Ownership Submission
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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  ABBOTT LABORATORIES
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/11/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC [EYE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
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 Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

ABBOTT PARK, IL 60064
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 (1) (2) (3) 2,450,300 (4)
D
 

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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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
ABBOTT LABORATORIES
100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
ABBOTT PARK, IL 60064
    X    
Rainforest Acquisition Inc.
100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
ABBOTT PARK, IL 60064
    X    

Signatures

/s/ Thomas C. Freyman, Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer 01/21/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ Thomas C. Freyman, President 01/21/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) This form is a joint filing by Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott") and Rainforest Acquisition Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abbott (the "Purchaser"). This Form 3 relates to shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "AMO Common Stock"), and the associated preferred stock purchase rights issued in connection with the Rights Agreement, dated June 24, 2002, by and between Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("AMO"), and Mellon Investor Services, LLC (together with the AMO Common Stock, the "AMO Shares"), of AMO.
(2) As an inducement to Abbott's and the Purchaser's entering into the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 11, 2009, by and among Abbott, the Purchaser and AMO and in consideration thereof, certain stockholders of AMO (collectively, the "Principal Stockholders") entered into Tender and Support Agreements, dated as of January 11, 2009 (collectively, the "Support Agreements"), whereby, among other things, each Principal Stockholder agreed to vote all of the shares of AMO Common Stock beneficially owned by such Principal Stockholder in favor of the merger of the Purchaser with and into AMO.
(3) Abbott and the Purchaser, by reason of the execution and delivery of the Support Agreements, may be deemed to have shared voting power and/or shared dispositive power with respect to (and therefore beneficially own within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 9,644,006 AMO Shares, representing approximately 15.5% of the issued and outstanding AMO Shares. As of the date of this Form 3, such AMO Shares have not been purchased or acquired by Abbott or the Purchaser.
(4) In addition to the AMO Shares subject to the Support Agreements, Abbott is the beneficial owner of, and has sole voting power and dispositive power with respect to, an additional 2,450,300 AMO Shares, representing approximately 3.9% of the issued and outstanding AMO Shares.

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