ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2006

Feb 17, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2006-02-14

Reporting Person: DEMPSEY WILLIAM G (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-02-14	Common shares without par value	M	32418	$33.2314	Acquired	156750	Direct
2006-02-14	Common shares without par value	F	27328	$42.83	Disposed	129422	Direct
2006-02-14	Common shares without par value	S	713	$43.70	Disposed	128709	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-02-14	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	32418	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (32418)	Direct
2006-02-14	Option (right to buy)	$42.83	A	27328	Acquired	2013-02-13	common shares (27328)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	10375	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 15, 2006.

F2: 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.