ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 17, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2011-12-14

Reporting Person: Szela Mary T (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	M	53201	$53.625	Acquired	172543	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	500	$54.3250	Disposed	172043	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	300	$54.3275	Disposed	171743	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	2500	$54.3300	Disposed	169243	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	200	$54.3350	Disposed	169043	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	100	$54.3400	Disposed	168943	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	900	$54.3450	Disposed	168043	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	1550	$54.3500	Disposed	166493	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	2100	$54.3550	Disposed	164393	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	2100	$54.3600	Disposed	162293	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	100	$54.3650	Disposed	162193	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	900	$54.3700	Disposed	161293	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	5500	$54.3750	Disposed	155793	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	5195	$54.38	Disposed	150598	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	1600	$54.3850	Disposed	148998	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	100	$54.3875	Disposed	148898	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	1900	$54.39	Disposed	146998	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	3700	$54.3950	Disposed	143298	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	4500	$54.40	Disposed	138798	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	2300	$54.4050	Disposed	136498	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	5275	$54.41	Disposed	131223	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	2488	$54.42	Disposed	128735	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	212	$54.4250	Disposed	128523	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	2700	$54.43	Disposed	125823	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	3200	$54.44	Disposed	122623	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	2781	$54.4450	Disposed	119842	Direct
2011-12-14	Common shares without par value	S	500	$54.46	Disposed	119342	Direct

Derivative Transactions

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

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	80	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of December 14, 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.