ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Aug 6, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-08-02

Reporting Person: Fussell Stephen R (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-08-02	Common shares without par value	M	14258	$34.7727	Acquired	117394	Direct
2007-08-02	Common shares without par value	M	5763	$33.2314	Acquired	123157	Direct
2007-08-02	Common shares without par value	F	15705	$50.95	Disposed	107452	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-08-02	Option (right to buy)	$34.7727	M	14258	Disposed	2008-02-12	common shares (14258)	Direct
2007-08-02	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	5763	Disposed	2013-02-13	common shares (5763)	Direct
2007-08-02	Option (right to buy)	$50.95	A	11156	Acquired	2008-02-12	common shares (11156)	Direct
2007-08-02	Option (right to buy)	$50.95	A	4549	Acquired	2013-02-13	common shares (4549)	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 3, 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.