Company: ABBV
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-003537
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Company: AbbVie Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 include but are not limited to ethics and compliance matters, government and regulatory trends relevant to AbbVie’s business, political contributions, and corporate philanthropy. |   |   |                     |

Executive Committee The executive committee members are Mr. Gonzalez, chair, Ms. Austin, Mr. Freyman, Mr. Hart, Ms. Meyer, Mr. Michael, and Mr. Waddell. This committee may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of AbbVie, except for matters expressly reserved by law for Board action.

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COMMUNICATING WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with the Board of Directors by writing a letter to the Chairman of the Board, to the Lead Independent Director, or to the independent directors c/o AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, AP34, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, Attention: corporate secretary. The corporate secretary regularly forwards to the addressee all letters other than mass mailings, advertisements, and other materials not relevant to AbbVie’s business. In addition, directors regularly receive a log of all correspondence received by the company that is addressed to a member of the Board and may request any correspondence on that log.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AbbVie employees are not compensated for serving on the Board or Board committees. AbbVie’s non-employee directors are compensated for their service under the AbbVie Non-Employee Directors’ Fee Plan and the AbbVie Amended and Restated 2013 Incentive Stock Program. As described in “Committees of the Board of Directors—Compensation Committee,” director compensation is reviewed annually by the compensation committee with the independent compensation consultant, including a review of director compensation against AbbVie’s Health Care Peer Group, and a recommendation is then provided to the full Board. The following table sets forth the non-employee directors’ 2024 compensation.

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