Exhibit 10.7

 

Amended and Restated

effective January 1, 2013

 

1998 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN (PIP) RULES

 

The following rules shall govern the administration of the 1998 Abbott
Laboratories Performance Incentive Plan (PIP) and any comparable successor plan
with respect to all amounts that are not Grandfathered Amounts.  Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined in these Rules shall have the meaning
provided in the PIP.  These PIP rules became effective as of January 1, 1998,
were subsequently amended and restated as of January 1, 2008, in accordance with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (“Code Section 409A”), and are hereby amended and restated as of
January 1, 2013. Except as expressly provided herein, the provisions of these
rules as they were in effect immediately prior to the January 1, 2013 amendment
and restatement shall continue to apply to any participant who retired or
terminated employment prior to January 1, 2013.  These rules shall remain in
effect until amended by the Committee:

 

1.                                      Fiscal Year.  The term “fiscal year,” as
used in the PIP, means the fiscal period from time to time employed by Abbott
for the purpose of reporting earnings to shareholders.

 

2.                                      Consolidated Net Income.  “Consolidated
Net Earnings” shall be the consolidated net earnings for such fiscal year as
stated in Abbott’s Audited Financial Statements, shall reflect the incremental
cost of FAS 123(R) in the current year and may, at the Compensation Committee’s
discretion, be adjusted to exclude acquired in-process research and development
costs, and other specified items, net of income taxes.

 

3.                                      Naming of Participants.  For any fiscal
year, all participants in the PIP must be named by the Committee prior to the
completion of the immediately preceding fiscal year.  A PIP participant may not
be an active participant in the MIP in the same fiscal year.

 

4.                                      Inclusion in Pensionable Earnings.  The
full amount of any PIP award earned under Rule 5 will be included in the
participant’s pensionable earnings.

 

5.                                      Time of Payment.  Beginning with any
award allocation paid after December 31, 1998, a participant must direct payment
or deferral of an allocation made to the participant under the PIP by one or
more of the following methods:

 

(a)                                 In cash to the participant, which payment
shall be made no later than the last day of the “applicable 2 ½ month period,”
as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4)(i)(A);

 

(b)                                 A portion in cash and deposited to a grantor
trust (the “Grantor Trust”) established by the participant (in a form which the
Committee determines is substantially similar to the trust in Exhibit A) and the
balance withheld on behalf of the participant to satisfy the participant’s
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income and employment taxes; provided that all payments or contributions to the
Grantor Trust and participant contemplated by this Rule 5(b) shall be made no
later than the last day of the “applicable 2½ month period,” as such term is
defined in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(b)(4)(i)(A); or

 

(c)                                  Deferral of payment until the time, and in
the manner determined in Rule 17.

 

Amounts paid under the PIP will not be considered amounts paid under the MIP for
purposes of subsections 3.3 and 3.4 and Section 4 of the MIP.  The base salaries
of PIP participants will not be considered for determination of the MIP amount
in subsection 3.3 of the MIP.

 

6.                                      Time of Election.

 

(a)                                 A participant must make the election
described in Rule 5 by filing it with the Committee before expiration of the
election period established by the Committee, which period shall end no later
than December 31 of the fiscal year prior to the year during which the
performance incentive compensation is earned under the PIP.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the timing requirements of
Rule 6(a), an individual who newly becomes eligible to participate in the PIP by
being designated as a participant under subsection 3.1 of the PIP (and who was
not eligible to participate in any other plan that would be aggregated with the
Plan under Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(c)) may make the an initial deferral
election described in Rule 5 by filing it with the Committee or its delegate
within the thirty (30) day period immediately following the date he or she first
is designated as participant, provided, that the compensation deferred pursuant
to such election relates solely to services performed after the date of such
election.  For this purpose, an election shall be deemed to apply to
compensation paid for services performed after the election if the election
applies to no more than the amount prescribed by Treasury Regulation
§1.409A-2(a)(7)(i).

 

(c)                                  Any election described in Rule 5 shall be
irrevocable for the fiscal year to which the election applies.

 

7.                                      Accounts.  The Committee shall establish
accounts for participants who have made elections pursuant to Rule 5(b) or
5(c) as follows.

 

(a)                                 The Committee will maintain a “Deferred
Account” in the name of each participant who has elected to defer payment of all
or a portion of his or her PIP award under Rule 5(c).  The Deferred Account
shall consist of allocations deferred according to Rule 5(c) and any adjustments
made in accordance with Rule 8.

 

(b)                                 The Committee will maintain two separate
Accounts, a “Pre-Tax Account” and an “After-Tax Account,” in the name of each
participant who has declined to defer allocations by electing to have a portion
of his or her PIP award deposited in cash to a Grantor Trust according to
Rule 5(b).  The Pre-Tax Account shall consist of the aggregate of all
allocations contemplated by Rule 5(b), whether deposited to the participant’s
Grantor Trust or withheld on behalf of the participant to satisfy the

 

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participant’s aggregate federal, state and local individual income and
employment taxes, and any adjustments made in accordance with Rule 9.  The
After-Tax Account shall consist of after-tax allocations deposited to the
participant’s Grantor Trust in cash according to Rule 5(b) and any adjustments
made in accordance with Rule 10.

