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Issuer:     ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK:        0000001800
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-043508
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Abbott General Counsel Hubert L. Allen to retire after transition period
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- Hubert L. Allen, EVP, General Counsel and Secretary, notified Abbott on April 25, 2025 of his planned retirement.
- Allen will remain with the company through a transition period; no replacement has been named.
- Departure is described as retirement, not termination; no severance or change-in-control triggered.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465925043508/0001104659-25-043508-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800/000110465925043508/tm2513718d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-043508

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