ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 23, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-03-22

Reporting Person: LINDER GREG W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	M	12677	$52.55	Acquired	169558	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	M	10630	$56.30	Acquired	180188	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	M	13548	$58.71	Acquired	193736	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	M	1851	$54.74	Acquired	195587	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	600	$60.055	Disposed	194987	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	1000	$60.06	Disposed	193987	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	400	$60.065	Disposed	193587	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	2300	$60.07	Disposed	191287	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	200	$60.075	Disposed	191087	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	1308	$60.08	Disposed	189779	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	300	$60.085	Disposed	189479	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	2000	$60.09	Disposed	187479	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	18942	$60.10	Disposed	168537	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	100	$60.105	Disposed	168437	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	3584	$60.11	Disposed	164853	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	400	$60.115	Disposed	164453	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	2572	$60.12	Disposed	161881	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	300	$60.125	Disposed	161581	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	2000	$60.13	Disposed	159581	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	1000	$60.135	Disposed	158581	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	1100	$60.14	Disposed	157481	Direct
2012-03-22	Common shares without par value	S	600	$60.1425	Disposed	156881	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-22	Option (right to buy)	$52.55	M	12677	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (12677)	Direct
2012-03-22	Option (right to buy)	$56.30	M	10630	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (10630)	Direct
2012-03-22	Option (right to buy)	$58.71	M	13548	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (13548)	Direct
2012-03-22	Option (right to buy)	$54.74	M	1851	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (1851)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	4021	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of March 21, 2012.

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.