<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-21-000899.txt : 20210223
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-21-000899
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210219
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210223

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Salvadori Daniel Gesua Sive
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001620564

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-02189
		FILM NUMBER:		21667738

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
		STREET 2:		AP6A-2, D-032L
		CITY:			ABBOTT PARK
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60064-6092

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABBOTT LABORATORIES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000001800
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				360698440
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
		CITY:			ABBOTT PARK
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60064-3500
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2246676100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
		CITY:			ABBOTT PARK
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60064-3500
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        <footnote id="F1">These shares represent a performance-based restricted stock award under the Abbott Laboratories 2017 Incentive Stock Program. The award has 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 award includes the right to have shares withheld for tax purposes.</footnote>
        <footnote id="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 32,902 on February 19, 2022, 32,903 on February 19, 2023, and 32,903 on February 19, 2024.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ Daniel Gesua Sive Salvadori by Jessica H. Paik, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
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