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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * GONZALEZ RICHARD A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AbbVie Inc. [ABBV] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman of the Board and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 1 N. WAUKEGAN ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/16/2017 (Street) NORTH CHICAGO, IL 60064 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common stock, $0.01 par value 02/16/2017   A   94,797 (1) A $ 0 420,963 D   Common stock, $0.01 par value 02/16/2017   A   42,651 (2) A $ 0 463,614 D   Common stock, $0.01 par value               4,600 (3) I By spouse Common stock, $0.01 par value               450 (3) I By step-daughter

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to buy) (4)

$ 61.36

02/16/2017

A

261,150

02/16/2018

02/15/2027

Common stock

261,150

$ 0

261,150

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GONZALEZ RICHARD A 1 N. WAUKEGAN ROAD NORTH CHICAGO, IL 60064	X		Chairman of the Board and CEO

Signatures

Steven L. Scrogham, attorney-in-fact for Richard A. Gonzalez		02/21/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares of AbbVie common stock issued under a performance share award granted to the reporting person on February 18, 2016. The award is subject to performance-vesting restrictions based on adjusted earnings per share and relative total shareholder return measures. The performance-vesting restrictions with respect to these shares were released on the date reported in Column 2 above upon certification of performance goal attainment by the Compensation Committee of the AbbVie's Board of Directors. The shares will be issued to the reporting person on February 28, 2017.
(2)	Represents shares of AbbVie common stock issued under a performance-vested restricted stock unit award granted to the reporting person on February 18, 2016. The award is subject to performance-vesting restrictions based on a relative return on equity measure. The performance-vesting restrictions with respect to these shares were released on the date reported in Column 2 above upon certification of performance goal attainment by the Compensation Committee of AbbVie's Board of Directors. The shares will be issued to the reporting person on February 28, 2017.
(3)	The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.
(4)	Employee stock option granted pursuant to the AbbVie 2013 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 87,050 on 02/16/2018, 87,050 on 02/16/2019, and 87,050 on 02/16/2020.

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