ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Aug 29, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-08-27

Reporting Person: Szela Mary T (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-08-27	Common shares without par value	A	7800	$52.14	Acquired	78901	Direct
2007-08-27	Common shares without par value	A	2000	$52.14	Acquired	80901	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-08-27	Option (right to buy)	$52.14	A	35500	Acquired	2017-08-27	Common Shares (35500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	7823	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program. The awards have a 5-year term, with no more than 1/3 of the award vesting in any one year upon reaching a minimum return on equity target. The awards include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F2: These shares represent a retention award of restricted stock under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program. The awards generally vest on the third anniversary of their grant date and include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F3: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of August 27, 2007.

F4: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in increments of 11,834 on 08/27/2008, 11,833 on 08/27/2009, and 11,833 on 08/27/2010.