ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Dec 24, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-11-12

Reporting Person: Hance Robert B (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	M	18564	$51.91	Acquired	154058	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	M	42561	$41.0317	Acquired	196619	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	1300	$54.13	Disposed	195319	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	16380	$54.10	Disposed	178939	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	200	$54.11	Disposed	178739	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	684	$54.12	Disposed	178055	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	F	36449	$54.102	Disposed	141606	Direct
2009-11-12	Common shares without par value	G	220	—	Disposed	141386	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-12-22	Option (right to buy)	$51.91	M	18564	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common Shares (18564)	Direct
2009-12-22	Option (right to buy)	$41.0317	M	42561	Disposed	2014-02-19	Common Shares (42561)	Direct
2009-12-22	Option (right to buy)	$53.92	A	36449	Acquired	2014-02-19	Common Shares (36449)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares without par value	6152	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan as of December 21, 2009.

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.

F3: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 2009 Incentive Stock Program, including a replacement option feature, in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.