AbbVie 2012 Annual Report Download - page 111

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting to Be
Held on May 6, 2013
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of AbbVie Inc. will be held at the Beechwood Hotel,
363 Plantation Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, on Monday, May 6, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. for the
following purposes:
• To elect 3 directors to hold office until the next Annual Meeting or until their successors are
elected (Item 1 on the proxy card),
• To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors of AbbVie for 2013 (Item 2 on the
proxy card),
• To vote on an advisory vote on the approval of executive compensation (Item 3 on the proxy
card),
• To determine, in an advisory vote, whether the stockholder advisory vote to approve executive
compensation should occur every one, two or three years (Item 4 on the proxy card),
• To approve the AbbVie 2013 Incentive Stock Program (Item 5 on the proxy card), and
• To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Your Vote Is Important
Please promptly vote your shares by telephone, using the Internet, or by signing and returning
your proxy in the enclosed envelope if you received a printed version.
The board of directors recommends that you vote FOR Items 1, 2, 3, and 5 on the proxy card.
The board of directors recommends that you vote for an annual (1 YEAR) frequency of the
stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation (Item 4 on the proxy card).
The close of business on March 8, 2013, has been fixed as the record date for determining the
stockholders entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
AbbVie’s 2013 Proxy Statement and 2012 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at
www.abbvieinvestor.com. If you are a registered stockholder, you may access your proxy card by either:
• Going to the following website: www.proxyvote.com, entering the information requested on your
computer screen and following the simple instructions, or
• Calling (in the United States, U.S. territories, and Canada) toll free 1-800-690-6903 on a touch-
tone telephone and following the simple instructions provided by the recorded message.
Admission to the meeting will be by admission card only. If you plan to attend, please complete
and return the reservation form in the back of these materials and an admission card will be sent to
you. Due to space limitations, reservation forms must be received before April 29, 2013. Each
admission card, along with photo identification, admits one person. A stockholder may request two
admission cards, but a guest must be accompanied by a stockholder.
By order of the board of directors.
Laura J. Schumacher
Secretary
March 15, 2013