If you purchased or otherwise acquired shares of the publicly-traded common stock
of AbbVie Inc.during the period
from October 25, 2013 through September 18, 2018,
inclusive (the “Class Period”), a class action lawsuit may affect your rights.
The purpose of the Notice is to inform you of a class action lawsuit now pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the “Court”) against AbbVie Inc. (“AbbVie” or the “Company”) and Individual Defendants Richard A. Gonzalez and William J. Chase (collectively, “Defendants”). The Notice is intended only to advise you that the action has been certified by the Court to proceed as a class action on behalf of certain purchasers of publicly-traded shares of AbbVie common stock and of your rights with respect to the lawsuit.
The Court has not decided whether Defendants did anything wrong. The Notice is not an admission by Defendants or an expression of any opinion of the Court concerning the merits of the lawsuit, and this is not a finding by the Court that the claims asserted by Class Representatives Metzler Asset Management GmbH (“Metzler”) and Ironworkers National Pension Plan (“Ironworkers”) (collectively, “Class Representatives”) in this case are valid. There is no settlement or monetary recovery at this time and there is no guarantee that there will be any recovery in the future. However, your legal rights are affected.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS ARE AFFECTED WHETHER OR NOT YOU ACT.
PLEASE READ THE COMPLETE NOTICE CAREFULLY.
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DO NOTHING
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Stay in this Action. Await the outcome. Give up certain rights. By doing nothing, you keep the possibility of sharing in any recovery (monetary or otherwise) that may result from a trial or settlement. But, you give up any right you may have to sue Defendants separately about the same factual circumstances and legal claims being raised in this lawsuit and you will be bound by the outcome of this case.
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ASK TO BE EXCLUDED
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Get out of this lawsuit. Get no benefits from it. Keep your rights. If you ask to be excluded from this lawsuit, you will not be bound by what the Court does in this case and you will keep any right you might have to sue Defendants separately about the same factual circumstances and legal claims being raised in this lawsuit. If a recovery is later awarded in this case you will not share in that recovery.
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- These rights and options – and the deadlines to exercise them – are explained more fully in the Notice.