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

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Mar 30, 2020, 06:00 ET

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
Company dealt in	AbbVie Inc.
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)	Common shares, par value $0.01 per share
Date of dealing	25 March 2020

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	377,893 Common Shares (0.00025%)
(2) Derivatives (other than options)	N/A
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell	1,161,286 options (0.0008%)
Total	1,539,178 (0.00104%)

(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
	Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1) Relevant securities
(2) Derivatives (other than options)
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell
Total

3. DEALINGS (Note 4) (a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale	Number of relevant securities	Price per unit (Note 5)
Withholding of common shares to satisfy tax obligations	56,950 common shares	$0

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
Product name, e.g. CFD	Nature of transaction (Note 6)	Number of relevant securities (Note 7)	Price per unit (Note 5)

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

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction (Note 8)	Details	Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

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.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)	YES/NO√
Date of disclosure	27 March 2020
Contact name	Steven L. Scrogham
Telephone number	847-938-6166
Name of offeree/offeror with which acting in concert	AbbVie Inc.
Specify category and nature of acting in concert status	Director of AbbVie Inc.