ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2006

Apr 26, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2006-04-24

Reporting Person: Chen Thomas F (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-04-24	Common shares without par value	A	14000	$41.48	Acquired	71140	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-04-24	Option (right to buy)	$41.48	A	47000	Acquired	2016-04-23	common shares (47000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	16708	Indirect
Common shares without par value	23798	Indirect
Common shares without par value	2476	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3. The awards have a 5-year term, with no more than 1/3 of the award vesting in any one year upon Abbott reaching a minimum return on equity target. The awards include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F2: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of April 25, 2006.

F3: Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his wife and daughter.

F4: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 15,667 on 4/24/07, 15,667 on 4/24/08 and 15,666 on 4/24/09.