ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 24, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-02-22

Reporting Person: GONZALEZ RICHARD A (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	M	219192	$52.39	Acquired	406827	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	53071	$56.17	Disposed	353756	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	92562	$56.175	Disposed	261194	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	100	$56.1775	Disposed	261094	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	300	$56.179	Disposed	260794	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	18389	$56.18	Disposed	242405	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	8000	$56.185	Disposed	234405	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	500	$56.189	Disposed	233905	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	5800	$56.19	Disposed	228105	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	23438	$56.195	Disposed	204667	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	200	$56.1975	Disposed	204467	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	200	$56.199	Disposed	204267	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	6172	$56.20	Disposed	198095	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	94	$56.205	Disposed	198001	Direct
2012-02-22	Common shares without par value	S	100	$56.209	Disposed	197901	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-22	Option (right to buy)	$52.39	M	219192	Disposed	2013-02-13	Common shares (219192)	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.