As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2009
Registration No. 333-153197
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8/A
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Illinois |
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(State or other jurisdiction of |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
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Identification No.) |
Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott
Park, Illinois
60064-6400
(847)
937-6100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 1996 INCENTIVE STOCK PROGRAM
(Full title of the plan)
Laura J.
Schumacher
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Abbott Laboratories
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott
Park, Illinois 60064-6400
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (847) 937-6100
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
On August 26, 2008, a total of 23,248,652 common shares of the Registrant were registered on Form S-8 (file no. 333-153197) for issuance under the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program (the “1996 Program”). On April 24, 2009, the Registrant’s shareholders approved the Abbott Laboratories 2009 Incentive Stock Program (the “2009 Program”). No additional awards will be made under the 1996 Program and the shares that were available for new grants under the 1996 Program immediately before April 24, 2009 are now issuable under the 2009 Program. Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 and Interpretation 89 under Section G of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (July 1997), 23,248,652 of the unissued shares previously registered pursuant to this registration statement with respect to the 1996 Program are being carried forward and deemed covered by the registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the 2009 Program that is being filed on the date hereof. The Registrant hereby de-registers such shares as of the date of this post-effective amendment.
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
THE REGISTRANT. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the County of Lake, State of Illinois, on April 24, 2009.
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ABBOTT LABORATORIES |
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/s/ THOMAS C. FREYMAN |
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Thomas C. Freyman |
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Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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April 24, 2009 |
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Miles D. White |
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Thomas C. Freyman |
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April 24, 2009 |
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Greg W. Linder |
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April 24, 2009 |
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Robert J. Alpern |
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April 24, 2009 |
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Roxanne S. Austin |
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April 24, 2009 |
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William M. Daley |
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April 24, 2009 |
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W. James Farrell |
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April 24, 2009 |
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H. Laurance Fuller |
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April 24, 2009 |
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William A. Osborn |
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April 24, 2009 |
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David A. L. Owen |
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April 24, 2009 |
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Boone Powell Jr. |
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Director |
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April 24, 2009 |
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W. Ann Reynolds |
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April 24, 2009 |
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Roy S. Roberts |
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April 24, 2009 |
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Samuel C. Scott III |
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April 24, 2009 |
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William D. Smithburg |
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Director |
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April 24, 2009 |
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Glenn F. Tilton |
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*By: |
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/s/ LAURA SCHUMACHER |
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Laura Schumacher, Esq. |
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Attorney-In-Fact |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Description |
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24.1 |
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Power of Attorney (previously filed with the Form S-8 filed on August 26, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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