ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Mar 9, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-03-05

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-03-05	Common shares without par value	M	4284	$33.2314	Acquired	100534	Direct
2009-03-05	Common shares without par value	F	3549	$47.18	Disposed	96985	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-03-05	Option (right to buy)	$33.2314	M	4284	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common Shares (4284)	Direct
2009-03-05	Option (right to buy)	$47.18	A	3549	Acquired	2013-02-13	Common Shares (3549)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	13386	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of March 5, 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.