ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 10, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2011-02-08

Reporting Person: Patton Donald V JR (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-02-08	Common shares without par value	M	6287	$45.4488	Acquired	99606	Direct
2011-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	2235	$45.54	Disposed	97371	Direct
2011-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	3152	$45.55	Disposed	94219	Direct
2011-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	100	$45.555	Disposed	94119	Direct
2011-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	100	$45.56	Disposed	94019	Direct
2011-02-08	Common shares without par value	S	700	$45.57	Disposed	93319	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-02-08	Option (right to buy)	$45.4488	M	6287	Disposed	2011-02-08	Common shares (6287)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	14207	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 8, 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.