ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2008

Feb 21, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-02-15

Reporting Person: Michael Edward L (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-02-15	Common shares without par value	A	23000	$55.56	Acquired	150311	Direct
2008-02-17	Common shares without par value	F	1718	$55.55	Disposed	148593	Direct
2008-02-18	Common shares without par value	F	740	$55.55	Disposed	147853	Direct
2008-02-19	Common shares without par value	S	445	$56.09	Disposed	147408	Direct
2008-02-19	Common shares without par value	S	373	$56.093	Disposed	147035	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-02-15	Option (right to buy)	$55.56	A	93400	Acquired	2018-02-14	Common shares (93400)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program. The awards have a 5-year term, with no more than 1/3 of the award vesting in any one year upon Abbott reaching a minimum return on equity target. The awards include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F2: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 31,134 on 02/15/2009, 31,133 on 02/15/2010, and 31,133 on 02/15/2011.