 

8.                                      Adjustment of Deferred Accounts.  At the
end of each fiscal year, a participant’s Deferred Account will be adjusted as
follows:

 

(a)                                 First, reduced by an amount equal to any
distribution made to the participant during the year according to Rule 17 or
Rule 18;

 

(b)                                 Next, increased by an amount equal to any
allocation for that year that is deferred according to Rule 5(c); and

 

(c)                                  Last, increased by an amount equal to the
interest earned for that year according to Rule 11.

 

9.                                      Adjustment of Pre-Tax Accounts.  At the
end of each fiscal year, a participant’s Pre-Tax Account will be adjusted as
follows:

 

(a)                                 First, reduced, in any year in which the
participant is entitled to receive a distribution from his or her Grantor Trust,
by an amount equal to the distribution that would have been made to the
participant if the aggregate amounts allocated according to Rule 5(b) had
instead been deferred under Rule 5(c);

 

(b)                                 Next, increased by an amount equal to any
allocation for that year that is paid to the participant and withheld on behalf
of the participant to satisfy the participant’s aggregate federal, state and
local individual income and employment taxes (including the amount paid to the
participant’s Grantor Trust) according to Rule 5(b); and

 

(c)                                  Last, increased by an amount equal to the
interest earned for that year according to Rule 11.

 

10.                               Adjustment of After-Tax Accounts.  At the end
of each fiscal year, a participant’s After-Tax Account will be adjusted as
follows:

 

(a)                                 First, reduced, in any year in which the
participant is in receipt of a distribution from his or her Grantor Trust, by an
amount calculated as provided in Rule 28 which represents the distribution for
such year;

 

(b)                                 Next, increased by an amount equal to the
allocation for that year that is deposited in the participant’s Grantor Trust
according to Rule 5(b); and

 

(c)           Last, increased by an amount equal to the interest earned for that
year according to Rule 11.

 

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11.                               Interest Accruals on Accounts.

 

(a)                                 As of the end of each fiscal year, a
participant’s Deferred Account or Pre-Tax Account, as applicable, shall be
credited with interest (“Interest”) at the following rate:

 

(i)                                     the average of the “prime rate” of
interest  published by The Wall Street Journal (Mid-West Edition) or comparable
successor quotation service on the first business day of January and the last
business day of each month of the fiscal year; plus

 

(ii)                                  two hundred twenty-five (225) basis
points.

 

(b)                                 As of the end of each fiscal year, a
participant’s After-Tax Account shall be credited with the amount of Interest
set forth above, multiplied by (one minus the aggregate of the applicable
federal, state and local individual income tax rates and employment tax rate,
determined in accordance with Rules 25 and 26) (the “After-Tax Interest”).

 

(c)                                  The Interest and After-Tax Interest, as
applicable, shall be credited on the conditions established by the Committee,
provided that any award allocation shall be considered to have been made and
credited to a participant’s Account as of the first day of the fiscal year in
which the award is made.

 

12.                               Interest Payments.  In addition to any
allocation made to a participant for any fiscal year in accordance with
Rule 5(b), Abbott shall also make a payment (an “Interest Payment”) with respect
to each participant who has established a Grantor Trust for each year in which
the Grantor Trust is in effect.  Prior to January 1, 2013, the Interest Payment
equaled the excess, if any, of the participant’s Net Interest Accrual (as
defined below) over the net earnings of the participant’s Grantor Trust for the
year (the “Pre-Amendment Amount”) and was paid to the participant’s Grantor
Trust within the thirty (30)-day period beginning April 1 of the following
fiscal year.  Effective as January 1, 2013, the Interest Payment shall equal the
excess, if any, of the participant’s adjustment in Rule 9(c), over the net
earnings of the participant’s Grantor Trust for the year, as adjusted by the
amounts described in Schedule A, and shall be paid within the thirty (30)-day
period beginning April 1 of the following fiscal year.  A portion of such
Interest Payment, equal to the excess, if any, of the Net Interest Accrual over
the net earnings of the participant’s Grantor Trust (i.e., the Pre-Amendment
Amount), shall be deposited in the participant’s Grantor Trust, with the balance
paid to, or withheld on behalf of, the Participant; provided, however, in the
event that the net earnings of the participant’s Grantor Trust exceed the Net
Interest Accrual, a distribution from the Grantor Trust shall be required in
accordance with Rule 31.  A participant’s Net Interest Accrual for a year is an
amount equal to the After-Tax Interest credited to the participant’s After-Tax
Account for that year in accordance with Rule 11(b).

 

13.                               Grantor Trust Assets.  Each participant’s
Grantor Trust assets shall be invested solely in the instruments specified by
investment guidelines established by the Committee.  Such investment guidelines,
once established, may be changed by the Committee, provided that

 

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any change shall not take effect until the year following the year in which the
change is made and provided further that the instruments specified shall be
consistent with the provisions of Section 3(b) of the form of Grantor Trust
attached hereto as Attachment A.

