UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Johnson, Robert B. 501 Oneida Place, NW Washington, DC 20011 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 5/6/02 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AFLAC INCORPORATED (AFL) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1)Title of Security 2)Amount of 3) 4)Nature of Securities D Indirect Beneficially or Beneficial Owned I Ownership ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 655 D Direct Table II Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative Security 2)Date Exercisable 3)Title and Amount of 4)Conver- 5)Ownership 6)Nature of and Expiration Date Securities Underlying sion or Form of Indirect (Month/Day/Year) Derivative Security exercise Derivative Beneficial price of Security Ownership Date Expira- Amount or Deri- Direct(D) Exer- tion Number of vative or cisable Date Title Shares Security Indirect(I) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (right to (1) 05/06/12 Common Stock 10,000 $29.9750 D Direct buy)Explanation of Responses: (1) The option will vest 2000 shares on 05/06/02, 2000 shares on 05/06/03, 2000 shares on 05/06/04, 2000 shares on 05/06/05, and 2000 shares on 05/06/06. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ By: Patricia A. Bell For: Robert B. Johnson DATE