SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ABBOTT LABORATORIES (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/30/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. [ AQB ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock , par value $0.001 per share	22,130,040	I	Through CFR International SpA and Western Pharmaceuticals SA.

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ABBOTT LABORATORIES (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CFR International SpA (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD AP6A-2, D-032L (Street) ABBOTT PARK IL 60064-6092 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

A total of 21,818,118 shares of Common Stock of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. ("AquaBounty") described in this report are held directly by CFR International SpA ("CFR International"). CFR International is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott"). In Abbott's capacity as the ultimate corporate parent of CFR International, Abbott may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own such shares for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. Western Pharmaceuticals SA, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott ("Western Pharmaceuticals"), holds an additional 311,922 shares of Common Stock of AquaBounty. Western Pharmaceuticals is subject to liquidation proceedings and voting and dispositive control over such shares is exercised by a liquidator appointed pursuant to Ecuadoran law. For purposes of this report, such shares have been included in the shares of Common Stock reported as indirectly owned by Abbott. Exhibit List - Exhibit 24.1 - Powers of Attorney.

	Brian B. Yoor, By John A. Berry, Attorney-in-Fact.	12/30/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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