ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2008

Aug 8, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-08-06

Reporting Person: LINDER GREG W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-08-06	Common shares without par value	M	15473	$46.65	Acquired	163985	Direct
2008-08-06	Common shares without par value	F	13548	$58.71	Disposed	150437	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-08-06	Option (right to buy)	$46.65	M	15473	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common Shares (15473)	Direct
2008-08-06	Option (right to buy)	$58.71	A	13548	Acquired	2013-02-13	Common Shares (13548)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	12628	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of August 5, 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.