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$1.42
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Aflac has increased its
annual dividend for 31
consecutive years. Total
cash dividends paid in
2013 rose 6.0% over 2012.
AFLAC’S TOTAL RETURN TO
SHAREHOLDERS
2013 marked the 31st consecutive
year Aflac Incorporated increased its
annual dividend. Including reinvested
cash dividends, Aflac’s total return
to shareholders was 28.9% in 2013.
Aflac’s share price increased 25.8%
from the 2012 year-end price of
$53.12 to the 2013 year-end price of
$66.80. This compares with a total
shareholder return of 63.5% for the
S&P Life & Health Index, 32.4% for
the S&P 500, and 29.7% for the
Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Over the last five years, Aflac’s
total return to shareholders,
including reinvested dividends,
was 67.4%.
Over the last 10 years, Aflac’s
total return to shareholders,
including reinvested dividends,
was 126.0%.
AFL SHAREHOLDER MIX*
Number of registered shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,905
Percentage of outstanding AFL shares owned by institutional investors . . . . . 65%
Percentage of outstanding AFL shares owned by individual investors . . . . . . 35%
(includes director, employee and sales force ownership of approximately 4%)
*Approximate, as of 12/31/13
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 12/31/13 (excluding reinvested dividends) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12.0 million
Dividends paid in 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $266,932
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 3/1/14
Visit aflac.com and click on Investors to access the following:
Your AFL shareholder account through aflinc®
Aflac’s financial information
A calendar of events
Dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) information
INVESTOR FACTS
ANNUAL CASH
DIVIDENDS PAID
PER SHARE
32 AFLAC INCORPORATED 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW