Incentive Stock Programs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Incentive Stock Programs

Incentive Stock Programs

Note 7 — Incentive Stock Programs

In the first nine months of 2012, Abbott granted 1,931,213 stock options, 1,965,362 replacement stock options, 1,000,925 restricted stock awards and 6,790,557 restricted stock units under these programs.  At September 30, 2012, approximately 155 million shares were reserved for future grants.  Information regarding the number of options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2012 is as follows:

	Outstanding		Exercisable
Number of shares	53,760,658		48,509,411
Weighted average remaining life (years)	4.1		3.8
Weighted average exercise price	$	51.70	$	51.13
Aggregate intrinsic value (in millions)	$	928	$	867

The total unrecognized share-based compensation cost at September 30, 2012 amounted to approximately $330 million which is expected to be recognized over the next three years.