As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2009

Registration No. 333-141118

 

 

 

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)

 

Illinois

 

36-0698440

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

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 March 7, 2007, a total of 46,147,171 common shares of the Registrant were registered on Form S-8 (file no. 333-141118) 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), 22,976,323 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.

 

 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ THOMAS C. FREYMAN

 

Thomas C. Freyman

 

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.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

Miles D. White

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ THOMAS C. FREYMAN

 

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)

 

April 24, 2009

 

Thomas C. Freyman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)

 

April 24, 2009

 

Greg W. Linder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

Robert J. Alpern

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

Roxanne S. Austin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

William M. Daley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

W. James Farrell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

H. Laurance Fuller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

William A. Osborn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

David A. L. Owen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

Boone Powell Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

W. Ann Reynolds

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

Roy S. Roberts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

Samuel C. Scott III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

William D. Smithburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

April 24, 2009

 

Glenn F. Tilton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ LAURA SCHUMACHER

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Schumacher, Esq.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attorney-In-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (previously filed with the Form S-8 filed on March 7, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

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