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: Schumacher Laura J (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-02-08	Common shares without par value	M	1735	$52.55	Acquired	124037	Direct
2008-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	1735	$56.743	Disposed	122302	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2008-02-08	Option (right to buy)	$52.55	M	1735	Disposed	2008-02-12	Common shares (1735)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	5021	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.