| AFLAC Incorporated and Subsidiaries |
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| |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
% Change
2000-1999 |
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| For the Year: |
| (In millions) |
| |
Total revenues |
$ |
9,720 |
$ |
8,640 |
$ |
7,104 |
12.5 |
% |
| |
Pretax earnings |
1,012 |
778 |
551 |
30.1 |
|
| |
Net earnings |
687 |
571 |
487 |
20.3 |
|
|
| At Year-End: |
| (In millions) |
| |
Total investments and cash |
$ |
32,167 |
$ |
32,024 |
$ |
26,994 |
.4 |
% |
| |
Total assets |
37,232 |
37,041 |
31,222 |
.5 |
|
| |
Shareholders' equity |
4,694 |
3,868 |
3,770 |
21.3 |
|
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| Per Common Share: |
| |
Net earnings (basic) |
$ |
1.30 |
$ |
1.07 |
$ |
.91 |
21.5 |
% |
| |
Net earnings (diluted) |
1.26 |
1.04 |
.88 |
21.2 |
|
| |
Shareholders' equity |
8.87 |
7.28 |
7.09 |
21.8 |
|
| |
Cash dividends |
.167 |
.147 |
.128 |
13.6 |
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| Supplemental Data: |
| |
Operating earnings* (In millions) |
$ |
657 |
$ |
550 |
$ |
429 |
19.4 |
% |
| |
Operating earnings per share* (basic) |
1.24 |
1.03 |
.81 |
20.4 |
|
| |
Operating earnings per share* (diluted) |
1.20 |
1.00 |
.78 |
20.0 |
|
| |
Number of common shares outstanding |
529,209,956 |
531,481,632 |
531,368,068 |
|
| |
Number of registered common shareholders |
67,995 |
69,899 |
62,525 |
|
| |
Approximate number of common shareholders |
143,400 |
148,600 |
145,500 |
|
| |
Number of full-time employees |
5,278 |
4,673 |
4,345 |
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| * |
Excludes realized investment gains/losses, the benefits of Japanese tax rate reductions and provisions for the policyholder protection fund in 1998 and 1999, and a benefit from the termination of a retirement liability in 2000 |
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| Share and per-share amounts have been adjusted to reflect the two-for-one stock split payable on March 16, 2001. |
Adjusted for two-for-one stock
split payable on March 16, 2001 |
For 18 consecutive
years, AFLAC has
increased its annual
dividend. In 2000 we
paid annual cash
dividends per share
that were 13.6% higher
than in 1999.
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