ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2008

Mar 18, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-03-13

Reporting Person: SMITHBURG WILLIAM D (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-03-13	Common shares without par value	M	4422	$33.9503	Acquired	60813	Direct
2008-03-13	Common shares without par value	F	2924	$51.34	Disposed	57889	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-03-13	Option (right to buy)	$33.9503	M	4422	Disposed	2008-04-23	Common shares (4422)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	3309	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance reflects the entire number of shares held by partnership. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

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