ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Mar 3, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-02-26

Reporting Person: MAZZO JAMES V (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-02-26	Common shares without par value	A	20000	—	Acquired	20000	Direct
2008-02-26	Common shares without par value	A	30000	—	Acquired	50000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-02-26	Option (right to buy)	$21.92	A	98470	Acquired	2012-07-29	Common Shares (98470)	Direct
2009-02-26	Option (right to buy)	$33.76	A	49235	Acquired	2013-04-29	Common Shares (49235)	Direct
2009-02-26	Option (right to buy)	$82.19	A	82058	Acquired	2014-05-20	Common Shares (82058)	Direct
2009-02-26	Option (right to buy)	$93.11	A	75904	Acquired	2015-05-26	Common Shares (75904)	Direct
2009-02-26	Option (right to buy)	$55.92	A	133838	Acquired	2018-05-29	Common Shares (133838)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent non-performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program subject to an 18-month cliff vesting period.

F2: These shares represent non-performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program. The awards have a 3-year term, with no more than 1/3 of the award vesting in any one year and include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F3: Fully vested employee stock option received pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 11, 2009, by and among Abbott Laboratories, Rainforest Acquisition Inc. and Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. (the "Merger Agreement") in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 240,000 shares of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. common stock for $8.99 per share.

F4: Fully vested employee stock option received pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 120,000 shares of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. common stock for $13.85 per share.

F5: Fully vested employee stock option received pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 200,000 shares of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. common stock for $33.72 per share.

F6: Fully vested employee stock option received pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 185,000 shares of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. common stock for $38.20 per share.

F7: Fully vested employee stock option received pursuant to the Merger Agreement in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 326,200 shares of Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. common stock for $22.94 per share.