ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 23, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2011-12-22

Reporting Person: LINDER GREG W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	M	75203	$53.625	Acquired	221780	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	638	$55.11	Disposed	221142	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	12900	$55.12	Disposed	208242	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	100	$55.125	Disposed	208142	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	462	$55.13	Disposed	207680	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	400	$55.14	Disposed	207280	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	2700	$55.15	Disposed	204580	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	2800	$55.16	Disposed	201780	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	200	$55.17	Disposed	201580	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	100	$55.20	Disposed	201480	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	2933	$55.25	Disposed	198547	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	900	$55.26	Disposed	197647	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	3000	$55.27	Disposed	194647	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	5700	$55.28	Disposed	188947	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	4500	$55.29	Disposed	184447	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	5375	$55.3	Disposed	179072	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	11200	$55.31	Disposed	167872	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	14033	$55.32	Disposed	153839	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	7162	$55.33	Disposed	146677	Direct
2011-12-22	Common shares without par value	S	100	$55.335	Disposed	146577	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-12-22	Option (right to buy)	$53.625	M	42561	Disposed	2012-02-14	Common shares (42561)	Direct
2011-12-22	Option (right to buy)	$53.625	M	32642	Disposed	2015-02-17	Common shares (32642)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	3986	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of December 21, 2011.

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.

F3: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.