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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
AbbVie Inc. (“AbbVie”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 6, 2022. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.
| (1) | The stockholders elected AbbVie’s Class I Directors with terms expiring in 2025, as follows: |
| Name | For | Against | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| William H. L. Burnside | 1,192,356,325 | 39,395,112 | 259,540,346 | |||
| Thomas C. Freyman | 1,197,976,130 | 33,775,307 | 259,540,346 | |||
| Brett J. Hart | 1,192,330,735 | 39,420,702 | 259,540,346 | |||
| Edward J. Rapp | 1,133,656,046 | 98,095,391 | 259,540,346 |
| (2) | The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as AbbVie’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||
| 1,478,250,755 | 9,770,581 | 3,270,447 |
| (3) | The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of AbbVie’s named executive officers listed in the proxy statement for the 2022 annual meeting, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 1,096,289,157 | 128,833,558 | 6,628,722 | 259,540,346 |
| (4) | The stockholders did not approve the management proposal regarding amendment of the certificate of incorporation to eliminate supermajority voting, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 1,218,279,066 | 8,897,735 | 4,574,636 | 259,540,346 |
| (5) | The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to adopt a policy to require an independent chair, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 371,759,169 | 854,161,715 | 5,830,553 | 259,540,346 |
| (6) | The stockholders approved a stockholder proposal to seek shareholder approval of certain termination pay arrangements, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 617,084,685 | 608,049,472 | 6,617,280 | 259,540,346 |
| (7) | The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to issue a report on board oversight of competition practices, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 404,279,676 | 810,098,505 | 17,373,256 | 259,540,346 |
| (8) | The stockholders did not approve a stockholder proposal to issue an annual report on political spending, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 484,276,406 | 740,658,343 | 6,816,668 | 259,540,346 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ABBVIE INC. | |||
| Date: | May 11, 2022 | By: | /s/ Laura J. Schumacher |
| Laura J. Schumacher | |||
| Vice Chairman, External Affairs, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary |