11-K 1 tm2119960d1_11k.htm FORM 11-K

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

(Mark One)

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

 

OR

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                      to

 

Commission File Number 001-35565

 

A.Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

ABBVIE SAVINGS PROGRAM

 

B.Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

AbbVie Inc.

1 North Waukegan Road

North Chicago, IL 60064

 

 

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE WITH

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

ABBVIE SAVINGS PLAN

DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

 

CONTENTS 

 

  Page
   
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 1
   
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
   
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS 3
   
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS 4
   
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 5
   
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE  
   
SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) 16

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Plan Participants and the Plan Administrator of the AbbVie Savings Plan

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the AbbVie Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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Supplemental Schedule

 

The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2020, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The information in the supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the information, we evaluated whether such information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2018.

 

Chicago, Illinois

June 21, 2021

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AbbVie Savings Plan

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

December 31, 2020 and 2019

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

   2020   2019 
Assets          
Cash  $225   $3,261 
Investments, at fair value   6,927,771    5,719,399 
Employer contributions receivable   8,160    8,302 
Notes receivable from participants   43,029    45,721 
Accrued interest and dividend income   740    458 
Due from brokers   498    1,802 
           
Total assets   6,980,423    5,778,943 
           
Liabilities          
Other liabilities   -    5,870 
Accrued administrative expenses   107    82 
Due to brokers   401    2,350 
           
Total liabilities   508    8,302 
           
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS  $6,979,915   $5,770,641 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

Year ended December 31, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Additions    
Contributions    
Employer  $103,432 
Participant   210,856 
Rollovers   29,651 
      
Total contributions   343,939 
      
Investment income     
Net appreciation in fair value of investments   1,066,501 
Interest and dividends   101,732 
      
Net investment income   1,168,233 
      
Interest income on notes receivable from participants   1,967 
      
Total additions   1,514,139 
      
Deductions     
Benefits paid to participants   304,437 
Other expenses   428 
      
Total deductions   304,865 
      
NET INCREASE   1,209,274 
      
Net assets available for benefits     
Beginning of year   5,770,641 
      
End of year  $6,979,915 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

 

The following description of the AbbVie Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

General

 

In general, United States employees of AbbVie Inc. (“AbbVie”) and selected participating subsidiaries and affiliates may, after meeting certain employment requirements, voluntarily participate in the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended.

 

Alight Solutions serves as the recordkeeper of the Plan. The Northern Trust Company (“Custodian” and “Trustee”) serves as the custodian and trustee.

 

Contributions and Vesting

 

Contributions to the Plan are paid to the AbbVie Savings Plan Trust (“Trust”). The Trust is administered by the Trustee and an investment committee comprised of AbbVie employees (the “Committee”).

 

Employees are eligible to make contributions immediately following their date of hire. Eligible employees electing to participate may contribute from 2% to 50% of their eligible earnings to the Trust. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year and who are making the maximum pretax contributions are eligible to make catch-up contributions. The Plan also permits Roth 401(k) after-tax contributions and a Roth 401(k) conversion feature. Participants may choose to make their contributions from pretax earnings, after-tax earnings or both. The pretax contributions are a pay conversion feature, which is a salary deferral option under the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). All the contributions are subject to certain limitations of the IRC. Participant contributions may be invested in any of the investment options offered by the Plan.

 

Employer contributions to the Plan are made each payroll period based on the participating employees’ eligible earnings. The amount of the employer contribution is determined by the Board of Directors of AbbVie and, for the year ended December 31, 2020, was 5% of the participant’s eligible earnings if the employee elected to contribute at least 2% to the Plan. Employer contributions are invested each pay period according to the employee’s investment elections.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN - Continued

 

Contributions and Vesting - Continued

 

The Plan offers a variety of investment options, including AbbVie common shares. AbbVie was established by the January 1, 2013 separation of Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) into two publicly traded companies. The separation was a tax-free distribution where Abbott shareholders received one share of AbbVie stock for every share of Abbott held as of the close of business on December 12, 2012, the record date for the distribution. Effective January 1, 2013, AbbVie participants may no longer make new contributions or transfer new money to purchase Abbott stock in the Plan; however, they may continue to hold Abbott stock in their Plan accounts.

 

Cash dividends on shares of AbbVie common shares are (1) paid in cash to the participants or beneficiaries, (2) paid to the Plan and distributed in cash to participants or beneficiaries no later than 90 days after the close of the Plan’s year in which paid or (3) paid to the Plan and credited to the applicable accounts in which shares are held, as elected by each participant or beneficiary in accordance with rules established by the plan administrator.

 

Participants are at all times fully vested in their own contributions and earnings thereon. Vesting in employer contributions and earnings thereon is based on the following vesting schedule:

 

   Vesting 
Service  percentage 
Less than two years   0%
Two years or more   100%

 

Non-vested portions of employer contributions and earnings thereon are forfeited as of an employee’s termination date. Forfeitures are used to (1) restore any forfeitures of participants who returned to service with AbbVie within a given period of time, (2) pay Plan expenses and (3) reduce future employer contributions if terminated participants do not return to service within the given period of time. In 2020, forfeitures reduced AbbVie’s contributions by approximately $699,000. Approximately $296,900 and $60,600 of forfeitures were available at the end of 2020 and 2019, respectively. 

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN - Continued

 

Distributions

 

Following retirement, termination or death, participants or their beneficiaries receive distributions in cash and/or AbbVie common shares and may receive them in installments, lump sums or, at their election, annuity insurance contracts for certain account balances, as defined (as these contracts are allocated to the respective participants, they are not recorded as assets of the Plan), or direct rollovers, as applicable. Also, upon retirement, participants may elect to defer distribution to a future date but, after termination of employment, distribution must be made or commence by the 1st of April following the year the participant reaches age 72 (or 70 ½ if the participant turned 70 ½ before January 1, 2020). Interest, dividends and other earnings will continue to accrue on such deferred amounts. In-service withdrawals are available in certain circumstances as defined by the Plan. The Plan also permits hardship withdrawals for participants who meet the criteria outlined in the Plan document.

 

In response to the pandemic outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the United States Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) to provide expanded access to retirement plan accounts. In response, during 2020, the Plan implemented provisions under the CARES Act related to distributions for those participants who qualified under the CARES Act.

 

Administrative Expenses

 

Participants are charged transaction fees for loan and withdrawal processing and commissions on purchases and sales of AbbVie shares and sales of Abbott stock. Investment fees for mutual funds, collective trusts, and managed accounts are charged against the net assets of the respective fund. AbbVie pays other record-keeping and administration fees, where applicable. Expenses paid by AbbVie are excluded from these financial statements.

 

Participant Accounts

 

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and AbbVie’s contributions and allocations of plan earnings, and is charged with any transaction fees or commissions incurred by the participant. Plan earnings are allocated based on the participant’s share of net earnings or losses of their respective elected investment options. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN - Continued

 

Notes Receivable from Participants

 

Participants may convert their pretax accounts into one or two loans to themselves. The borrowing may not exceed the lesser of the current market value of the assets allocated to their pretax accounts or 50% of all of their Plan accounts up to $50,000, subject to Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) limitations and restrictions. Participants pay interest on such borrowings at the prime rate in effect at the time the participant loan is made. Loans must be repaid within five years (or by the employee’s anticipated retirement date, if sooner) unless the loan is used for the purchase of the primary residence of the employee, in which case the repayment period can be extended to a period of fifteen years (or until the employee’s anticipated retirement date, if sooner). Repayment is made through periodic payroll deductions but a loan may be repaid in a lump sum at any time. For employees terminating employment with AbbVie during the repayment period, the balance of the outstanding loan is netted from their Plan distribution.

 

During 2020, the Plan implemented provisions under the CARES Act related to deferred loan repayments for those participants who qualified under the CARES Act.

 

 

 

NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Accounting

 

The financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

 

Investment Valuation

 

Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Plan uses the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value of investments:

 

Common stock, mutual funds and collective trust funds - Valued at the published net asset value (“NAV”) or market price per share.

 

Certificates of deposit and repurchase agreements - Valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value given the instruments’ short duration of less than 130 days.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Investment Valuation – Continued

 

U.S. government securities and corporate debt - Valued using pricing models maximizing the use of observable inputs for similar securities. This includes basing value on yields currently available on comparable securities of issuers with similar credit ratings. When quoted prices are not available for identical or similar bonds, the bond is valued under a discounted cash flows approach that maximizes observable inputs, such as current yields of similar instruments, but includes adjustments for certain risks that may not be observable, such as credit and liquidity risks or a broker quote if available.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

The fair value hierarchy under the accounting standard for fair value measurements consists of the following three levels:

 

Level 1 – Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets that the company has the ability to access;

Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in the market; and

Level 3 – Valuations using significant inputs that are unobservable in the market and include the use of judgment by the company’s management about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

 

The following tables set forth the fair value hierarchy levels of the Plan’s assets at fair value at December 31, (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Investment Valuation – Continued

 

 

 

Notes Receivable from Participants

 

Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

Investment Income Recognition

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net realized and unrealized appreciation/depreciation is recorded in the accompanying statement of changes in net assets available for benefits as net appreciation in fair value of investments.

 

Payment of Benefits

 

Benefits are recorded when paid.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE C – INVESTMENTS

 

A summary of AbbVie common share data as of December 31, is presented below:

 

   2020   2019 
AbbVie common shares, 12,683,760 and 12,760,892 shares, respectively, (dollars in thousands)  $1,359,065   $1,129,849 
Market value per share  $107.15   $88.54 

 

In general, the investments provided by the Plan are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participant accounts and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

 

 

 

NOTE D - RELATED-PARTY AND PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

 

The Plan holds units of a collective trust fund managed by the Trustee for the Plan. The Plan also invests in the common stock of AbbVie. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions; however, they are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules under ERISA. During 2020, the Plan received $60.5 million in common stock dividends from AbbVie.

 

Participants pay fees to the recordkeeper for loan and withdrawal transaction processing and also pay commissions on purchases and sales of AbbVie shares and sales of Abbott stock. These transactions qualify as permitted party-in-interest transactions.

 

 

 

NOTE E - PLAN TERMINATION

 

The Plan may be terminated at any time by AbbVie upon written notice to the Trustee and Board of Review, and will be terminated if AbbVie completely discontinues its contributions under the Plan. All participants’ account balances are fully vested upon Plan termination. Upon termination of the Plan, distributions of each participant’s share in the Trust, as determined by the terms of the Plan, will be made to each participant. At the present time, AbbVie has no intention of terminating the Plan. 

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE F - TAX STATUS

 

The Plan has received a determination letter from the IRS dated August 20, 2018, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the IRC, and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the IRS, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC to maintain its qualified status. The plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believes the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS or other applicable taxing authorities. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.

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AbbVie Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE G – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

AbbVie has evaluated subsequent events and other than disclosed below, there were no subsequent events that require recognition or additional disclosure in these financial statements.

 

Effective April 1, 2021, Empower Retirement replaced Alight Solutions as the recordkeeper and Great West Trust Company, LLC replaced The Northern Trust Company as the custodian and trustee. 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

AbbVie Savings Plan

EIN: 320375147, Plan Number: 001

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

December 31, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Identity of party involved/      Current 
description of asset/ rate/ maturity  Cost (a)   value 
*ABBVIE INC., common shares     $1,359,065 
           
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, common shares        534,468 
           
Mutual funds          
AMERICAN FUNDS EUROPACIFIC GROWTH        292,886 
AMERICAN FUNDS THE GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA        651,015 
AMERICAN FUNDS WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND        185,639 
DIAMOND HILL SMALL/MID CAP FUND        106,651 
GMO GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION  SERIES FUND        146,416 
JPMORGAN CORE BOND FUND        395,712 
PIMCO ALL ASSET FUND        73,928 
PIMCO SHORT-TERM PORTFOLIO INSTITUTIONAL        18,729 
           
Collective trust funds          
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2020 SERIES FUND        94,936 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2025 SERIES FUND        182,121 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2030 SERIES FUND        173,985 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2035 SERIES FUND        141,457 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2040 SERIES FUND        121,875 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2045 SERIES FUND        86,177 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2050 SERIES FUND        59,913 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2055 SERIES FUND        23,110 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT 2060 SERIES FUND        13,793 
SSGA TARGET RETIREMENT INCOME SERIES FUND        44,112 
VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL 500 INDEX TRUST        958,016 
VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL EXTENDED MARKET TRUST        529,116 
VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK INDEX FUND        383,886 
*NORTHERN TRUST COLLECTIVE SHORT TERM INVESTMENT FUND        1,537 
           
Certificates of Deposit          
CREDIT SUISSE AG N Y VAR RT .415789% DUE 01-15-2021        4,000 
           
U.S. Government Securities          
FEDERAL FARM CR BKS FLTG RT 01-19-2021        10,000 
FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP FRN 06-04-2021        15,206 
FNMA FLT RT 01-24-2022        16,048 
FNMA FLTG RT DUE 05-06-2022        10,026 
UNITED STATES TREAS BILLS 0% 04-01-2021        14,797 
UNITED STATES TREAS BILLS 0% DUE 05-13-2021        14,896 
UNITED STATES TREAS BILLS 02-25-2021        48,495 
UNITED STATES TREAS BILLS 04-08-2021        2,500 
UNITED STATES TREAS BILLS DUE 01-14-2021        13,000 
WI UNITED STATES 0% TREAS BILLS DUE 04-22-2021        18,995 
           
Corporate Debt          
AGENCE FRANC DEV FR SNR EMTN 06/21        4,002 
ALLY AUTO 2.34% DUE 07-15-2022        240 
CITIBANK N A FLTG 07-23-2021        702 
DEXIA CREDIT LOCAL 2.875% GTD SNR  29/01/22        514 

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AbbVie Savings Plan

EIN: 320375147, Plan Number: 001

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

Identity of party involved/      Current 
description of asset/ rate/ maturity  Cost (a)   value 
Corporate Debt - continued        
DEXIA CREDIT LOCAL EMTN 25/01/21        2,403 
ERSTE ABWICKLUNGS IDX/LKD EMTN 04/03/2022        2,261 
EXPORT DEV CANADA FRN SNR 06/2021        10,998 
EXPORT DEV CANADA FRN SNR 11/2021        7,029 
EXPORT IMPORT BK KOREA NT FLTG RATE ADJ RT 01-25-2022 REG        704 
FORD CR AUTO LEASE FIXED 2.22% DUE 10-15-2022        3,028 
GM FINANCIAL SECURITIZED TERM SER 19-3 CL A2A 2.23% DUE 08-16-2022        415 
GM FINL AUTOMOBILE LEASING TR SER 20-1 CL A2B FLTG DUE 04-20-2022        885 
HSH PORTFOLIO FRN SNR 11/2021        7,018 
KOMMUNALBANKEN AS FLTG 15/04/2021        12,401 
KOMMUNALBANKEN AS FR SNR 02/22        1,001 
KOMMUNALBANKEN AS FR SNR 03/21        2,224 
KOMMUNALBANKEN AS FR SNR 09/21        1,001 
KOMMUNEKREDIT 2.5% SNR EMTN 14/04/22        3,087 
KOMMUNINVEST I SVE 1% EMTN 01/03/21        16,569 
KOREA DEV BK NT FLTG RATE ADJ RT 10-01-2022        702 
KOREA DEVEL BANK FRN SNR MTN 10/22        3,030 
KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO LTD 4.75% NOTES SR REG S DUE 07-13-2021        2,249 
LANDWIRT RENTENBK FRN SNR EMTN 01/22        1,049 
L-BANK BW FOERDBK 2.375% GTD SNR  16/04/21        12,075 
L-BANK BW FOERDBK FRN SNR 09/21        9,007 
LLOYDS BK PLC NT FLTG DUE 05-07-2021        2,003 
NED WATERSCHAPSBK FR SNR 12/21        6,003 
NED.FINANCE IDX/LKD EMTN 07/09/2021        9,001 
NISSAN AUTO LEASE FIXED 1.8% DUE 05-16-2022        2,283 
NORDRH-WESTFALEN FRN SNR 08/2021        5,003 
NORDRH-WESTFALEN FRN SNR 10/2021        9,010 
NRW BANK FRN SNR 02/21        13,002 
NRW BANK FRN SNR 02/22        4,004 
NRW BANK FRN SNR 03/2021        7,001 
NRW BANK FRN SNR 12/21        3,016 
NTT FINANCE CORP 1.9% SNR EMTN 21/07/21        806 
QNB FINANCE LTD FRN 31/05/21        702 
SANTANDER UK PLC NT FLTG DUE 06-01-2021        301 
TEMASEK FINL I LTD 2.375% DUE 01-23-2023        5,228 
TEXAS ST 4% 08-26-2021        7,174 
TOYOTA AUTO 1.92% DUE 07-15-2022        1,034 
VOLKSWAGEN AUTO LEASE TR 2019-A NT CL A-2B 03-21-2022        1,100 
           
*Loans to participants, 3.25% to 8.25%        43,029 
           
           
        $6,970,800 

 

*Represents a party-in-interest transaction.

 

(a) Cost information omitted as all investments are fully participant directed.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE WITH 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

ABBVIE PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN 

DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

 

 

CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 1
   
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
   
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS 3
   
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS 4
   
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 5
   
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE  
   
SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) 13

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Plan Participants and the Plan Administrator of the AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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Supplemental Schedule

 

The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2020, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The information in the supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the information, we evaluated whether such information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2018.

 

Chicago, Illinois 

June 21, 2021

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan 

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS 

December 31, 2020 and 2019 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

  

   2020   2019 
Assets          
Cash  $3   $113 
Investments, at fair value   411,369    348,881 
Employer contributions receivable   74    2 
Notes receivable from participants   5,353    6,687 
Accrued interest and dividend income   4    32 
Due from brokers   118    20 
           
Total assets   416,921    355,735 
           
Liabilities          
Other liabilities   -    37 
Due to brokers   1    238 
           
Total liabilities   1    275 
           
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS  $416,920   $355,460 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements. 

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS 

Year ended December 31, 2020 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Additions    
Contributions    
Employer  $3,891 
Participant   9,544 
Rollovers   602 
      
Total contributions   14,037 
      
Investment income     
Net appreciation in fair value of investments   63,208 
Interest and dividends   9,105 
      
Net investment income   72,313 
      
Interest income on notes receivable from participants   282 
      
Total additions   86,632 
      
Deductions     
Benefits paid to participants   25,088 
Other expenses   84 
      
Total deductions   25,172 
      
NET INCREASE   61,460 
      
Net assets available for benefits     
Beginning of year   355,460 
      
End of year  $416,920 

  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

 

The following description of the AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

General

 

Employees of AbbVie Inc.’s (“AbbVie”) selected subsidiaries and affiliates in Puerto Rico (the “Company”) may, after meeting certain employment requirements, voluntarily participate in the Plan. The Plan’s sponsor is AbbVie Ltd. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended.

 

Alight Solutions serves as the recordkeeper of the Plan. The Northern Trust Company (“Custodian”) serves as the custodian. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico serves as trustee (“Trustee”) of the Plan.

 

Contributions and Vesting

 

Contributions to the Plan are paid to the AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan Trust (“Trust”). The Trust is administered by the Trustee, the Custodian and an investment committee comprised of AbbVie employees (the “Committee”).

 

Employees are eligible to make contributions immediately following their date of hire. Eligible employees electing to participate may contribute from 2% to 50% of their eligible earnings to the Trust. Participants may choose to make their contributions from either pretax earnings or after-tax earnings or both, subject to certain limitations. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year and who are making the maximum pretax contribution are eligible to make catch-up contributions. Participants’ pretax contributions are a pay conversion feature, which is a salary deferral option under the provisions of Section 1081.01(d) of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 2011 (“Puerto Rico Code”), as amended. All the contributions are subject to certain limitations of the Puerto Rico Code. Participant contributions may be invested in any of the investment options offered by the Plan.

 

Employer contributions to the Plan are made each payroll period based on the participating employees’ eligible earnings. The amount of the employer contribution is determined by the Board of Directors of AbbVie and for the year ended December 31, 2020, was 5% of the participant’s eligible earnings if the employee elected to contribute at least 2% to the Plan. Employer contributions are invested each pay period according to the employee’s investment elections.

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

   

 

 

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN - Continued

 

Contributions and Vesting - Continued

 

The Plan offers a variety of investment options, including AbbVie common shares. AbbVie was established by the January 1, 2013 separation of Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) into two publicly traded companies. The separation was a tax-free distribution where Abbott shareholders received one share of AbbVie stock for every share of Abbott held as of the close of business on December 12, 2012, the record date for the distribution. Effective January 1, 2013, AbbVie participants may no longer make new contributions or transfer new money to purchase Abbott stock in the Plan; however, they may continue to hold Abbott stock in their Plan accounts.

