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Assignment 1: Research the Securities and Exchange Commission website (wwwsec.go

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Question

Assignment 1: Research the Securities and Exchange Commission website (wwwsec.gov) and link to the EDGAR filings. Find the Form DEF 14A (definitive proxy statement) filed March 2017 for Abbott Laboratories. Answer the following questions: How many directors are being elected? Who is the CEO? List the Board's various committees. What is the base salary and total compensation of the CEO? Who is the registered independent public accounting firm? (You can also use Google. Hint: The Table of Contents for the proxy statement should be a big help)

Explanation / Answer

1. Eleven Directors are being elected

2.Miles D white is the CEO of Abbott Laboratories.

3. Varous Committees of Board's of Directors are- Audit Committee, Compensation Committee,Nominations& Governanance Committee,Public Policy Committee and Executive committee

4. The salary of CEO was $ 15,620,117

5.M/s Earnest & Young was the independent Auditor