Abbott Laboratories (ABT)

Employer Contributions to Defined Contribution Plans

M. D. White: $89,773 / $86,347 / $83,099; T. C. Freyman: $44,318 / $42,627 / $40,644; J. M. Capek: $30,033; L. J. Schumacher: $38,740; and, J. L. Tyree: $34,866 / $31,716.

These amounts include employer contributions to both Abbott's tax-qualified defined contribution plan and the Abbott Laboratories 401(k) Supplemental Plan. The Abbott Laboratories 401(k) Supplemental Plan permits Abbott's officers to contribute amounts in excess of the limit set by the Internal Revenue Code for employee contributions to 401(k) plans up to the excess of (i) 18% of their base salary over (ii) the amount contributed to Abbott's tax-qualified 401(k) plan. Abbott matches participant contributions at the rate of 250% of the first 2% of compensation contributed to the Plan. The named officers have these amounts paid to them in cash on a current basis and deposited into a grantor trust established by the officer, net of maximum tax withholdings.

Employer Contributions to Defined Contribution Plans

M. D. White: $86,347 / $83,099; T. C. Freyman: $42,627 / $40,644; H. A. Liepmann: $33,585 / $31,298; J. L. Tyree: $31,716; S. R. Fussell: $22,734; R. A. Gonzalez: $38,283 / $48,697; and, W. G. Dempsey: $25,135 / $31,529.

These amounts include employer contributions to both Abbott's tax-qualified defined contribution plan and the Abbott Laboratories 401(k) Supplemental Plan. The Abbott Laboratories 401(k) Supplemental Plan permits Abbott's officers to contribute amounts in excess of the limit set by the Internal Revenue Code for employee contributions to 401(k) plans up to the excess of (i) 18% of their base salary over (ii) the amount contributed to Abbott's tax-qualified 401(k) plan. Abbott matches participant contributions at the rate of 250% of the first

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2% of compensation contributed to the Plan. The named officers have these amounts paid to them in cash on a current basis and deposited into a grantor trust established by the officer, net of maximum tax withholdings.

Employer Contributions to Defined Contribution Plans.

M. D. White: $83,099; R. A. Gonzalez: $48,697; T. C. Freyman: $40,644; W. G. Dempsey: $31,529; H. Liepmann: $31,298; and J. M. Leiden: $10,620.

These amounts include employer contributions both to Abbott's tax-qualified defined contribution plan and to the Abbott Laboratories 401(k) Supplemental Plan. The Abbott Laboratories 401(k) Supplemental Plan permits Abbott's officers to contribute amounts in excess of the limit set by the Internal Revenue Code for employee contributions to 401(k) plans up to the excess of (i) 18% of their base salary over (ii) the amount contributed to Abbott's tax-qualified 401(k) plan. Abbott matches participant contributions at the rate of 250% of the first 2% of compensation contributed to the Plan. The named officers have these amounts paid to them in cash on a current basis and deposited into a grantor trust established by the officer, net of maximum tax withholdings.