 

Participants are at all times fully vested in their own contributions and earnings thereon. Vesting in employer contributions and earnings thereon is based on the following vesting schedule:

 

   Vesting 
Service  percentage 
Less than two years   0%
Two years or more   100%

 

Non-vested portions of employer contributions and earnings thereon are forfeited as of an employee’s termination date. Forfeitures are used to (1) restore any forfeitures of participants who returned to service with the Company within a given period of time, (2) pay Plan expenses and (3) reduce future employer contributions if terminated participants do not return to service within the given period of time. In 2020, approximately $32,000 of forfeitures were used to reduce AbbVie’s contributions. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, approximately $4,700 and $7,800, respectively, of forfeitures were available.

 

Distributions

 

Following retirement, termination or death, participants or their beneficiaries receive a distribution in cash, AbbVie common shares or direct rollovers, as applicable. Also, upon retirement, participants may elect to defer distribution to a future date, but distribution must be made or commence by the 1st of April following the year the participant reaches age 72 (or 70 ½ if the participant turned 70 ½ before January 1, 2020). Interest, dividends and other earnings will continue to accrue on such deferred amounts. Prior to separation of service, participants are permitted to withdraw their rollover contributions and their after-tax contributions in shares or in cash, subject to certain limitations. In-service withdrawals are available in certain circumstances as defined by the Plan. The Plan also permits hardship withdrawals for participants who meet the criteria outlined in the Plan document.

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

   

 

 

NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN - Continued

 

Distributions - Continued

 

In response to the pandemic outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Puerto Rico Treasury Department issued guidance to authorize special “disaster relief distributions” from Puerto Rico tax qualified retirement plans for participants experiencing financial hardships associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Plan adopted the disaster relief distribution provision and through June 30, 2020, participants were permitted to take disaster relief distributions up to $25,000 without any early distribution penalties and at special tax rates.

 

Administrative Expenses

 

Participants are charged transaction fees for loan and withdrawal processing and commissions on purchases and sales of AbbVie shares and sales of Abbott stock. Investment fees for mutual funds and collective trusts are charged against the net assets of the respective fund. The Company pays other record-keeping and administration fees and Trustee fees, where applicable. Expenses paid by the Company are excluded from these financial statements.

 

Participant Accounts

 

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and employer contributions and allocations of plan earnings, and is charged with any transaction fees or commissions incurred by the participant. Plan earnings are allocated based on the participant’s share of net earnings or losses of their respective elected investment options. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.

 

Notes Receivable from Participants

 

Participants may convert their pretax accounts to one or two loans to themselves. The borrowing may not exceed the lesser of the current market value of the assets allocated to their pretax accounts or 50% of all of their Plan accounts up to $50,000, subject to the Puerto Rico Code limitations and restrictions. Participants pay interest on such borrowings at the prime rate in effect at the time the participant loan is made. Loans must be repaid within five years (or by the employee’s anticipated retirement date, if sooner) unless the loan is used for the purchase of the primary residence of the employee, in which case the repayment period can be extended to a period of fifteen years (or until the employee’s anticipated retirement date, if sooner). Repayment is generally made through periodic payroll deductions but a loan may be repaid in a lump sum at any time. For employees terminating employment with AbbVie during the repayment period, the balance of the outstanding loan is netted from their Plan distribution.

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

   

 

 

NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Accounting

 

The financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

 

Investment Valuation

 

Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Plan uses the following methods and significant assumptions to estimate the fair value of investments:

 

Common stock, mutual funds and collective trust funds - Valued at the published net asset value (“NAV”) or market price per share.

 

The fair value hierarchy under the accounting standard for fair value measurements consists of the following three levels:

 

Level 1 – Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets that the company has the ability to access;
Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in the market; and
Level 3 – Valuations using significant inputs that are unobservable in the market and include the use of judgment by the company’s management about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

   

 

 

NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Continued

 

Investment Valuation - Continued

 

The following tables set forth the fair value hierarchy levels of the Plan’s assets at fair value at December 31, (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

Notes Receivable from Participants

 

Notes receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

Investment Income Recognition

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net realized and unrealized appreciation/depreciation is recorded in the accompanying statement of changes in net assets available for benefits as net appreciation in fair value of investments.

