ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Feb 3, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2009-01-29

Reporting Person: LIEPMANN HOLGER A (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	M	10067	$53.40	Acquired	155842	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	5000	$55.28	Disposed	150842	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	5067	$55.27	Disposed	145775	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-01-29	Option (right to buy)	$53.4	M	10067	Disposed	2009-02-11	Common shares (10067)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	14183	Indirect
Common shares without par value	295	Indirect
Common shares without par value	296	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of January 29, 2009.

F2: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by his daughters.

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.