0000004977-21-000087.txt : 20210505 0000004977-21-000087.hdr.sgml : 20210505 20210505162031 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000004977-21-000087 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210503 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210505 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210505 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STITH MELVIN T CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001128842 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07434 FILM NUMBER: 21893631 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 BAY AVENUE, SUITE 501 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31901 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AFLAC INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000004977 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ACCIDENT & HEALTH INSURANCE [6321] IRS NUMBER: 581167100 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1932 WYNNTON RD CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31999 BUSINESS PHONE: 7063233431 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1932 WYNNTON ROAD CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31999 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FAMILY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920306 4 1 wf-form4_162024601110329.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2021-05-03 0 0000004977 AFLAC INC AFL 0001128842 STITH MELVIN T C/O AFLAC INCORPORATED 1932 WYNNTON ROAD COLUMBUS GA 31999 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2021-05-03 4 A 0 2843 0 A 45377 D Granted under the Aflac Incorporated Long-Term Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated February 14, 2017). Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney By: Brooke R. Phillips For: Melvin T. Stith 2021-05-05 EX-24 2 powerofattorney-melvintsti.htm STITH - POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brooke R. Phillips, Diana E. Broughton, and Cathryn S. Smitherman, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Aflac Incorporated (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of April, 2021.


/s/ Melvin T. Stith
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Melvin T. Stith
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