ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 5, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-08-31

Reporting Person: Landgraf John C (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	63800	$46.34	Acquired	154945	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	23000	$44.16	Acquired	177945	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	13270	$53.19	Acquired	191215	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	4935	$53.12	Acquired	196150	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	13439	$54.30	Acquired	209589	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	12835	$58.71	Acquired	222424	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	1823	$55.57	Acquired	224247	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	M	7156	$51.21	Acquired	231403	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	F	6247	$65.40	Disposed	225156	Direct
2012-08-31	Common shares without par value	S	130944	$65.50	Disposed	94212	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$46.34	M	63800	Disposed	2015-02-17	Common shares (63800)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$44.16	M	23000	Disposed	2016-02-16	Common shares (23000)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$53.19	M	13270	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (13270)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$53.12	M	4935	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (4935)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$54.30	M	13439	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (13439)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$58.71	M	12835	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (12835)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$55.57	M	1823	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (1823)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$51.21	M	7156	Disposed	2014-08-02	Common shares (7156)	Direct
2012-08-31	Option (right to buy)	$65.40	A	6247	Acquired	2014-08-02	Common shares (6247)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	18040	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of August 31, 2012.

F2: Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3.

F3: 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.