Incentive Stock Programs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Incentive Stock Programs

Incentive Stock Programs

Note 8 — Incentive Stock Programs

In the first nine months of 2015, Abbott granted 5,577,553 stock options, 662,553 restricted stock awards and 5,864,895 restricted stock units under its incentive stock programs.  At September 30, 2015, approximately 87 million shares were reserved for future grants.  Information regarding the number of stock options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2015 is as follows:

	Outstanding		Exercisable
Number of shares	36,258,229		26,691,599
Weighted average remaining life (years)	4.7		3.2
Weighted average exercise price	$	31.23	$	26.94
Aggregate intrinsic value (in millions)	$	367	$	357

The total unrecognized share-based compensation cost at September 30, 2015 amounted to approximately $209 million which is expected to be recognized over the next three years.