Aflac Incorporated

05/10/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/10/2024 04:01

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders - Form 8-K

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Aflac Incorporated (the "Company") was held on May 6, 2024. Matters submitted to the shareholders and voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company's Proxy Statement, are as follows:
(1) Election of 10 members to the board of directors;
(2) Approval of a non-binding advisory proposal on compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement; and
(3) Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2024.

The shareholders approved proposals (1), (2) and (3).

The total number of shares of the Company's Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting was 575,408,110, of which 91,187,460 directly registered shares were entitled to ten votes per share and 46,191,885 shares held in "street" or "nominee" name exercised ten votes per share. The total number of voting rights represented at the meeting was 1,811,822,215.

The shares owned by J&A Alliance Trust (the "Trust") represented, in aggregate, 20% of the total voting power of the Company's Common Stock. The Shareholders Agreement, entered into on February 28, 2019, by the Company, Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., J&A Alliance Holdings Corporation, solely in its capacity as trustee of the Trust, and General Incorporated Association J&A Alliance, provides voting restrictions that require the Trust to vote (i) all shares representing voting rights in excess of 20% of the voting rights in the Company and (ii) all of its shares in connection with a change in control transaction, in each case, in a manner proportionally equal to votes of shares not beneficially owned by the Trust. For more information about the forgoing, please see the Company's Proxy Statement.

The following is a summary of the votes cast, as well as the number of abstention and broker non-votes, as to each proposal, including a separate tabulation with respect to each nominee for director.
VOTES
For Against Abstentions Broker
Non-Votes
(1) Election of 10 members to the board of directors:
Daniel P. Amos 1,357,787,312 26,623,962 4,611,266 84,878,383
W. Paul Bowers 1,373,615,402 13,827,826 1,579,312 84,878,383
Arthur R. Collins 1,382,163,858 5,189,419 1,669,263 84,878,383
Miwako Hosoda 1,384,138,009 3,514,012 1,370,519 84,878,383
Thomas J. Kenny 1,384,279,214 3,068,240 1,675,086 84,878,383
Georgette D. Kiser 1,366,287,674 21,116,904 1,617,962 84,878,383
Karole F. Lloyd 1,381,893,306 5,803,151 1,326,083 84,878,383
Nobuchika Mori 1,383,298,524 4,122,746 1,601,270 84,878,383
Joseph L. Moskowitz 1,369,842,342 17,527,215 1,652,983 84,878,383
Katherine T. Rohrer 1,365,795,595 21,629,346 1,597,599 84,878,383
(2) Non-binding advisory proposal on executive compensation 1,334,880,494 49,689,770 4,452,276 84,878,383
(3) Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2024
1,433,001,691 39,149,079 1,750,153 0



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