ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Mar 9, 2007

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-03-01

Reporting Person: Michael Edward L (Senior Vice President)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	110431	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option (right to buy)	$52.5400	2017-02-15	Common shares (27667)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.5400	2017-02-15	Common shares (27667)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.5400	2017-02-15	Common shares (27666)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.