05/12/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/12/2026 15:02
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
AbbVie held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 8, 2026. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at that meeting.
| (1) | The stockholders elected AbbVie's Class II directors with terms expiring in 2029, as follows: |
| Name | For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||
| Jennifer L. Davis | 1,216,558,754 | 89,839,329 | 2,680,369 | 239,399,581 | |||||||
| Melody B. Meyer | 1,284,771,578 | 22,470,074 | 1,836,800 | 239,399,581 | |||||||
| Robert A. Michael | 1,221,224,370 | 85,865,852 | 1,988,230 | 239,399,581 | |||||||
| Frederick H. Waddell | 1,225,237,825 | 81,747,033 | 2,093,594 | 239,399,581 |
| (2) | The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as AbbVie's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | ||||
| 1,522,575,012 | 23,766,564 | 2,136,457 |
| (3) | The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of AbbVie's named executive officers, as follows: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||
| 1,228,615,745 | 69,336,359 | 11,126,348 | 239,399,581 |
| (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 | ||||||
| 1,290,990,023 | 14,896,119 | 3,192,310 | 239,399,581 |
| (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 | ||||||
| 515,626,009 | 787,253,970 | 6,198,473 | 239,399,581 |