ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 16, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-02-14

Reporting Person: Murray Corlis D (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-14	Common shares without par value	M	2371	$53.625	Acquired	39754	Direct
2012-02-14	Common shares without par value	S	100	$55.0309	Disposed	39654	Direct
2012-02-14	Common shares without par value	S	381	$55.0310	Disposed	39273	Direct
2012-02-14	Common shares without par value	S	100	$55.0301	Disposed	39173	Direct
2012-02-14	Common shares without par value	S	1790	$55.0300	Disposed	37383	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-14	Option (right to buy)	$53.625	M	2371	Disposed	2012-02-14	Common shares (2371)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	6945	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 14, 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.