ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 6, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

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

Reporting Person: Szela Mary T (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	3445	$45.4488	Acquired	100096	Direct
2009-02-04	Common shares without par value	F	2996	$56.98	Disposed	97100	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-02-04	Option (right to buy)	$45.4488	M	3445	Disposed	2011-02-08	Common Shares (3445)	Direct
2008-02-04	Option (right to buy)	$56.98	A	2996	Acquired	2011-02-08	Common Shares (2996)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	8068	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 4, 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.