AbbVie Inc. - Form 8.1 - Statement of Stock Purchase by Director

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie issued the following forms today.

                                        
            
              IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL




       
       
            DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1(a) AND (b)(i) OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013




     
       
       DEALINGS BY OFFERORS, OFFEREES OR PARTIES ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THEM FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS




       
     1.  
                KEY
                 
                INFORMATION





       
     Name of person dealing (Note 1)                                                  
       Richard Gonzalez

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     Company dealt in                                                                 
       AbbVie Inc.

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          Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)     Common shares, par value
                                                                                                $0.01 per share

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          Date
                 
                of
                 
                dealing              
       4 December 2019

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     2.  
                INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS





     
     (a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)



                                                                                Long   Short



                                                                              Number         (%) Number (%)




       
     (1) Relevant securities                                334,589 Common Shares
                                                                  (0.02%)

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          (2)
                 
                Derivatives
           (other
                 
                than
         
     options)                   N/A

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     (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell            932,154 options
                                                                  (0.06%)

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     Total                                                      1,266,743 (0.09%)

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     (b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3) N/A




       
     Class of relevant security:                                     Long   Short

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     Number       (%) Number (%)




       
     (1) Relevant securities

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          (2)
                 
                Derivatives
             
     (other
              
                than
                 
            options)

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     (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

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     Total

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                            3.  
                DEALINGS (Note 4)





              
                (a)  Purchases and sales



                     Purchase/sale 
     
                Number of relevant securities 
     
     Price per unit (Note 5)

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        Gift of common shares      
     4,000 common shares                                                    $0

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     (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)



        Product name,       
     
       Nature of transaction 
     
       Number of relevant securities 
     
       Price per unit
                   e.g.
                        CFD 
     
     (Note 6)                
     
     (Note 7)                        
     
     (Note 5)

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     (c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities





     
     (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying



        Product                                 Writing,
     
     selling,              Number
               
             of
               name,                                                                   securities                
     
           Exercise              Type,
     
     e.g.        Expiry              Option
     
     money
                   e.g.                                                to
                 
              which
                       call                                                the
                 
              option
                            option 
     purchasing,                                                                 
       price          
     American,                
     date        
     paid/received
                                   
     varying etc.                    
     relates (Note 7)                                             
     European etc.                          
     per unit (Note 5)

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                            (ii)  Exercising



        Product name,           
     
     Number of securities 
              
      Exercise price per
                   e.g.

                        call

                         option                          unit (Note 5)

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     (d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)



            Nature
       
             of
                    
       transaction 
     
     Details       Price
             
                per
     
     unit

       
     (Note 8)                              
     
     
            (if applicable) (Note 5)

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     4.  OTHER INFORMATION





       
     Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives




          Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be
           stated.

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     Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NOSQRT




       
     Date of disclosure                                                                      
     16 December 2019

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     Contact
                 
                name                                                    Steven L. Scrogham

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     Telephone
                 
                number                                              
     847-938-6166

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          Name
                 
                of
                 
            offeree/offeror
       
           with
            which
                 
                acting
                 
            in
           
       concert    
     AbbVie Inc.

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     Specify category and nature of acting in concert status                                   Director of AbbVie Inc.

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