ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Sep 18, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-09-13

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	600	$52.53	Disposed	345720	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	100	$52.54	Disposed	345620	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	2200	$52.56	Disposed	343420	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	500	$52.57	Disposed	342920	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	4000	$52.58	Disposed	338920	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	6800	$52.59	Disposed	332120	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	11500	$52.60	Disposed	320620	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	3000	$52.61	Disposed	317620	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	300	$52.62	Disposed	317320	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	14700	$52.63	Disposed	302620	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	800	$52.64	Disposed	301820	Direct
2007-09-13	Common shares without par value	S	2610	$52.65	Disposed	299210	Direct
2007-09-14	Common shares without par value	M	22220	$45.7965	Acquired	321430	Direct
2007-09-14	Common shares without par value	M	54180	$45.4488	Acquired	375610	Direct
2007-09-14	Common shares without par value	S	67800	$52.25	Disposed	307810	Direct
2007-09-14	Common shares without par value	S	4600	$52.26	Disposed	303210	Direct
2007-09-14	Common shares without par value	S	4000	$52.27	Disposed	299210	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-09-14	Option (right to buy)	$45.7965	M	22220	Disposed	2010-02-10	common shares (22220)	Direct
2007-09-14	Option (right to buy)	$45.4488	M	54180	Disposed	2011-02-08	common shares (54180)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	18140	Indirect
Common shares without par value	7600	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of September 14, 2007.

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, including a replacement option feature, in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.