ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2015

Feb 25, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2015-02-20

Reporting Person: Contreras Jaime (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-02-20	Common shares without par value	A	20797	—	Acquired	50933	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-02-20	Option (right to buy)	$47.00	A	146551	Acquired	2025-02-19	Common shares (146551)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	20	Indirect
Common shares without par value	63903	Indirect
Common shares without par value	1379	Indirect
Common shares without par value	12081	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: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of February 20, 2015.

F3: Held in the Jaime Contreras Marvan 2006 Living Trust. The reporting person is sole trustee of the trust. The trust is revocable.

F4: The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his spouse.

F5: Held in spouse's living trust. The reporting person's spouse is sole trustee of the trust. The trust is revocable. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.

F6: 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 48,851 on 2/20/16, 48,850 on 2/20/17, and 48,850 on 2/20/18.