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

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie issued the following form 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                      
     25 March 2020

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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 (%)

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                (1) Relevant securities                                                                                             377,893 Common Shares
                                                                                                                                                 (0.00025%)

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

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                (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell                                                                         1,161,286 options
                                                                                                                                                 (0.0008%)

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                Total                                                                                                                1,539,178 (0.00104%)

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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 (%)

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                (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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               Withholding of common
                shares to satisfy tax
                obligations                    
              56,950 common shares                                                   $0

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     (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

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          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 unit (Note 5)
                     e.g.


                          call


                           option

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


            Nature
                 
                of               
              
                Details       Price
             
                per
                   transaction                                                                       unit

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

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                4. OTHER INFORMATION

         Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

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        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                                                                                                              
              27 March 2020

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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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