ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2006

Feb 2, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2005-11-17

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-11-17	Common shares without par value	G	325	—	Disposed	295062	Direct
2006-01-30	Common shares without par value	M	16399	$38.4191	Acquired	311461	Direct
2006-01-30	Common shares without par value	F	15199	$43.00	Disposed	296262	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-01-30	Option (right to buy)	$38.4191	M	16399	Disposed	2006-02-08	common shares (16399)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	17381	Indirect
Common shares without par value	15266	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of January 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 in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.