ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 12, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-02-09

Reporting Person: LINDER GREG W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-02-09	Common shares without par value	M	8143	$56.30	Acquired	158580	Direct
2009-02-09	Common shares without par value	M	1758	$56.85	Acquired	160338	Direct
2009-02-09	Common shares without par value	S	8143	$56.99	Disposed	152195	Direct
2009-02-09	Common shares without par value	S	1758	$57.00	Disposed	150437	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-02-09	Option (right to buy)	$56.30	M	8143	Disposed	2009-02-11	Common Shares (8143)	Direct
2009-02-09	Option (right to buy)	$56.85	M	1758	Disposed	2009-02-11	Common Shares (1758)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	12787	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 9, 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.