Company: ABBV
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-015715
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Company: AbbVie Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-20
Form: 424B5
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 of its subsidiaries, these assets could be subject to the claims of secured creditors that are prior to your claim as a holder of Notes.

In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, the pledged assets of the Issuer would be available to satisfy obligations in respect of the secured debt before any payment could be made on the Notes. As a result, the Notes will be effectively subordinated to any secured debt that the Issuer may have to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. To the extent that such pledged assets cannot satisfy such secured debt, the holders of such debt would have a claim for any shortfall that would rank equally in right of payment with the Notes.

The Issuer may choose to redeem the Notes of any series prior to maturity.

The Issuer may redeem some or all of the Notes of any series at any time. See “ Description of Notes — Optional Redemption .” Although the Notes contain provisions designed to compensate you for the lost value of your Notes if the Issuer redeems some or all of the Notes prior to maturity, they are only an approximation of this lost value and may not adequately compensate you. Furthermore, depending on prevailing interest rates at the time of any such redemption, you may not be able to reinvest the redemption proceeds in a comparable security at an interest rate as high as the interest rate of the Notes being redeemed or at an interest rate that would otherwise compensate you for any lost value as a result of any redemption of Notes.

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### USE OF PROCEEDS
The Issuer expects the net proceeds to it from this offering will be approximately $3.97 billion (after deducting underwriting discounts and its estimated offering expenses). The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, together with cash on hand, (a) to repurchase, redeem, satisfy and discharge, defease, make a tender offer for, or otherwise repay at maturity (i) all of its 3.600% senior notes due 2025, which have a stated maturity date of May 14, 2025, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $3.750 billion, and/or (ii) all of its 3.800% senior notes due 2025, which have a stated maturity date of March 15, 2025, in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $2.890 billion, and/or (iii) all of the 3.800