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: 2005-12-22

Reporting Person: NEMMERS JOSEPH M (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-12-22	Common shares without par value	G	1750	—	Disposed	63973	Direct
2006-01-30	Common shares without par value	M	568	$20.5347	Acquired	64541	Direct
2006-01-30	Common shares without par value	M	4198	$27.4328	Acquired	68739	Direct
2006-01-30	Common shares without par value	F	2949	$43.00	Disposed	65790	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2006-01-30	Option (right to buy)	$20.5347	M	568	Disposed	2006-02-08	common shares (568)	Direct
2006-01-30	Option (right to buy)	$27.4328	M	4198	Disposed	2007-02-13	common shares (4198)	Direct
2006-01-30	Option (right to buy)	$43.00	A	2678	Acquired	2007-02-13	common shares (2678)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	10835	Indirect
Common shares without par value	346	Indirect
Common shares without par value	284	Indirect
Common shares without par value	290	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of January 30, 2006.

F2: Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his sons. The reporting person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in shares of Abbott common stock held by one of his sons and included in the reporting person's prior ownership reports.

F3: Includes shares acquired under the Abbott Laboratories Dividend Investment and Stock Purchase Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16(a)-11.

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.

F5: 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.