ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Oct 19, 2009

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-10-15

Reporting Person: ALBAN CARLOS (Senior Vice President)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	26107	Direct
Common shares without par value	627	Indirect
Common shares without par value	128	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option (right to buy)	$54.1400	2019-02-19	Common shares (5900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$54.1400	2019-02-19	Common shares (5900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$54.1400	2019-02-19	Common shares (5900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.5400	2017-02-15	Common shares (11900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$52.5400	2017-02-15	Common shares (11900)		Direct
Option (right to buy)	$55.56	2018-02-14	Common shares (11300)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of October 14, 2009.

F2: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.