UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
(AMENDMENT NO. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 2.01. | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. |
On May 8, 2020, AbbVie Inc. (“AbbVie”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) to report the completion of AbbVie’s acquisition of Allergan plc (“Allergan”). Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2019 (as amended on May 5, 2020), by and among AbbVie, Allergan and Venice Subsidiary LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of AbbVie (“Acquirer Sub”), Acquirer Sub acquired Allergan pursuant to a scheme of arrangement (“Scheme”) under Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Irish Companies Act 2014 (the “Act”) and a capital reduction under Sections 84 to 86 of the Act (the “Acquisition”). As a result of the Scheme, Allergan became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AbbVie.
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Initial Report to include the following historical financial statements and pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K that were previously omitted from the Initial Report as permitted by Item 9.01(a)(4): (a) Allergan’s consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, the related notes, the related Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon and management’s report on internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2019, which are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, (b) Allergan’s unaudited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020 and for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 and the related notes, which are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.2 hereto, and (c) the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of AbbVie giving effect to the Acquisition (the “pro forma financial information”), which includes the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2020, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of earnings for the year ended December 31, 2019 and for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the related notes, and which is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.3 and included herein.
The pro forma financial information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A has been presented for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the combined financial position or results of operations that would have been realized had the Acquisition occurred as of the dates indicated, nor is it meant to be indicative of any anticipated combined financial position or future results of operations that AbbVie will experience after the Acquisition.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.
Allergan’s consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, the related notes, the related Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon and management’s report on internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2019 are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Allergan’s unaudited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2020 and for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 and the related notes are incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.2 hereto.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of AbbVie, giving effect to the acquisition of Allergan, which includes the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2020, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of earnings for the year ended December 31, 2019 and for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the related notes, is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.3 and included herein.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are included as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ABBVIE INC. | ||
| Date: May 14, 2020 | By: | /s/ Robert A. Michael |
| Robert A. Michael | ||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||