Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Executive officers of Abbott are elected annually by the board of directors. Each executive officer holds office until a successor has been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until the officer’s death, resignation, or removal. Vacancies may be filled at any time by the board. Any executive officer may be removed by the board of directors when, in its judgment, removal would serve the best interests of Abbott.

Abbott’s executive officers, their ages as of February 21, 2020, and the dates of their first election as officers of Abbott are listed below. The executive officers’ principal occupations and employment for the past five years and the year of appointment to the earliest reported office are also shown. Unless otherwise stated, employment was by Abbott. There are no family relationships between any executive officers or directors.

Miles D. White will step down as Chief Executive Officer on March 31, 2020. The board of directors appointed Mr. White as Executive Chairman and Robert B. Ford as President and Chief Executive Officer, each effective March 31, 2020. Brian B. Yoor will retire as an officer of Abbott, effective February 29, 2020. The board of directors appointed Robert E. Funck, Jr. as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Philip P. Boudreau as Vice President, Finance and Controller, each effective March 1, 2020.

Miles D. White, 64

1999 to present — Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Director.

Elected Corporate Officer — 1993.

Robert B. Ford, 46

2018 to present — President and Chief Operating Officer, and Director since 2019.

2015 to 2018 — Executive Vice President, Medical Devices.

2014 to 2015 — Senior Vice President, Diabetes Care.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2008.

Hubert L. Allen, 54

2013 to present — Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2012.

John M. Capek, 58

2015 to present — Executive Vice President, Ventures.

2007 to 2015 — Executive Vice President, Medical Devices.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2006.

Lisa D. Earnhardt, 50

2019 to present — Executive Vice President, Medical Devices.

2008 to 2019 — President, CEO, and Director, Intersect ENT (a medical technology company focused on developing treatments for ear, nose and throat conditions).

Elected Corporate Officer — 2019.

John F. Ginascol, 61

2019 to present — Executive Vice President, Core Diagnostics.

2008 to 2019 — Vice President, Nutrition, Supply Chain.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2008.

Andrew H. Lane, 49

2017 to present — Executive Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals.

2015 to 2017 — Senior Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Emerging Markets.

2014 to 2015 — Divisional Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Asia Pacific.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2015.

Mary K. Moreland, 53

2019 to present — Executive Vice President, Human Resources.

2013 to 2019 — Divisional Vice President, Compensation, Benefits and HR M&A.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2019.

Daniel Salvadori, 41

2017 to present — Executive Vice President, Nutritional Products.

2014 to 2017 — Senior Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Latin America.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2014.

Andrea Wainer, 51

2019 to present — Executive Vice President, Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics.

2015 to 2019 — Vice President, Molecular Diagnostics.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2015.

Brian B. Yoor, 50

2017 to present — Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

2015 to 2017 — Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

2013 to 2015 — Vice President, Investor Relations.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2013.

Roger M. Bird, 63

2015 to present — Senior Vice President, U.S. Nutrition.

2009 to 2015 — Divisional Vice President and General Manager, China and Hong Kong, Nutritional Products.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2015.

Charles R. Brynelsen, 63

2017 to present — Senior Vice President, Abbott Vascular.

2016 to 2017 — Managing Director, CB Business Advisors, Inc. (a medical device consulting firm).

2015 to 2016 — Senior Vice President and President, Medtronic Early Technologies, Medtronic plc (a global medical device company).

2013 to 2015 — President, Early Technologies, Covidien plc (a global healthcare products company).

Elected Corporate Officer — 2017.

Jaime Contreras, 63

2013 to present — Senior Vice President, Core Laboratory Diagnostics, Commercial Operations.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2003.

Michael D. Dale, 60

2019 to present — Senior Vice President, Structural Heart.

2017 to 2019 — Vice President, Structural Heart.

2016 to 2017 — Divisional Vice President and General Manager, Structural Heart.

2014 to 2016 — President and Chief Executive Officer, GI Dynamics, Inc. (a medical device company focused on developing gastrointestinal therapies).

Elected Corporate Officer — 2017.

Robert E. Funck, Jr., 58

2018 to present — Senior Vice President, Finance and Controller.

2013 to 2018 — Vice President, Controller.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2005.

Sammy Karam, 58

2019 to present — Senior Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Emerging Markets.

2014 to 2019 — Divisional Vice President, Global Marketing Commercial Execution, Established Pharmaceuticals.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2019.

Joseph Manning, 51

2017 to present — Senior Vice President, International Nutrition.

2015 to 2017 — Vice President, Nutrition, Asia Pacific.

2014 to 2015 — General Manager, Indonesia, Nutritional Products.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2015.

Michael J. Pederson, 58

2019 to present — Senior Vice President, Electrophysiology and Heart Failure.

2017 to 2019 — Senior Vice President, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure.

2015 to 2017 — Divisional Vice President and General Manager, Abbott Electrophysiology.

2011 to 2015 — Chief Executive Officer, VytronUS, Inc. (a medical device company focused on developing electrophysiology technologies).

Elected Corporate Officer — 2017.

Christopher J. Scoggins, 50

2019 to present — Senior Vice President, Rapid Diagnostics.

2015 to 2019 — Vice President, Diabetes Care, Commercial Operations.

2011 to 2015 — Divisional Vice President, EMEA Commercial Operations, ADC.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2015.

Jared L. Watkin, 52

2015 to present — Senior Vice President, Diabetes Care.

2010 to 2015 — Divisional Vice President, Technical Operations, Diabetes Care.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2015.

Alejandro D. Wellisch, 45

2017 to present — Senior Vice President, Established Pharmaceuticals, Latin America.

2014 to 2017 — General Manager, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay, Established Pharmaceuticals.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2017.

Randel W. Woodgrift, 58

2019 to present — Senior Vice President, CRM.

2017 to 2019 — Vice President, Global Operations, Cardiovascular and Neuromodulation.

2015 to 2017 — Vice President, Operations and R&D, Abbott Vascular.

Elected Corporate Officer — 2015.

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