ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 4, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-12-01

Reporting Person: ALBAN CARLOS (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-11-16	Common shares without par value	G	40442	—	Disposed	77243	Direct
2012-12-01	Common shares without par value	A	18453	—	Acquired	95696	Direct
2012-11-16	Common shares without par value	G	40442	—	Acquired	40442	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 2009 Incentive Stock Program. The awards will cliff vest after January 1, 2016, subject to AbbVie reaching a minimum average return on equity target for the period 2013 through 2015. The awards include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

F2: Held in the Maria Cristina Alban 2007 Declaration of 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.