ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2008

Feb 13, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-02-08

Reporting Person: Hance Robert B (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-02-08	Common shares without par value	M	1902	$52.55	Acquired	121683	Direct
2008-02-08	Common shares without par value	M	4842	$52.66	Acquired	126525	Direct
2008-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	700	$56.791	Disposed	125825	Direct
2008-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	5444	$56.802	Disposed	120381	Direct
2008-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	600	$56.792	Disposed	119781	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-02-08	Option (right to buy)	$52.55	M	1902	Disposed	2008-02-12	Common shares (1902)	Direct
2008-02-08	Option (right to buy)	$52.66	M	4842	Disposed	2008-02-12	Common shares (4842)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	5812	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 8, 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.