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 Spencer, Kathelen 314 Barschall Drive Columbus, GA 31904 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) [ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner [X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Exec. Vice President 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 86,603 D Direct Common Stock 5,627 I 401(K) Plan Common Stock 1,800 I Custodian/Childr en Common Stock 40,681 I Partnership Common Stock 110,916 I Spouse Common Stock 52,212 I Spouse Cust/Children 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 06/28/93 06/28/03 Common Stock 112,284 $4.7084 D Direct buy) Employee Stock Option (right to 02/13/96 02/13/06 Common Stock 90,004 $7.9167 D Direct buy) Employee Stock Option (right to 06/24/98 06/24/08 Common Stock 30,000 $15.0469 D Direct buy) Employee Stock Option (right to 02/08/03 02/08/10 Common Stock 30,000 $21.1563 D Direct buy) Employee Stock Option (right to 12/10/04 12/10/11 Common Stock 50,000 $25.4950 D Direct buy)Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ By: Patricia A. Bell For: Kathelen Spencer DATE