SEC Form 4 · accession 0001179110-16-027937

ABBOTT LABORATORIES · ABT

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Miles D White

Officer — Chairman and CEO · Director

Period of report

Jul 25, 2016

Accepted (ET)

Jul 27, 2016 · 4:31 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000001800

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	233	$43.3025	A	2,724,317	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	300	$43.28	A	2,724,617	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	900	$43.315	A	2,725,517	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	500	$43.38	A	2,726,017	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	4,800	$43.365	A	2,730,817	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	2,000	$43.35	A	2,732,817	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	3,000	$43.345	A	2,735,817	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	100	$43.3325	A	2,735,917	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	600	$43.385	A	2,736,517	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	5,300	$43.30	A	2,741,817	D
Common shares without par value	Jul 25, 2016	P	200	$43.37	A	2,742,017	D
Common shares without par value^F1	holding	—	—		—	29,728	I	Profit Sharing Trust
Common shares without par value^F2	holding	—	—		—	8,818	I	By son
Common shares without par value^F2	holding	—	—		—	8,832	I	By son

Table II — derivative securities

No Table II lines on this filing.

Explanation of responses

F1Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of July 25, 2016.
F2The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his son.

Remarks

Form 5 of 5. The transactions reported on this Form 4 are part of a series of transactions pursuant to which Mr. White personally invested $45.5 million in cash to purchase a total of 1,281,500 shares on his own account, increasing his total ownership from 1,460,517 shares to 2,742,017 shares. These transactions were made pursuant to a previously adopted plan complying with Rule 10b5-1(c).