 

14.                               Designation of Beneficiaries.  Subject to the
conditions and limitations set forth below, each participant, and after a
participant’s death, each primary beneficiary designated by a participant in
accordance with the provisions of this Rule 14, shall have the right from time
to time to designate a primary beneficiary or beneficiaries and, successive or
contingent beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive unpaid amounts from the
participant’s Deferred Account under the PIP.  Beneficiaries may be a natural
person or persons or a fiduciary, such as a trustee of a trust or the legal
representative of an estate.  Any such designation shall take effect upon the
death of the participant or such beneficiary, as the case may be, or in the case
of any fiduciary beneficiary, upon the termination of all of its duties (other
than the duty to dispose of the right to receive amounts remaining to be paid
under the PIP).  The conditions and limitations relating to the designation of
beneficiaries are as follows:

 

(a)                                 A nonfiduciary beneficiary shall have the
right to designate a further beneficiary or beneficiaries only if the original
participant or the next preceding primary beneficiary, as the case may be, shall
have expressly so provided in writing; and

 

(b)                                 A fiduciary beneficiary shall designate as a
further beneficiary or beneficiaries only those persons or other fiduciaries
that are entitled to receive the amounts payable from the participant’s account
under the trust or estate of which it is a fiduciary.

 

Any beneficiary designation or grant of any power to any beneficiary under this
Rule 14 may be exercised only by an instrument in writing, executed by the
person making the designation or granting such power and filed with the
Secretary of Abbott during the person’s lifetime or prior to the termination of
a fiduciary’s duties.  If a deceased participant or a deceased nonfiduciary
beneficiary who had the right to designate a beneficiary as provided above dies
without having designated a further beneficiary, or if no beneficiary designated
as provided above is living or qualified and acting, the Committee, in its
discretion, may direct distribution of the amount remaining from time to time to
either: (i)  any one or more or all of the next of kin (including the surviving
spouse) of the participant or the deceased beneficiary, as the case may be, and
in such proportions as the Committee determines; or (ii)  the legal
representative of the estate of the deceased participant or deceased beneficiary
as the case may be.

 

15.                               Non-assignability and Facility of Payment. 
Amounts payable to participants and their beneficiaries under the PIP are not in
any way subject to their debts and other obligations, and may not be voluntarily
or involuntarily sold, transferred or assigned; provided that the provisions of
these Rules shall not be construed as restricting in any way a designation right
granted to a beneficiary under Rule 14.  When a participant or the beneficiary
of a participant is under legal disability, or in the Committee’s opinion is in
any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his or her financial affairs,
the Committee may direct that payments shall be made to the participant’s or
beneficiary’s legal representative, or to a relative or friend of the
participant or beneficiary for the benefit of the participant or

 

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beneficiary, or the Committee may direct the payment or distribution for the
benefit of the participant or beneficiary in any manner that the Committee
determines.

 

16.                               Payer of Amounts Allocated to Participants. 
Any amount allocated to a participant in the PIP and any interest credited
thereto will be paid by the employer (or such employer’s successor) by whom the
participant was employed during the fiscal year for which any amount was
allocated, and for that purpose, if a participant shall have been employed by
two or more employers during any fiscal year the amount allocated under the PIP
for that year shall be an obligation of each of the respective employers in
proportion to the respective amounts of base salary paid by each of them in that
fiscal year.

 

17.                               Manner of Payment of Deferred Accounts. 
Subject to Rule 18, a participant shall elect to receive payment of his Deferred
Account in substantially equal annual installments over a minimum period of ten
years, or a longer period, at the time of his deferral election under Rule 5. 
Payment of a participant’s Deferred Account shall commence on the first business
day of January of the year following the year in which the participant incurs a
termination of employment.

 

18.                               Payment Upon Termination Following Change in
Control.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the PIP or the provisions of
any award made under the PIP, if a participant incurs a termination of
employment with Abbott and its subsidiaries for any reason within two (2) years
following the date of a Change in Control, provided that the event constituting
a Change in Control is also a “change in control event”, as such term is defined
in Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5): (a) with respect to a participant whose
allocations under the PIP are deferred in accordance with Rule 5(c), the
aggregate unpaid balance of the participant’s Deferred Account shall be paid to
such participant in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following the date of
such termination of employment, and (b) with respect to a participant whose
allocations under the PIP are made pursuant to Rule 5(b), (i) the aggregate of
the participant’s unpaid allocation under Rule 5(b) (if any) for the fiscal year
in which the termination occurs and (ii) a pro rata portion of the unpaid
Guaranteed Rate Payment under Rule 12 attributable to the portion of the year
elapsed prior to the date of termination, shall be paid to such participant’s
Grantor Trust in a lump sum within thirty (30) days following the date of such
termination of employment.

