Insider trade

10% owner sold ~$678K of AFL shares in the open market

Traded Aug 24, 2026 · Filed Aug 26, 2026

AflacAFL

~$678K
Reported value · 5,735 sh @ $118.18: 50.8M
Holds after · shares reported: -5.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.1%, $118.20 → $111.18 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A big owner of Aflac sold $678K of Aflac shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 24, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 26, 2026

10% ownerIndirect holding$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$677,762

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

18 days after results of Aug 6, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $118.20 on Aug 24, 2026, 12% above its 52-week low and 9% below its high, after a 4% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $105.62 (Sep 2, 2025) to $129.55 (Jul 28, 2026), 53% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $123.30 on Jul 13, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.5%	+0.3%	+1.3%
30 days	-2.6%	-0.7%	-1.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001104659-26-101232
Filed / recorded: Aug 26, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: AFLAC INC
Issuer CIK: 4977
Ticker: AFL
Reporting person: Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.
Relationship: 10% owner
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 24, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 5,735
Price per share: $118.18
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 50,778,290
Ownership form: Indirect — See footnote
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported represents the weighted average price of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $118.085 to $118.27 per share. The reporting person will provide to the Issuer, or the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.
The reported securities are held directly by J&A Alliance Holdings Corporation ("J&A Holdings"), in its capacity as the trustee of the J&A Alliance Trust (the "Trust"). General Incorporated Association J&A Alliance ("General Incorporated"), Kenji Sano and Tetsuya Numaguchi each may be deemed to beneficially own the securities held by J&A Holdings (in its capacity as trustee of the Trust) because (i) General Incorporated owns J&A Holdings and (ii) Kenji Sano and Tetsuya Numaguchi each own 50% of the equity interests in General Incorporated. Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Japan Post") may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of common stock owned directly by J&A Holdings, in its capacity as the trustee of the Trust, due to its role as the sole settlor and beneficiary of the Trust. Each of General Incorporated, Kenji Sano, Tetsuya Numaguchi and Japan Post expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.