ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2010

Oct 28, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2010-10-25

Reporting Person: FREYMAN THOMAS C (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-10-25	Common shares without par value	S	22019	$52.9399	Disposed	777	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	366479	Direct
Common shares without par value	15000	Indirect
Common shares without par value	1941	Indirect
Common shares without par value	1941	Indirect
Common shares without par value	1941	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of October 25, 2010.

F2: Held in the Annette Newton-Freyman 1994 Trust. The reporting person's spouse is trustee of the trust. The trust is revocable by his spouse. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

F3: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his daughter and sons.