 

19.                               Change in Control.  A “Change in Control”
shall be deemed to have occurred on the earliest of the following dates:

 

(a)                                 the date any Person is or becomes the
Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Abbott (not including
in the securities beneficially owned by such Person any securities acquired
directly from Abbott or its Affiliates) representing 20% or more of the combined
voting power of Abbott’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who
becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in
clause (i) of paragraph (c) below; or

 

(b)                                 the date the following individuals cease for
any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving:
individuals who, on the date hereof, constitute the Board and any new director
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office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including
but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors
of Abbott) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election
by Abbott’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least
two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors
on the date hereof or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was
previously so approved or recommended; or

 

(c)                                  the date on which there is consummated a
merger or consolidation of Abbott or any direct or indirect subsidiary of Abbott
with any other corporation or other entity, other than (i) a merger or
consolidation (A) immediately following which the individuals who comprise the
Board immediately prior thereto constitute at least a majority of the Board of
Directors of Abbott, the entity surviving such merger or consolidation or, if
Abbott or the entity surviving such merger or consolidation is then a
subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof and (B) which results in the voting
securities of Abbott outstanding immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent
thereof), in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Abbott or any subsidiary of
Abbott, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of Abbott or
such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such
merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement
a recapitalization of Abbott (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or
becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of Abbott
(not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any
securities acquired directly from Abbott or its Affiliates) representing 20% or
more of the combined voting power of Abbott’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(d)                                 the date the shareholders of Abbott approve
a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of Abbott or there is consummated
an agreement for the sale or disposition by Abbott of all or substantially all
of Abbott’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by Abbott of all or
substantially all of Abbott’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined
voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of
Abbott, in combination with the ownership of any trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of Abbott or any subsidiary of
Abbott, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of Abbott
immediately prior to such sale.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have
occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of
integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the
common stock of Abbott immediately prior to such transaction or series of
transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in
an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of Abbott
immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

 

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For purposes of these Rules: “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in
Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; “Beneficial Owner”
shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; “Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time; and “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the
Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except
that such term shall not include (i) Abbott or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of
Abbott or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding
securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, or (iv) a corporation
owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Abbott in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of stock of Abbott.

 

20.                               Potential Change in Control.  A “Potential
Change in Control” shall exist during any period in which the circumstances
described in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d), below, exist (provided, however,
that a Potential Change in Control shall cease to exist not later than the
occurrence of a Change in Control):

 

(a)                                 Abbott enters into an agreement, the
consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control,
provided that a Potential Change in Control described in this paragraph
(a) shall cease to exist upon the expiration or other termination of all such
agreements.

 

(b)                                 Any Person (without regard to the exclusions
set forth in subsections (i) through (iv) of such definition) publicly announces
an intention to take or to consider taking actions the consummation of which
would constitute a Change in Control; provided that a Potential Change in
Control described in this paragraph (b) shall cease to exist upon the withdrawal
of such intention, or upon a determination by the Board that there is no
reasonable chance that such actions would be consummated.

 

(c)                                  Any Person becomes the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of Abbott representing 10% or more of
either the then outstanding shares of common stock of Abbott or the combined
voting power of Abbott’s then outstanding securities (not including any
securities beneficially owned by such Person which are or were acquired directly
from Abbott or its Affiliates).

 

(d)                                 The Board adopts a resolution to the effect
that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control exists;
provided that a Potential Change in Control described in this paragraph
(d) shall cease to exist upon a determination by the Board that the reasons that
gave rise to the resolution providing for the existence of a Potential Change in
Control have expired or no longer exist.

 

21.                               Prohibition Against Amendment.  The provisions
of Rules 18, 19, 20 and this Rule 21 may not be amended or deleted, nor
superseded by any other Rule, (i) during the pendency of a Potential Change in
Control and (ii) during the period beginning on the date of a Change in Control
and ending on the date five (5) years following such Change in Control.

 

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22.                               Reliance Upon Advice.  The Board and the
Committee may rely upon any information or advice furnished to it by any Officer
of Abbott or by Abbott’s independent auditors, or other consultants, and shall
be fully protected in relying upon such information or advice.  No member of the
Board or the Committee shall be liable for any act or failure to act on their
part, excepting only any acts done or omitted to be done in bad faith, nor shall
they be liable for any act or failure to act of any other member.

 

23.                               Taxes.  Any employer shall be entitled, if
necessary or desirable, to pay or withhold the amount of any federal, state or
local tax attributable to any amounts payable by it under the PIP, and may
require payment from the participant in an amount necessary to satisfy such
taxes prior to remitting such taxes.

 

24.                               Rights of Participants.  Employment rights of
participants with Abbott and its subsidiaries shall not be enlarged or affected
by reason of establishment of or inclusion as a participant in the PIP.  Nothing
contained in the PIP shall require Abbott or any subsidiary to segregate or
earmark any assets, funds or property for the purpose of payment of any amounts
which may have been deferred.  The Deferred, Pre-Tax and After-Tax Accounts
established in accordance with Rule 7 are for the convenience of the
administration of the PIP and no trust relationship with respect to such
Accounts is intended or should be implied.  Participant’s rights shall be
limited to payment to them at the time or times and in such amounts as are
contemplated by the PIP and these Rules.  Any decision made by the Board or the
Committee, which is within the sole and uncontrolled discretion of either, shall
be conclusive and binding upon the other and upon all other persons whomsoever.

