AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · AbbVie (ABBV)

AbbVie completes $10.9 billion Apogee acquisition; reaffirms 2026 EPS guidance

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 m&a Written later

AbbVie completed its acquisition of Apogee Therapeutics on September 3, 2026, paying $135.11 per share in cash, or about $10.9 billion in total equity value. AbbVie reaffirmed its 2026 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance of $13.87 to $14.07 and its third-quarter guidance of $3.84 to $3.88, but expects the deal to reduce adjusted EPS by $0.14 in 2026 and about $0.46 in 2027, with accretion beginning in 2032.

Key points

  • Apogee shareholders received $135.11 per share in cash, for a total equity value of about $10.9 billion.
  • Apogee's common stock ceased trading on NASDAQ before market open on September 3, 2026.
  • 2026 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance of $13.87 to $14.07 was reaffirmed and includes a $0.14 per share dilutive impact from Apogee.
  • The acquisition is expected to reduce adjusted diluted EPS by about $0.46 in 2027, with accretion beginning in 2032.

The filing

CompanyAbbVie (ABBV)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 3, 2026, 8:47 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-104940

Items reported: 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 03, 2026.

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