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: 2003-12-30

Reporting Person: NEMMERS JOSEPH M (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-30	Common shares without par value	M	4070	$37.00	Acquired	53971	Direct
2003-12-30	Common shares without par value	F	3539	$47.15	Disposed	50432	Direct
2003-12-30	Common shares without par value	G	861	—	Disposed	49571	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-12-30	Option (right to buy)	$37.00	M	4070	Disposed	2008-02-12	common shares (4070)	Direct
2003-12-30	Option (right to buy)	$47.15	A	3539	Acquired	2008-02-12	common shares (3539)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	10332	Indirect
Common shares without par value	330	Indirect
Common shares without par value	330	Indirect
Common shares without par value	277	Indirect
Common shares without par value	271	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities held by his sons.

F3: Includes shares acquired under the Abbott Laboratories Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan in transactions exempt from Section 16 under Rule 16a-11.

F4: 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.