ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2011

Apr 29, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2011-04-26

Reporting Person: AUSTIN ROXANNE S (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-04-26	Common shares without par value	M	6668	$42.7328	Acquired	25748	Direct
2011-04-26	Common shares without par value	S	4168	$51.366	Disposed	21580	Direct
2011-04-26	Common shares without par value	S	2500	$51.361	Disposed	19080	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-04-26	Option (right to buy)	$42.7328	M	6668	Disposed	2011-04-26	Common Shares (6668)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.