ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2008

Sep 10, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-09-08

Reporting Person: Szela Mary T (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-09-08	Common shares without par value	M	2474	$45.4488	Acquired	98687	Direct
2008-09-08	Common shares without par value	F	2036	$57.01	Disposed	96651	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-09-08	Option (right to buy)	$45.4488	M	2474	Disposed	2011-02-08	Common Shares (2474)	Direct
2008-09-08	Option (right to buy)	$57.01	A	2036	Acquired	2011-02-08	Common Shares (2036)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	8016	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of September 8, 2008.

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 under Rule 16b-3.