secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK:        0000001800
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-21-148608
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Abbott names CEO Robert B. Ford as Chairman; Miles D. White retires
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- Miles D. White resigns as Executive Chairman and director, effective Dec 10, 2021.
- CEO Robert B. Ford appointed Chairman of the Board, effective same date.
- White retires after 38 years at Abbott; led transformation into health tech leader.
- Board size reduced from 14 to 13; by-laws amended for remote shareholder meetings.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465921148608/0001104659-21-148608-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465921148608/tm2134920d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-148608

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