ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Dec 28, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2004-12-27

Reporting Person: LIEPMANN HOLGER A (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-27	Common shares without par value	M	2000	$44.7157	Acquired	67540	Direct
2004-12-27	Common shares without par value	F	1955	$46.42	Disposed	65585	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-12-27	Option (right to buy)	$44.7157	M	2000	Disposed	2004-12-31	common shares (2000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	12870	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of December 27, 2004.

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.