Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Aflac Incorporated's common stock is principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AFL. Aflac Incorporated's stock is also listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under designator 8686.

Stock Split

On February 13, 2018, the Board of Directors of the Parent Company declared a two-for-one stock split of the Company’s common stock in the form of a 100% stock dividend payable on March 16, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 2, 2018. The stock split was payable in the form of one additional common stock share for every share of common stock held. All equity and share-based data, including the number of shares outstanding and per share amounts, have been adjusted to reflect the stock split for all periods presented in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Holders

As of February 12, 2019, there were 86,621 holders of record of the Company's common stock.

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares the five-year performance of the Company's common stock to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500) and the Standard & Poor's Life and Health Insurance Index (S&P Life and Health). The Standard & Poor's Life and Health Insurance Index includes: Aflac Incorporated, Brighthouse Financial Inc., Lincoln National Corporation, MetLife Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Torchmark Corporation and Unum Group.

Performance Graphic Index

December 31,



	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Aflac Incorporated	100.00	93.72	94.20	112.20	144.74	153.73
S&P 500	100.00	113.69	115.26	129.05	157.22	150.33
S&P Life & Health Insurance	100.00	101.95	95.51	119.26	138.85	110.01

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we repurchased shares of Aflac common stock as follows:



Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased			Average Price Paid Per Share			Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
January 1 - January 31		2,370,284			$	44.31		2,370,284		95,626,488
February 1 - February 28		2,349,600			44.70			2,349,600		93,276,888
March 1 - March 31		1,937,161			44.49			1,920,400		91,356,488
April 1 - April 30		2,082,500			44.62			2,082,500		89,273,988
May 1 - May 31		2,558,472			45.17			2,542,900		86,731,088
June 1 - June 30		2,175,100			44.99			2,175,100		84,555,988
July 1 - July 31		2,008,123			43.52			1,994,900		82,561,088
August 1 - August 31		2,358,317			46.64			2,352,500		80,208,588
September 1 - September 30		2,668,990			47.20			2,654,401		77,554,187
October 1 - October 31		2,817,600			44.78			2,817,600		74,736,587
November 1 - November 30		2,337,607			44.44			2,336,400		72,400,187
December 1 - December 31		3,382,043			44.03			3,352,300		69,047,887
Total		29,045,797	(1)		$	44.93		28,948,885		69,047,887

(1)During the year ended December 31, 2018, 96,912 shares were purchased in connection with income tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of restricted-share-based awards during the period.

As of December 31, 2018, a remaining balance of 69.0 million shares of the Company's common stock was available for purchase under share repurchase authorizations by its Board of Directors.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

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