ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 7, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-02-04

Reporting Person: Fussell Stephen R (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-02-04	Common shares without par value	M	881	$53.60	Acquired	114308	Direct
2009-02-04	Common shares without par value	S	600	$56.254	Disposed	113708	Direct
2009-02-04	Common shares without par value	S	281	$56.242	Disposed	113427	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-02-04	Option (right to buy)	$53.60	M	881	Disposed	2009-02-11	Common Shares (881)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	1381	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Amount is subject to adjustment pursuant to a domestic relations order.

F2: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 4, 2009.

F3: 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.