ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2008

Sep 8, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-09-04

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-09-04	Common shares without par value	M	3317	$45.4488	Acquired	74878	Direct
2008-09-04	Common shares without par value	F	2902	$57.93	Disposed	71976	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-09-04	Option (right to buy)	$45.4488	M	3317	Disposed	2011-02-08	Common Shares (3317)	Direct
2008-09-04	Option (right to buy)	$57.93	A	2902	Acquired	2011-02-08	Common Shares (2902)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	13212	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of September 3, 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.