ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Aug 9, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-08-07

Reporting Person: Fussell Stephen R (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-08-07	Common shares without par value	M	6746	$41.0317	Acquired	114198	Direct
2007-08-07	Common shares without par value	F	5816	$53.12	Disposed	108382	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-08-07	Option (right to buy)	$41.0317	M	6746	Disposed	2014-02-19	common shares (6746)	Direct
2007-08-07	Option (right to buy)	$53.12	A	5816	Acquired	2014-02-19	common shares (5816)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	1274	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of August 7, 2007.

F2: 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(b) under Rule 16b-3.