AbbVie Inc. - Form 8.1 - Dealings By Offerors, Offerees Or Parties Acting In Concert With Them For Themselves Or For Discretionary Clients

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --

                                                                          
            
              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)                                                                                                 
            Edward Liddy

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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                                                                     
            31 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                                                                                   22,669 (0.002%)

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          (2)
                 
                Derivatives
                 
                (other
               than
                 
                options)                                                              25,118 (0.002%)

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     (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell                                                                           N/A

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     Total                                                                                                     47,787 (0.003%)

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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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                (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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        Stock equivalent unit                         Director fee credit to stock equivalent unit account                                             426                      $76.19

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     (c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities





       
     (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying




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


       
     e.g.
                 
                call
                 
                option

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     (ii) Exercising


                    Product name,
                      e.g. call option 
     
     Number of securities 
     
     Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

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




          Nature
                 
                of                                               Price
        
       per
                 
         unit
           
                transaction                                                               
     
       (if applicable) (Note 5)
                       (Note 8)                       
              
                Details

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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                                                                             
       2 April 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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