Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 30, 2021, Patricia P. Gonzalez was named to the Abbott Laboratories' ("Abbott") Board of Directors.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On August 30, 2021, Abbott's Board of Directors amended the first sentence of Article III, Section 2 of Abbott's by-laws to provide that Abbott's Board of Directors shall consist of fourteen persons, effective as of August 30, 2021. Abbott's by-laws previously provided that the Board of Directors consisted of thirteen persons.




Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.



  Exhibit No. Exhibit




   3.1     By-Laws of Abbott Laboratories, as amended and restated effective
         August 30, 2021.



104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in

the Inline XBRL document).

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