ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2006

Apr 4, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2006-03-31

Reporting Person: GONZALEZ RICHARD A (Director, President and COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-03-31	Common shares without par value	M	82476	$33.2314	Acquired	497636	Direct
2006-03-31	Common shares without par value	F	71191	$42.64	Disposed	426445	Direct
2006-03-31	Common shares without par value	G	570	—	Disposed	425875	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-03-31	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	79426	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (79426)	Direct
2006-03-31	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	3050	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (3050)	Direct
2006-03-31	Option (right to buy)	$42.64	A	71191	Acquired	2013-02-13	common shares (71191)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	17490	Indirect
Common shares without par value	15266	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of March 31, 2006.

F2: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his wife.

F3: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program, including a replacement option feature, in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.