ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Dec 31, 2009

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-12-10

Reporting Person: Patton Donald V JR (Senior Vice President)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-12-10	Option (right to buy)	$52.75	M	9875	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common Shares (9875)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.

F2: The Form 4 filed on December 11, 2009 inadvertently reported that the exercised options were acquired, rather than disposed of, by the reporting person.