 

Payment of Benefits

 

Benefits are recorded when paid.

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

   

 

 

NOTE C - INVESTMENTS

 

A summary of AbbVie common share data as of December 31, is presented below:

 

   2020   2019 
AbbVie common shares, 1,350,430 and 1,432,689, respectively (dollars in thousands)  $144,699   $126,850 
Market value per share  $107.15   $88.54 

 

In general, the investments provided by the Plan are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participant accounts and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

 

 

 

NOTE D - RELATED-PARTY AND PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

 

The Plan holds units of a collective trust fund managed by the Custodian for the Plan. The Plan also invests in the common stock of AbbVie. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions; however, they are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules under ERISA. During 2020, the Plan received $6.6 million in common stock dividends from AbbVie.

 

Participants pay fees to the recordkeeper for loan and withdrawal transaction processing and also pay commissions on purchases and sales of AbbVie shares and sales of Abbott stock. These transactions qualify as permitted party-in-interest transactions.

 

 

 

NOTE E - PLAN TERMINATION

 

The Plan may be terminated at any time by AbbVie upon written notice to the Trustee and Committee, and will be terminated if AbbVie completely discontinues its contributions under the Plan. All participants’ account balances are fully vested upon Plan termination. Upon termination of the Plan, distributions of each participant’s share in the Trust, as determined by the terms of the Plan, will be made to each participant. At the present time, AbbVie has no intention of terminating the Plan.

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AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

December 31, 2020 and 2019

   

 

 

NOTE F - TAX STATUS

 

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) dated August 12, 2020, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 1081.01 of the Puerto Rico Code, and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Treasury, the Plan was amended. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Puerto Rico Code to maintain its qualification. The plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Puerto Rico Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.

 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the organization has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authorities. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.

 

 

 

NOTE G – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events and other than disclosed below, there were no subsequent events that require recognition or additional disclosure in these financial statements.

 

Effective April 1, 2021, Empower Retirement replaced Alight Solutions as the recordkeeper and Great West Trust Company, LLC replaced The Northern Trust Company as the custodian.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan 

EIN: 980429860, Plan Number: 002 

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) 

December 31, 2020 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Identity of party involved/      Current 
description of asset  Cost (a)   value 
*AbbVie Inc., common stock     $144,699 
           
Abbott Laboratories, common stock        64,058 
           
Mutual funds          
American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund, Class R6        7,477 
American Funds Growth Fund of America, Class R6        19,407 
American Funds Washington Mutual Investors Fund, Class R6        3,722 
Blackrock Short-Term Investment Fund        27,771 
Diamond Hill Small/Mid-Cap Fund        2,842 
GMO Global Asset Allocation Series Fund, Class R6        4,084 
J.P. Morgan Core Bond Fund        19,225 
PIMCO All Asset Fund        2,414 
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund        23,394 
           
Collective trust fund          
SSGA Target Retirement 2020 Series Fund        9,163 
SSGA Target Retirement 2025 Series Fund        11,332 
SSGA Target Retirement 2030 Series Fund        10,379 
SSGA Target Retirement 2035 Series Fund        4,456 
SSGA Target Retirement 2040 Series Fund        3,382 
SSGA Target Retirement 2045 Series Fund        2,309 
SSGA Target Retirement 2050 Series Fund        701 
SSGA Target Retirement 2055 Series Fund        811 
SSGA Target Retirement 2060 Series Fund        612 
SSGA Target Retirement Income Series Fund        3,674 
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Fund        28,724 
Vanguard Institutional Extended Market Fund        16,667 
*Northern Trust Collective Short Term Investment Fund        66 
           
*Loans to participants, 3.25% to 8.25%        5,353 
           
        $416,722 

 

*Represents a party-in-interest transaction.

 

(a) Cost information omitted as all investments are fully participant directed.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Exhibit
     
23.1   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — AbbVie Savings Plan
     
23.2   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — AbbVie Puerto Rico Savings Plan

 

SIGNATURE

 

The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ABBVIE SAVINGS PROGRAM    
     
Date: June 21, 2021 By: /s/ Michael J. Thomas
    Michael J. Thomas
    Plan Administrator