ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2007

Feb 1, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2007-01-29

Reporting Person: DEMPSEY WILLIAM G (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-01-29	Common shares without par value	M	5570	$50.3827	Acquired	181368	Direct
2007-01-29	Common shares without par value	M	2278	$43.86	Acquired	183646	Direct
2007-01-29	Common shares without par value	M	22916	$48.67	Acquired	206562	Direct
2007-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	30764	$52.6684	Disposed	175798	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-01-29	Option (right to buy)	$50.3827	M	5570	Disposed	2007-02-13	common shares (5570)	Direct
2007-01-29	Option (right to buy)	$43.86	M	2278	Disposed	2007-02-13	common shares (2278)	Direct
2007-01-29	Option (right to buy)	$48.67	M	22916	Disposed	2007-02-13	common shares (22916)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	10576	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of January 30, 2007.

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