 

25.                               Employment Tax Assumptions.  For purposes of
these Rules, a participant’s employment tax rate shall be deemed to be the
highest marginal rate of Federal Insurance Contribution Act taxes in effect in
the calendar year in which a calculation under the applicable Rule is to be
made.

 

26.                               Income Tax Assumptions.  For purposes of these
Rules, a participant’s federal income tax rate shall be deemed to be the highest
marginal rate of federal income individual tax in effect in the calendar year in
which a calculation under the Rules is to be made, and state and local tax rates
shall be deemed to be the highest marginal rates of individual income tax in
effect in the state and locality of the participant’s residence on the date such
a calculation is made, net of any federal tax benefits without a benefit for any
net capital losses.

 

27.                               Change of Conditions Relating to Payments.  No
change to the time of payment or the time of commencement of payment and any
period over which payment shall be made shall be effected except in strict
compliance with the subsequent election requirements of Treasury Regulation §
1.409A-2(b) to the extent subject thereto.

 

28.                               Administrator’s Calculation of Grantor Trust
Distributions. The Administrator shall calculate the amount to be distributed
from a participant’s Grantor Trust in any year in which the participant is
entitled to a benefit distribution by multiplying (i) the amount of the
reduction determined in accordance with Rule 9(a), by (ii) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the balance in the participant’s After-Tax Account as of
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year and the denominator of which is the balance of the participant’s Pre-Tax
Account as of that same date.

 

29.                               Code Section 409A.  To the extent applicable,
it is intended that these Rules comply with the provisions of Code
Section 409A.  The Rules will be administered and interpreted in a manner
consistent with this intent, and any provision that would cause the Rules to
fail to satisfy Code Section 409A will have no force and effect until amended to
comply therewith (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by
Code Section 409A).  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary,
for all purposes of these Rules, a participant shall not be deemed to have had a
termination of employment until the participant has incurred a separation from
service as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.409A-1(h) and, to the extent
required to avoid accelerated taxation and/or tax penalties under Code
Section 409A and applicable guidance issued thereunder, payment of the amounts
payable under the Rules that would otherwise be payable during the six-month
period after the date of termination shall instead be paid on the first business
day after the expiration of such six-month period, plus interest thereon, at a
rate equal to the rate specified in Rule 11 (to the extent that such interest is
not already provided to the participant under Rule 12), from the respective
dates on which such amounts would otherwise have been paid until the actual date
of payment.  In addition, for purposes of these Rules, each amount to be paid
and each installment payment shall be construed as a separate identified payment
for purposes of Code Section 409A.

 

30.                               Domestic Relations Order.  In accordance with
Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii), distributions shall be made to an
individual (other than to the participant) pursuant to the terms of a “domestic
relations order” (as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 414(p)(1)(B)), as
determined and administered by the Senior Vice President, Human Resources of
Abbott or his or her delegate, provided, that such order (a) does not require
the plan to provide any type or form of benefit, or any option not otherwise
provided under the plan, (b) does not require the plan to provide increased
benefits, and (c) does not require the payment of benefits to an alternate payee
which are required to be paid to another alternate payee under another order.

 

31.                               Grantor Trusts.  Abbott, as the administrator
of the participant’s Grantor Trust, may direct the trustee to distribute to the
participant from the income of such Grantor Trust, a sum of money sufficient to
pay the taxes on the Grantor Trust earnings for such year, to the extent a
sufficient sum of money has not been paid to, or withheld on behalf of, the
participant pursuant to Rule 12.  The taxes shall be determined in accordance
with Rules 25 and 26.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

IRREVOCABLE GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made this            day of                         , 20    , by
and between                                                of
                      , Illinois (the “grantor”), and The Northern Trust Company
located at Chicago, Illinois, as trustee (the “trustee”),

 

WITNESSETH THAT:

 

WHEREAS, the grantor desires to establish and maintain a trust to hold certain
benefits received by the grantor under the 1998 Abbott Laboratories Performance
Incentive Plan, as it may be amended from time to time;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION

 

I-1                                NAME.  This agreement and the trust hereby
evidenced (the “trust”) may be referred to as the “                            
20     Grantor Trust”.

 

I-2                                THE TRUST FUND.  The “trust fund” as at any
date means all property then held by the trustee under this agreement.

 

I-3                                STATUS OF THE TRUST.  The trust shall be
irrevocable.  The trust is intended to constitute a grantor trust under Sections
671-678 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and shall be construed
accordingly.

 

I-4                                THE ADMINISTRATOR.  Abbott Laboratories
(“Abbott”) shall act as the “administrator” of the trust, and as such shall have
certain powers, rights and duties under this agreement as described below. 
Abbott will certify to the trustee from time to time the person or persons
authorized to act on behalf of Abbott as the administrator.  The trustee may
rely on the latest certificate received without further inquiry or verification.

 

I-5                                ACCEPTANCE.  The trustee accepts the duties
and obligations of the “trustee” hereunder, agrees to accept funds delivered to
it by the grantor or the administrator, and agrees to hold such funds (and any
proceeds from the investment of such funds) in trust in accordance with this
agreement.

