ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2011

Apr 1, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2011-03-31

Reporting Person: Szela Mary T (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-03-31	Common shares without par value	M	15960	$48.1225	Acquired	135302	Direct
2011-03-31	Common shares without par value	S	13535	$49.25	Disposed	121767	Direct
2011-03-31	Common shares without par value	S	2425	$49.26	Disposed	119342	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-03-31	Option (right to buy)	$48.1225	M	15960	Disposed	2011-05-31	Common shares (15960)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	78	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of March 31, 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.