ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Aug 23, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-08-21

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-08-21	Common shares without par value	M	281530	$33.2314	Acquired	688950	Direct
2007-08-21	Common shares without par value	F	219192	$52.39	Disposed	469758	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-08-21	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	281530	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (281530)	Direct
2007-08-21	Option (right to buy)	$52.39	A	219192	Acquired	2013-02-13	common shares (219192)	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 August 21, 2007.

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

F3: Employee stock option including a replacement option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.