 

ARTICLE II
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRUST FUND

 

II-1                           SEPARATE ACCOUNTS.  The administrator shall
maintain two separate accounts under the trust, a “rollout account” and a
“deferred account.”  Funds delivered to the trustee shall be allocated between
the accounts by the trustee as directed by the administrator.  As of the end of
each calendar year, the administrator shall charge each account with all
distributions made from such account during that year; and credit each account
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realized gains and charge each account with its share of expenses and realized
losses for the year.  The trustee shall not be required to make any separate
investment of the trust fund for the accounts, and may administer and invest all
funds delivered to it under the trust as one trust fund.

 

II-2                           DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ROLLOUT ACCOUNT PRIOR TO
THE GRANTOR’S DEATH.  The trustee shall distribute principal and accumulated
income credited to the rollout account to the grantor, if then living, at such
times and in such amounts as the administrator shall direct.

 

II-3                           DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DEFERRED ACCOUNT PRIOR TO
THE GRANTOR’S DEATH.  Principal and accumulated income credited to the deferred
account shall not be distributed from the trust prior to the grantor’s
retirement or other termination of employment with Abbott or a subsidiary of
Abbott (the grantor’s “settlement date”); provided that, each year the
administrator may direct the trustee to distribute to the grantor a portion of
the income of the deferred account for that year, with the balance of such
income to be accumulated in that account.  The administrator shall inform the
trustee of the grantor’s settlement date. Thereafter, the trustee shall
distribute the amounts from time to time credited to the deferred account to the
grantor, if then living, in a series of annual installments, with the amount of
each installment computed by one of the following methods:

 

(a)                                 The amount of each installment shall be
equal to the sum of: (i) the amount credited to the deferred account as of the
end of the year in which the grantor’s settlement date occurs, divided by the
number of years over which installments are to be distributed; plus (ii) the net
earnings credited to the deferred account for the preceding year  (excluding the
year in which the grantor’s settlement date occurs).

 

(b)                                 The amount of each installment shall be
determined by dividing the amount credited to the deferred account as of the end
of the preceding year by the difference between (i) the total number of years
over which installments are to be distributed, and (ii) the number of annual
installment distributions previously made from the deferred account.

 

(c)                                  Each installment (after the first
installment) shall be approximately equal, with the amount comprised of the sum
of: (i) the amount of the first installment, plus interest thereon at the rate
determined under the 1998 Abbott Laboratories Performance Incentive Plan,
compounded annually; and (ii) the net earnings credited to the deferred account
for the preceding year.

 

(i)                                     the foregoing, the final installment
distribution made to the grantor under this paragraph II-3 shall equal the total
principal and accumulated income then held in the trust fund.  The grantor, by
writing filed with the trustee and the administrator on or before the end of the
calendar year in which the grantor’s settlement date occurs (or the end of the
calendar year in which this trust is established, if the grantor’s settlement
date has already occurred), may select both the period (which may not be less
than ten years from the end of the calendar year in which the grantor’s
settlement date occurred) over which the installment distributions are to be
made and the method of computing the amount of each installment.  In the absence
of such a written direction by the grantor, installment distributions shall be
made over a period of ten years, and the amount of each installment

 

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shall be computed by using the method described in subparagraph (a) next above. 
Installment distributions under this Paragraph II-3 shall be made as of
January 1 of each year, beginning with the calendar year following the year in
which the grantor’s settlement date occurs.  The administrator shall inform the
trustee of the amount of each installment distribution under this paragraph
II-3, and the trustee shall be fully protected in relying on such information
received from the administrator.

 

II-4                           DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TRUST FUND AFTER THE
GRANTOR’S DEATH.  The grantor, from time to time may name any person or persons
(who may be named contingently or successively and who may be natural persons or
fiduciaries) to whom the principal of the trust fund and all accrued or
undistributed income therefrom shall be distributed in a lump sum or, if the
beneficiary is the grantor’s spouse (or a trust for which the grantor’s spouse
is the sole income beneficiary), in installments, as directed by the grantor,
upon the grantor’s death.  If the grantor directs an installment method of
distribution to the spouse as beneficiary, any amounts remaining at the death of
the spouse beneficiary shall be distributed in a lump sum to the executor or
administrator of the spouse beneficiary’s estate.  If the grantor directs an
installment method of distribution to a trust for which the grantor’s spouse is
the sole income beneficiary, any amounts remaining at the death of the spouse
shall be distributed in a lump sum to such trust.  Despite the foregoing, if
(i) the beneficiary is a trust for which the grantor’s spouse is the sole income
beneficiary, (ii) payments are being made pursuant to this paragraph II-4 other
than in a lump sum and (iii) income earned by the trust fund for the year
exceeds the amount of the annual installment payment, then such trust may elect
to withdraw such excess income by written notice to the trustee.  Each
designation shall revoke all prior designations, shall be in writing and shall
be effective only when filed by the grantor with the administrator during the
grantor’s lifetime.  If the grantor fails to direct a method of distribution,
the distribution shall be made in a lump sum.  If the grantor fails to designate
a beneficiary as provided above, then on the grantor’s death, the trustee shall
distribute the balance of the trust fund in a lump sum to the executor or
administrator of the grantor’s estate.

