ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 24, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-02-20

Reporting Person: Szela Mary T (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-02-20	Common shares without par value	A	35500	—	Acquired	130955	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-02-20	Option (right to buy)	$54.14	A	50400	Acquired	2019-02-19	Common Shares (50400)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	8122	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program. The awards have a 5-year term, with no more than 1/3 of the award vesting in any one year upon Abbott reaching a minimum return on equity target. The awards include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F2: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 19, 2009.

F3: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 16,800 on 02/20/2010, 16,800 on 02/20/2011, and 16,800 on 02/20/2012.