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St. Jude Medical (STJ) Shareholders Approve Abbott (ABT) Merger

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St. Jude Medical Shareholders Approve Merger with Abbott

October 26, 2016 4:11 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ), a global medical device company, today announced that, based on the preliminary voting results from St. Jude Medicals Annual Meeting of Shareholders held earlier today, St. Jude Medical shareholders approved the merger agreement under which Abbott (NYSE: ABT) will acquire St. Jude Medical.

Based on preliminary vote results, approximately 99 percent of voting St. Jude Medical shareholders cast their vote in favor of the merger, representing approximately 74 percent of St. Jude Medicals outstanding... More