ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 20, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-02-18

Reporting Person: FULLER H LAURANCE (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-02-18	Common shares without par value	M	4126	$49.4335	Acquired	16989	Direct
2009-02-18	Common shares without par value	S	1500	$53.861	Disposed	15489	Direct
2009-02-18	Common shares without par value	S	200	$53.8612	Disposed	15289	Direct
2009-02-18	Common shares without par value	S	2226	$53.852	Disposed	13063	Direct
2009-02-18	Common shares without par value	S	200	$53.862	Disposed	12863	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-02-18	Option (right to buy)	$49.4335	M	4126	Disposed	2009-04-22	Common shares (4126)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.