 

II-5                           FACILITY OF PAYMENT.  When a person entitled to a
distribution hereunder is under legal disability, or, in the trustee’s opinion,
is in any way incapacitated so as to be unable to manage his or her financial
affairs, the trustee may make such distribution to such person’s legal
representative, or to a relative or friend of such person for such person’s
benefit.  Any distribution made in accordance with the preceding sentence shall
be a full and complete discharge of any liability for such distribution
hereunder.

 

II-6                           PERPETUITIES.  Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this agreement, on the day next preceding the end of 21 years
after the death of the last to die of the grantor and the grantor’s descendants
living on the date of this instrument, the trustee shall immediately distribute
any remaining balance in the trust to the beneficiaries then entitled to
distributions hereunder.

 

ARTICLE III
MANAGEMENT OF THE TRUST FUND

 

III-1                      GENERAL POWERS.  The trustee shall, with respect to
the trust fund, have the following powers, rights and duties in addition to
those provided elsewhere in this agreement or by law:

 

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(a)                                 Subject to the limitations of subparagraph
(b) next below, to sell, contract to sell, purchase, grant or exercise options
to purchase, and otherwise deal with all assets of the trust fund, in such way,
for such considerations, and on such terms and conditions as the trustee
decides.

 

(b)                                 To retain in cash such amounts as the
trustee considers advisable; and to invest and reinvest the balance of the trust
fund, without distinction between principal and income, in obligations of the
United States Government and its agencies or which are backed by the full faith
and credit of the United States Government or in any mutual fund, common trust
fund or collective investment fund which invests solely in such obligations; and
any such investment made or retained by the trustee in good faith shall be
proper despite any resulting risk or lack of diversification or marketability.

 

(c)                                  To deposit cash in any depositary
(including the banking department of the bank acting as trustee) without
liability for interest, and to invest cash in savings accounts or time
certificates of deposit bearing a reasonable rate of interest in any such
depositary.

 

(d)                                 To invest, subject to the limitations of
subparagraph (b) above, in any common or commingled trust fund or funds
maintained or administered by the trustee solely for the investment of trust
funds.

 

(e)                                  To borrow from anyone, with the
administrator’s approval, such sum or sums from time to time as the trustee
considers desirable to carry out this trust, and to mortgage or pledge all or
part of the trust fund as security.

 

(f)                                   To retain any funds or property subject to
any dispute without liability for interest and to decline to make payment or
delivery thereof until final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction
or until an appropriate release is obtained.

 

(g)                                  To begin, maintain or defend any litigation
necessary in connection with the administration of this trust, except that the
trustee shall not be obliged or required to do so unless indemnified to the
trustee’s satisfaction.

 

(h)                                 To compromise, contest, settle or abandon
claims or demands.

 

(i)                                     To give proxies to vote stocks and other
voting securities, to join in or oppose (alone or jointly with others) voting
trusts, mergers, consolidations, foreclosures, reorganizations, liquidations, or
other changes in the financial structure of any corporation, and to exercise or
sell stock subscription or conversion rights.

 

(j)                                    To hold securities or other property in
the name of a nominee, in a depositary or in any other way, with or without
disclosing the trust relationship.

 

(k)                                 To divide or distribute the trust fund in
undivided interests or wholly or partly in kind.

 

(l)                                     To pay any tax imposed on or with
respect to the trust; to defer making payment of any such tax if it is
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making any payment such release or other document from any lawful taxing
authority and such indemnity from the intended payee as the trustee consider
necessary for its protection.

 

(m)                             To deal without restriction with the legal
representative of the grantor’s estate or the trustee or other legal
representative of any trust created by the grantor or a trust or estate in which
a beneficiary has an interest, even though the trustee, individually, shall be
acting in such other capacity without liability for any loss that may result.

 

(n)                                 To appoint or remove by written instrument
any bank or corporation qualified to act as successor trustee, wherever located,
as special trustee as to part or all of the trust fund, including property as to
which the trustee does not act, and such special trustee, except as specifically
limited or provided by this or the appointing instrument, shall have all of the
rights, titles, powers, duties, discretions and immunities of the trustee,
without liability for any action taken or omitted to be taken under this or the
appointing instrument.

 

(o)                                 To appoint or remove by written instrument
any bank, wherever located, as custodian of part or all of the trust fund, and
each such custodian shall have such rights, powers, duties and discretions as
are delegated to it by the trustee.

 

(p)                                 To employ agents, attorneys, accountants or
other persons, and to delegate to them such powers as the trustee considers
desirable, and the trustee shall be protected in acting or refraining from
acting on the advice of persons so employed without court action.

 

(q)                                 To perform any and all other acts which in
the trustee’s judgment are appropriate for the proper management, investment and
distribution of the trust fund.

