ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2014

Feb 25, 2014

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SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

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FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
Washington, D.C. 20549
OMB Number: 3235-0287
Check this box if no longer subject to STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Expires: December 31, 2014
Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 Estimated average burden
obligations may continue. Instruction 1(b). See Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 hours per response: 0.5
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person [] 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Mason Heather L ABBOTT LABORATORIES [ ABT ] (Check all applicable)Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title Other (specify
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) below) below)
(Last) (First) (Middle)
02/21/2014 Senior Vice President
100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable
(Street) Line)
ABBOTT X Form filed by One Reporting Person
IL 60064
PARK Form filed by More than One Reporting
Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction 2A. Deemed 3. 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. 7. Nature
Date Execution Date, Transaction or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. Securities Ownership of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) if any Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Direct Beneficial
(Month/Day/Year) 8) Owned (D) or Ownership
Following Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
(A) Reported (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount or Price Transaction(s)
(D) (Instr. 3 and 4)
Common shares without par value 02/21/2014 A 17,985(1) A $ 0 130,406 D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of	2.	3. Transaction	3A. Deemed	4.		5. Number of	6. Date Exercisable and	6. Date Exercisable and	7. Title and	Amount	8. Price of	9. Number	10.	11. Nature
Derivative	Conversion	Date	Execution Date,	Transaction		Derivative	Expiration Date		of Securities		Derivative	of	Ownership	of Indirect
Security	or Exercise	(Month/Day/Year)	if any	Code	(Instr.	Securities	(Month/Day/Year)		Underlying		Security	derivative	Form:	Beneficial
(Instr. 3)	Price of		(Month/Day/Year)	8)		Acquired (A)			Derivative Security		(Instr. 5)	Securities	Direct (D)	Ownership
	Derivative					or Disposed			(Instr. 3 and 4)			Beneficially	or Indirect	(Instr. 4)
	Security					of (D) (Instr.						Owned	(I) (Instr. 4)
						3, 4 and 5)						Following
												Reported
										Amount		Transaction
										or		(s) (Instr. 4)
							Date	Expiration		Number
				Code	V	(A) (D)	Exercisable	Date	Title	of Shares
Option (right to buy) (2)	$39.12	02/21/2014		A		110,107	02/21/2015	02/20/2024	Common shares	110,107	$0	110,107	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 2009 Incentive Stock Program. The awards have a 5-year term, with no more than 1/3 of the award vesting in any one year upon Abbott reaching a minimum return on equity target. The awards include the right to have stock withheld for tax purposes.

2. Employee stock option granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 2009 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 36,703 on 2/21/2015, 36,702 on 2/21/2016, and 36,702 on 2/21/2017.

John A. Berry, by power of 02/25/2014 attorney for Heather L. Mason

** Signature of Reporting Person Date

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