ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 30, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2011-12-29

Reporting Person: Mason Heather L (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	M	53201	$53.625	Acquired	173474	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1200	$56.115	Disposed	172274	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1800	$56.125	Disposed	170474	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1100	$56.13	Disposed	169374	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	2400	$56.135	Disposed	166974	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1900	$56.14	Disposed	165074	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	900	$56.145	Disposed	164174	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	600	$56.15	Disposed	163574	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1300	$56.155	Disposed	162274	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1062	$56.16	Disposed	161212	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	13800	$56.165	Disposed	147412	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	5509	$56.17	Disposed	141903	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	800	$56.175	Disposed	141103	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	500	$56.18	Disposed	140603	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	200	$56.185	Disposed	140403	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	100	$56.1875	Disposed	140303	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1400	$56.19	Disposed	138903	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	6000	$56.195	Disposed	132903	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	300	$56.1975	Disposed	132603	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	6100	$56.2	Disposed	126503	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	1200	$56.205	Disposed	125303	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	2500	$56.21	Disposed	122803	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	2200	$56.215	Disposed	120603	Direct
2011-12-29	Common shares without par value	S	330	$56.22	Disposed	120273	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-12-29	Option (right to buy)	$53.625	M	53201	Disposed	2012-02-14	Common shares (53201)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.