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ABT derives 57% of sales from emerging markets, one of the highest EM footprints of any S&P 500 company:

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EU approves MYL’s ‘spinversion’ into ABT’s Europe-based branded-generics business:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-approves-mylan-purchase-abbot-163000037.html

This was the main hurdle to consummating the deal.