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: WHITE MILES D (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-02-15	Common shares without par value	A	135000	$55.56	Acquired	1172800	Direct
2008-02-17	Common shares without par value	F	18279	$55.55	Disposed	1154521	Direct
2008-02-18	Common shares without par value	F	8390	$55.55	Disposed	1146131	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-02-15	Option (right to buy)	$55.56	A	530000	Acquired	2018-02-14	common shares (530000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	17975	Indirect
Common shares without par value	5168	Indirect
Common shares without par value	5168	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3. 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: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 14, 2008.

F3: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his sons.

F4: 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 176,667on 2/15/09, 176,667 on 2/15/10 and 176,666 on 2/15/11.