ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2011

Sep 14, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2011-09-12

Reporting Person: Fussell Stephen R (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-09-12	Common shares without par value	M	450	$44.16	Acquired	576	Indirect
2011-09-12	Common shares without par value	S	450	$49.872	Disposed	126	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-09-12	Option (right to buy)	$44.16	M	450	Disposed	2011-09-13	Common shares (450)	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	87166	Direct
Common shares without par value	954	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of Sepember 12, 2011.

F2: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his spouse.

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.