ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Apr 25, 2007

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-04-16

Reporting Person: Patton Donald V JR (Senior Vice President)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	39507	Direct
Common shares without par value	11869	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option (right to buy)	$52.54	2017-02-15	Common shares (11900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.54	2017-02-15	Common shares (11900)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of April 16, 2007.

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