ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2003

Dec 31, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2003-12-31

Reporting Person: WYATT LANCE B (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-31	Common shares without par value	M	30000	$37.00	Acquired	172960	Direct
2003-12-31	Common shares without par value	F	26048	$46.57	Disposed	146912	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-12-31	Option (right to buy)	$37.00	M	30000	Disposed	2008-02-12	common shares (30000)	Direct
2003-12-31	Option (right to buy)	$46.57	A	26048	Acquired	2008-02-12	common shares (26048)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	22461	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of December 29, 2003.

F2: Employee stock options granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1996 Incentive Stock Program, including a replacement option feature, in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.