ABT-ALR merger items… Nominal deal value: $8.4B (including $2.6B of debt assumption). Premium to ALR’s clsing price on 1/29/15: 51%. Change to ABT’s non-GAAP EPS guidance: +$0.12-0.13 in 2017, +>$0.20 in 2018. PR: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/abbott-acquire-alere-becoming-leader-130000038.html 1-page fact sheet: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?t=1&item=VHlwZT0yfFBhcmVudElEPTUyMTY0NTl8Q2hpbGRJRD02MDgwOTM= Webcast: http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/ndckx3xb/lan/en