ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2018

Feb 22, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2018-02-16

Reporting Person: PEDERSON MICHAEL J (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-02-16	Common shares without par value	A	20030	—	Acquired	83586	Direct
2018-02-17	Common shares without par value	F	487	$60.17	Disposed	83099	Direct
2018-02-19	Common shares without par value	F	571	$60.17	Disposed	82528	Direct
2018-02-20	Common shares without par value	S	459	$59.287	Disposed	82069	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-02-16	Option (right to buy)	$59.94	A	110146	Acquired	2028-02-15	Common shares (110146)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These shares represent performance vested restricted stock awards under the Abbott Laboratories 2017 Incentive Stock Program. The awards have a 3-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 2017 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16b-3. The option becomes exercisable in annual increments of 36,716 on 02/16/2019, 36,715 on 02/16/2020, and 36,715 on 02/16/2021.