 

III-2                      PRINCIPAL AND INCOME.  Any income earned on the trust
fund which is not distributed as provided in Article II shall be accumulated and
from time to time added to the principal of the trust. The grantor’s interest in
the trust shall include all assets or other property held by the trustee
hereunder, including principal and accumulated income.

 

III-3                      STATEMENTS.  The trustee shall prepare and deliver
monthly to the administrator and annually to the grantor, if then living,
otherwise to each beneficiary then entitled to distributions under this
agreement, a statement (or series of statements) setting forth (or which taken
together set forth) all investments, receipts, disbursements and other
transactions effected by the trustee during the reporting period; and showing
the trust fund and the value thereof at the end of such period.

 

III-4                      COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES.  All reasonable costs,
charges and expenses incurred in the administration of this trust, including
compensation to the trustee, any compensation to agents, attorneys, accountants
and other persons employed by the trustee, and expenses incurred in connection
with the sale, investment and reinvestment of the trust fund shall be paid from
the trust fund.

 

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ARTICLE IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

IV-1                       INTERESTS NOT TRANSFERABLE.  The interests of the
grantor or other persons entitled to distributions hereunder are not subject to
their debts or other obligations and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily
sold, transferred, alienated, assigned or encumbered.

 

IV-2                       DISAGREEMENT AS TO ACTS.  If there is a disagreement
between the trustee and anyone as to any act or transaction reported in any
accounting, the trustee shall have the right to a settlement of its account by
any proper court.

 

IV-3                       TRUSTEE’S OBLIGATIONS.  No power, duty or
responsibility is imposed on the trustee except as set forth in this agreement. 
The trustee is not obliged to determine whether funds delivered to or
distributions from the trust are proper under the trust, or whether any tax is
due or payable as a result of any such delivery or distribution. The trustee
shall be protected in making any distribution from the trust as directed
pursuant to Article II without inquiring as to whether the distributee is
entitled thereto; and the trustee shall not be liable for any distribution made
in good faith without written notice or knowledge that the distribution is not
proper under the terms of this agreement.

 

IV-4                       GOOD FAITH ACTIONS.  The trustee’s exercise or
non-exercise of its powers and discretions in good faith shall be conclusive on
all persons.  No one shall be obliged to see to the application of any money
paid or property delivered to the trustee.  The certificate of the trustee that
it is acting according to this agreement will fully protect all persons dealing
with the trustee.

 

IV-5                       WAIVER OF NOTICE.  Any notice required under this
agreement may be waived by the person entitled to such notice.

 

IV-6                       CONTROLLING LAW.  The laws of the State of Illinois
shall govern the interpretation and validity of the provisions of this agreement
and all questions relating to the management, administration, investment and
distribution of the trust hereby created.

 

IV-7                       SUCCESSORS.  This agreement shall be binding on all
persons entitled to distributions hereunder and their respective heirs and legal
representatives, and on the trustee and its successors.

 

ARTICLE V
CHANGES IN TRUSTEE

 

V-1                            RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE.  The trustee
may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) days’ advance written notice to the
administrator and the grantor.  The administrator may remove a trustee by
written notice to the trustee and the grantor.

 

V-2                            APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.  The
administrator shall fill any vacancy in the office of trustee as soon as
practicable by written notice to the successor trustee; and shall give prompt
written notice thereof to the grantor, if then living, otherwise to each
beneficiary then entitled to payments or distributions under this agreement. A
successor trustee shall be a bank (as defined in Section 581 of the Internal
Revenue Code, as amended).

 

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V-3                            DUTIES OF RESIGNING OR REMOVED TRUSTEE AND OF
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE.  A trustee that resigns or is removed shall furnish promptly
to the administrator and the successor trustee an account of its administration
of the trust from the date of its last account. Each successor trustee shall
succeed to the title to the trust fund vested in its predecessor without the
signing or filing of any instrument, but each predecessor trustee shall execute
all documents and do all acts necessary to vest such title of record in the
successor trustee.  Each successor trustee shall have all the powers conferred
by this agreement as if originally named trustee.  No successor trustee shall be
personally liable for any act or failure to act of a predecessor trustee. With
the approval of the administrator, a successor trustee may accept the account
furnished and the property delivered by a predecessor trustee without incurring
any liability for so doing, and such acceptance will be complete discharge to
the predecessor trustee.

 

ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

VI-1                       AMENDMENT.  With the consent of the administrator,
this trust may be amended from time to time by the grantor, if then living,
otherwise by a majority of the beneficiaries then entitled to payments or
distributions hereunder, except as follows:

 

(a)                                 The duties and liabilities of the trustee
cannot be changed substantially without its consent.

 

(b)                                 This trust may not be amended so as to make
the trust revocable.

 

VI-2                       TERMINATION.  This trust shall not terminate, and all
rights, titles, powers, duties, discretions and immunities imposed on or
reserved to the trustee, the administrator, the grantor and the beneficiaries
shall continue in effect, until all assets of the trust have been distributed by
the trustee as provided in Article II.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the grantor and the trustee have executed this agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

 

Grantor

 

 

 

The Northern Trust Company as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

 

Its

 

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