ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Sep 22, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-09-19

Reporting Person: Chen Thomas F (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-09-19	Common shares without par value	M	15161	$42.4978	Acquired	115771	Direct
2007-09-19	Common shares without par value	F	13259	$53.60	Disposed	102512	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-09-19	Option (right to buy)	$42.4978	M	15161	Disposed	2009-02-11	common shares (15161)	Direct
2007-09-19	Option (right to buy)	$53.60	A	13259	Acquired	2009-02-11	common shares (13259)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	17329	Indirect
Common shares without par value	23798	Indirect
Common shares without par value	2476	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of September 18, 2007.

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

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 under Rule 16b-3.