ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 14, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-11-08

Reporting Person: FREYMAN THOMAS C (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-11-08	Common shares without par value	G	65000	—	Disposed	349548	Direct
2012-11-16	Common shares without par value	G	76000	—	Disposed	273548	Direct
2012-11-08	Common shares without par value	G	65000	—	Acquired	80000	Indirect
2012-11-13	Common shares without par value	G	76000	—	Disposed	4000	Indirect
2012-11-13	Common shares without par value	G	76000	—	Acquired	76000	Indirect
2012-11-16	Common shares without par value	G	76000	—	Acquired	76000	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	1053	Indirect
Common shares without par value	1941	Indirect
Common shares without par value	1941	Indirect
Common shares without par value	1941	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Held in the Annette Newton-Freyman 1994 Trust. The reporting person's spouse is trustee of the trust. The trust is revocable by his spouse. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

F2: Held in the Annete Newton Freyman 2012 Irrevocable Trust. The reporting person is trustee of the trust. The trust is irrevocable by the reporting person's spouse. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

F3: Held in the Thomas C. Freyman 2012 Irrevocable Trust. The reporting person's spouse is trustee of the trust. The trust is irrevocable by the reporting person.

F4: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of December 12, 2012.

F5: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his daughter.

F6: These shares are held in an irrevocable trust for the benefit of the reporting person's son. The reporting person's spouse is trustee of the trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.