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: 2009-12-22

Reporting Person: LINDER GREG W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	M	11564	$48.7193	Acquired	178402	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	M	18744	$52.55	Acquired	197146	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	800	$54.11	Disposed	196346	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	5800	$54.12	Disposed	190546	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	6500	$54.13	Disposed	184046	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	10108	$54.14	Disposed	173938	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	5200	$54.15	Disposed	168738	Direct
2009-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	1900	$54.16	Disposed	166838	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-12-22	Option (right to buy)	$48.7193	M	11564	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common Shares (11564)	Direct
2009-12-22	Option (right to buy)	$52.55	M	18744	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common Shares (18744)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	13203	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of December 22, 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.