ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2014

Jul 3, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2014-07-01

Reporting Person: Mason Heather L (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-07-01	Common shares without par value	A	4024	—	Acquired	122434	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-07-01	Option (right to buy)	$41.14	A	24634	Acquired	2024-06-30	Common shares (24634)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.

F2: 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 8,212 on 7/1/2015, 8,211 on 7/1/2016, and 8,211 on 7/1/2017.