ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2015

Jun 3, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2015-06-01

Reporting Person: Ford Robert B (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-06-01	Common shares without par value	A	2021	—	Acquired	37526	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-06-01	Option (right to buy)	$48.90	A	14423	Acquired	2025-05-31	Common shares (14423)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	48062	Indirect

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: Held in the Ford Family Trust DTD June 2, 2014. The reporting person is co-trustee of the trust.

F3: 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 4,808 on 6/1/2016, 4,807 on 6/1/2017, and 4,808 on 6/1/2018.