthelast10years,Aac’stotal
return to shareholders, including
reinvested dividends, was 112.7%.
AFL SHAREHOLDER MIX*
Number of registered shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,200
Percentage of outstanding AFL shares owned by institutional investors . . . . . . 64%
Percentage of outstanding AFL shares owned by individual investors. . . . . . . . 36%
(includes director, employee and sales force ownership of approximately 4%)
*Approximate, as of 12/31/12
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 dividends and splits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,980 shares
Value at 12/31/12 (excluding reinvested dividends). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.0 million
Dividends paid in 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$251,893
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 3/1/13
Visit aflac.com and click on Investors to access the following:
• YourAFLshareholderaccount
• Aac’snancialinformation
• Acalendarofevents
• Dividendreinvestmentplan(DRIP)information
INVESTOR FACTS
ANNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS PAID PER SHARE
28 AFLAC INCORPORATED 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW