AbbVie 2012 Annual Report Download - page 181

Householding of Proxy Materials
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules that permit companies and
intermediaries (such as brokers or banks) to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements with
respect to two or more security holders sharing the same address by delivering a single Notice or proxy
statement addressed to those security holders. This process, which is commonly referred to as
‘‘householding,’’ potentially provides extra convenience for security holders and cost savings for
companies.
Several brokers and banks with accountholders who are AbbVie stockholders will be
‘‘householding’’ our proxy materials. As indicated in the notice provided by these brokers to AbbVie
stockholders, a single proxy statement will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address
unless contrary instructions have been received from an affected stockholder. Once you have received
notice from your broker that it will be ‘‘householding’’ communications to your address, ‘‘householding’’
will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no
longer wish to participate in ‘‘householding’’ and you prefer to receive a separate proxy statement,
please notify your broker or contact Broadridge Financial Solutions 1-800-542-1061, email:
[email protected], or write us at Investor Relations, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road,
North Chicago, Illinois 60064. Stockholders who currently receive multiple copies of the proxy
statement at their address and would like to request ‘‘householding’’ of their communications should
contact their broker or bank.
General
It is important that proxies be returned promptly. Stockholders are urged, regardless of the
number of shares of AbbVie common stock owned, to vote. Stockholders may vote by telephone, the
Internet, or by mail if a printed version of the proxy card was received or requested. Stockholders who
vote by telephone or the Internet do not need to return a proxy card.
The Annual Meeting will be held at the Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation Street, Worcester,
Massachusetts 01605. Admission to the meeting will be by admission card only. A stockholder planning
to attend the meeting should promptly complete and return the reservation form. Reservation forms
must be received before April 29, 2013. An admission card admits only 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
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