ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2006

Feb 3, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2006-01-31

Reporting Person: LIEPMANN HOLGER A (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-01-31	Common shares without par value	M	2063	$40.9283	Acquired	76948	Direct
2006-01-31	Common shares without par value	S	2063	$42.73	Disposed	74885	Direct
2006-01-31	Common shares without par value	M	21281	$33.2314	Acquired	96166	Direct
2006-01-31	Common shares without par value	F	17954	$42.94	Disposed	78212	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-01-31	Option (right to buy)	$40.9283	M	2063	Disposed	2006-02-08	Common shares (2063)	Direct
2006-01-31	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	21281	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (21281)	Direct
2006-01-31	Option (right to buy)	$42.94	A	17954	Acquired	2013-02-13	Common shares (17954)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	13177	Indirect
Common shares without par value	295	Indirect
Common shares without par value	296	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by his daughters.

F3: 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.

F4: 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.