ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2003

Nov 18, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2003-11-14

Reporting Person: LINDER GREG W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-11-14	Common shares without par value	M	23785	$34.70	Acquired	84598	Direct
2003-11-14	Common shares without par value	F	20777	$43.86	Disposed	63821	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-11-14	Option (right to buy)	$34.70	M	23785	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common shares (23785)	Direct
2003-11-14	Option (right to buy)	$43.86	A	20777	Acquired	2010-02-10	Common shares (20777)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	11265	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of November 14, 2003.

F2: Employee stock option 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.