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Equity | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Equity | Equity
Stock-Based Compensation Stock-based compensation expense is principally related to awards issued pursuant to the AbbVie 2013 Incentive Stock Program and the AbbVie Amended and Restated 2013 Incentive Stock Program and is summarized as follows:
| Three months ended March 31,
(in millions) | 2026 |  | 2025
Cost of products sold | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Research and development | 182 |  |  | 160 |
Selling, general and administrative | 237 |  |  | 228 |
Pre-tax compensation expense | 444 |  |  | 410 |
Tax benefit | (75) |  |  | (70) |
After-tax compensation expense | $ | 369 |  |  | $ | 340 |
Stock Options During the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily in connection with the company's annual grant, AbbVie granted 0.4 million stock options with a weighted-average grant-date fair value of $48.40. As of March 31, 2026, $13 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options is expected to be recognized as expense over approximately the next two years. RSUs and Performance Shares During the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily in connection with the company's annual grant, AbbVie granted 4.4 million RSUs and performance shares with a weighted-average grant-date fair value of $230.17. As of March 31, 2026, $1.1 billion of unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs and performance shares is expected to be recognized as expense over approximately the next two years. Cash Dividends The following table summarizes quarterly cash dividends declared during 2026 and 2025:
2026 |  | 2025
Date Declared |  | Payment Date |  | Dividend Per Share |  | Date Declared |  | Payment Date |  | Dividend Per Share
02/19/26 |  | 05/15/26 |  | $ | 1.73 |  |  | 10/31/25 |  | 02/17/26 |  | $ | 1.73 |
|  |  |  |  |  | 09/05/25 |  | 11/14/25 |  | $ | 1.64 |
|  |  |  |  |  | 06/20/25 |  | 08/15/25 |  | $ | 1.64 |
|  |  |  |  |  | 02/13/25 |  | 05/15/25 |  | $ | 1.64 |
Stock Repurchase Program The company's stock repurchase authorization permits purchases of AbbVie shares from time to time in open-market or private transactions at management's discretion. The program has no time limit and can be discontinued at any time. Shares repurchased under this program are recorded at acquisition cost, including related expenses, and are available for general corporate purposes. AbbVie repurchased 5 million shares for $1.1 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 3 million shares for $606 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025. AbbVie's remaining stock repurchase authorization was approximately $1.8 billion as of March 31, 2026. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss The following table summarizes the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the three months ended March 31, 2026:
(in millions) | Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Net investment hedging activities |  | Pension and post-employment benefits |  |  |  | Cash flow hedging activities |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $ | (633) |  |  | $ | (422) |  |  | $ | (243) |  |  |  |  | $ | 154 |  |  | $ | (1,144) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (204) |  |  | 185 |  |  | (2) |  |  |  |  | 36 |  |  | 15 |
Net losses (gains) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — |  |  | (29) |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | (24) |
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) | (204) |  |  | 156 |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  | 40 |  |  | (9) |
Balance as of March 31, 2026 | $ | (837) |  |  | $ | (266) |  |  | $ | (244) |  |  |  |  | $ | 194 |  |  | $ | (1,153) |
Other comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2026 included foreign currency translation adjustments totaling a loss of $204 million principally due to the impact of the weakening of the Euro on the translation of the company’s Euro-denominated assets and the offsetting impact of net investment hedging activities totaling a gain of $156 million. The following table summarizes the changes in each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
(in millions) | Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Net investment hedging activities |  | Pension and post-employment benefits |  |  |  | Cash flow hedging activities |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | (2,114) |  |  | $ | 549 |  |  | $ | (664) |  |  |  |  | $ | 304 |  |  | $ | (1,925) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 487 |  |  | (256) |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  | (17) |  |  | 213 |
Net gains reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | — |  |  | (27) |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  | (2) |  |  | (30) |
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) | 487 |  |  | (283) |  |  | (2) |  |  |  |  | (19) |  |  | 183 |
Balance as of March 31, 2025 | $ | (1,627) |  |  | $ | 266 |  |  | $ | (666) |  |  |  |  | $ | 285 |  |  | $ | (1,742) |
Other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2025 included foreign currency translation adjustments totaling a gain of $487 million principally due to the impact of the strengthening of the Euro on the translation of the company’s Euro-denominated assets and the offsetting impact of net investment hedging activities totaling a loss of $283 million. The following table presents the impact on AbbVie’s condensed consolidated statements of earnings for significant amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive loss:
| Three months ended March 31,
(in millions) (brackets denote gains) | 2026 |  | 2025
Net investment hedging activities |  |  |
Gains on derivative amount excluded from effectiveness testing(a) | $ | (37) |  |  | $ | (34) |
Tax expense | 8 |  |  | 7 |
Total reclassifications, net of tax | $ | (29) |  |  | $ | (27) |
Pension and post-employment benefits |  |  |
Amortization of actuarial losses (gains) and other(b) | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (1) |
Tax benefit | — |  |  | — |
Total reclassifications, net of tax | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (1) |
Cash flow hedging activities |  |  |
Gains on foreign currency forward exchange contracts(c) | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Other(a) | (6) |  |  | (5) |
Tax expense | 3 |  |  | 2 |
Total reclassifications, net of tax | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | (2) |
(a) Amounts are included in interest expense, net (see Note 7). (b) Amounts are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (see Note 8). (c) Amounts are included in cost of products sold (see Note 7).

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