ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 4, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2012-02-01

Reporting Person: Fussell Stephen R (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-01	Common shares without par value	M	21281	$53.625	Acquired	108447	Direct
2012-02-01	Common shares without par value	S	19381	$54.24	Disposed	89066	Direct
2012-02-01	Common shares without par value	S	300	$54.2401	Disposed	88766	Direct
2012-02-01	Common shares without par value	S	800	$54.2402	Disposed	87966	Direct
2012-02-01	Common shares without par value	S	800	$54.2407	Disposed	87166	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-01	Option (right to buy)	$53.625	M	21281	Disposed	2012-02-14	Common Shares (21281)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	972	Indirect
Common shares without par value	53	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 1, 2012.

F2: This total reflects the forfeiture of 73 restricted stock units.

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.