ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2008

May 6, 2008

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-05-01

Reporting Person: Mason Heather L (Senior Vice President)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	90900	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option (right to buy)	$45.45	2011-02-08	Common shares (1355)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.04	2011-12-02	Common shares (3547)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.04	2011-12-02	Common shares (3546)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.04	2011-12-02	Common shares (3547)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$53.63	2012-02-14	Common shares (17734)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$53.63	2012-02-14	Common shares (17734)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$53.63	2012-02-14	Common shares (17733)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$46.34	2015-02-17	Common shares (11599)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$46.34	2015-02-17	Common shares (11600)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$46.34	2015-02-17	Common shares (9443)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$49.38	2013-02-13	Common shares (962)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$44.92	2013-02-13	Common shares (5751)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$44.16	2016-02-16	Common shares (12000)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$44.16	2016-02-16	Common shares (12000)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$44.16	2016-02-16	Common shares (12000)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$48.79	2013-02-13	Common shares (12822)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.54	2017-02-15	Common shares (11900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.54	2017-02-15	Common shares (11900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.54	2017-02-15	Common shares (11900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$54.62	2013-02-13	Common shares (13516)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$54.62	2010-02-10	Common shares (4366)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$51.91	2014-02-19	Common shares (27667)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$51.91	2010-02-10	Common shares (1274)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$53.60	2009-02-11	Common shares (8113)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$53.60	2010-02-10	Common shares (1384)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$57.00	2011-02-08	Common shares (9370)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$55.56	2018-02-14	Common shares (11300)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$55.56	2018-02-14	Common shares (11300)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$55.56	2018-02-14	Common shares (11300)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Employee stock options 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.

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