ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2009

Jan 31, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2008-12-17

Reporting Person: WHITE MILES D (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-12-17	Common shares without par value	G	883	—	Disposed	1255298	Direct
2008-12-18	Common shares without par value	G	19297	—	Disposed	1236001	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	M	269100	$53.60	Acquired	1505101	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	134800	$55.00	Disposed	1370301	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	21300	$55.01	Disposed	1349001	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	5400	$55.02	Disposed	1343601	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	2800	$55.03	Disposed	1340801	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	900	$55.04	Disposed	1339901	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	97900	$55.05	Disposed	1242001	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	1300	$55.06	Disposed	1240701	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	500	$55.07	Disposed	1240201	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	2500	$55.08	Disposed	1237701	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	200	$55.09	Disposed	1237501	Direct
2009-01-28	Common shares without par value	S	1500	$55.10	Disposed	1236001	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	M	47560	$53.6	Acquired	1283561	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	27500	$55.00	Disposed	1256061	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	1160	$55.06	Disposed	1254901	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	8500	$55.07	Disposed	1246401	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	7200	$55.08	Disposed	1239201	Direct
2009-01-29	Common shares without par value	S	3200	$55.09	Disposed	1236001	Direct
2008-12-17	Common shares without par value	G	690	—	Acquired	690	Indirect
2008-12-18	Common shares without par value	G	690	—	Disposed	0	Indirect
2008-12-18	Common shares without par value	G	327	—	Acquired	5495	Indirect
2008-12-18	Common shares without par value	G	327	—	Acquired	5495	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-01-28	Option (right to buy)	$53.60	M	269100	Disposed	2009-02-11	Common Shares (269100)	Direct
2009-01-29	Option (right to buy)	$53.60	M	47560	Disposed	2009-02-11	Common Shares (47560)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	18909	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his wife and son.

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.