Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories is listed on NYSE (ABT). Abbott Laboratories is an Illinois corporation, incorporated in 1900. Abbotts* principal business is the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a broad and diversified line of health care products. FINANCIAL INFORMATION RELATING TO INDUSTRY SEGMENTS, GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, AND CLASSES OF SIMILAR PRODUCTS Incorporated herein by reference is Note 7 entitled Segment and Geographic Area Information of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included under Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS Abbott has four reportable revenue segments: Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Ross Products, and International. Abbott also has a 50 percent owned joint venture, TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Abbott previously had five reportable segments.

ABC BANCORP TR I

ABC BANCORP TR I is listed on AMEX (BHC-). ABC Bancorp (ABC) is organized as a bank holding company under the Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the Bank Holding Company Act), and the bank holding company laws of Georgia. ABC provides, through its commercial bank subsidiaries described below (sometimes hereinafter referred to as Banks), banking services to individuals and businesses in southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama and northern Florida. ABC's executive office is located at 24 2nd Avenue, S.E., Moultrie, Georgia 31768, its telephone number is (229) 890-1111 and its Internet address is http:-www.abcbancorp.com. ABC makes available, free of charge through its Internet website, copies of its annual reports and quarterly reports as soon as reasonably practicable after it electronically files such materials with the SEC. ABC will make available free of charge paper copies of its current reports on Form 8-K upon request.

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