ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 21, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-09-20

Reporting Person: ALBAN CARLOS (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-09-20	Common shares without par value	M	1918	$56.98	Acquired	116735	Direct
2012-09-20	Common shares without par value	S	1918	$69.75	Disposed	114817	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-09-20	Option (right to buy)	$56.98	M	1918	Disposed	2014-02-19	Common shares (1918)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.