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PROXY STATEMENT
Table of Contents
Proxy Statement Summary ............................................................... 1
Information about the Annual Meeting ...................................................... 5
Who Can Vote ...................................................................... 5
Notice and Access ................................................................... 5
Voting by Proxy ..................................................................... 5
Revoking a Proxy .................................................................... 5
Discretionary Voting Authority ........................................................... 5
Quorum and Vote Required to Approve Each Item on the Proxy .................................... 6
Effect of Broker Non-Votes and Abstentions .................................................. 6
Inspectors of Election ................................................................. 6
Cost of Soliciting Proxies ............................................................... 6
AbbVie Savings Plan .................................................................. 6
Corporate Governance Materials .......................................................... 6
Information Concerning Director Nominees (Item 1) ............................................. 7
The Board of Directors and its Committees ................................................... 11
Communicating with the Board of Directors .................................................. 14
Director Compensation ................................................................. 15
Securities Ownership ................................................................... 17
Executive Compensation ................................................................ 19
Compensation Discussion and Analysis ..................................................... 19
Compensation Committee Report ......................................................... 32
Compensation Risk Assessment .......................................................... 32
Summary Compensation Table ........................................................... 33
2014 Grants of Plan-Based Awards ........................................................ 37
2014 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End ............................................ 38
2014 Option Exercises and Stock Vested .................................................... 40
Pension Benefits .................................................................... 40
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation ...................................................... 44
Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control ....................................... 44
Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as AbbVie’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Item 2) ......... 48
Audit Information ..................................................................... 49
Audit Committee Report ................................................................ 50
Say on Pay—Advisory Vote on the Approval of Executive Compensation (Item 3) ........................ 51
Additional Information ................................................................. 52