ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Sep 6, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-09-04

Reporting Person: Hance Robert B (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-09-04	Common shares without par value	M	60792	$33.2314	Acquired	175859	Direct
2007-09-04	Common shares without par value	M	24538	$32.6111	Acquired	200397	Direct
2007-09-04	Common shares without par value	F	66111	$51.91	Disposed	134286	Direct
2007-09-04	Common shares without par value	S	13245	$51.599	Disposed	121041	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-09-04	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	60792	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (60792)	Direct
2007-09-04	Option (right to buy)	$32.6111	M	21473	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common shares (21473)	Direct
2007-09-04	Option (right to buy)	$32.6111	M	3065	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common shares (3065)	Direct
2007-09-04	Option (right to buy)	$51.91	A	18564	Acquired	2010-02-10	Common shares (18564)	Direct
2007-09-04	Option (right to buy)	$51.91	A	47547	Acquired	2013-02-13	Common shares (47547)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	5777	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of September 4, 2007.

F2: Employee stock option including a replacement option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.