ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Dec 13, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2004-12-09

Reporting Person: DEMPSEY WILLIAM G (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-03	Common shares without par value	G	2564	—	Disposed	131352	Direct
2004-12-09	Common shares without par value	M	3643	$27.4328	Acquired	134995	Direct
2004-12-09	Common shares without par value	M	2875	$34.7727	Acquired	137870	Direct
2004-12-09	Common shares without par value	F	4557	$43.86	Disposed	133313	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-12-09	Option (right to buy)	$27.4328	M	3643	Disposed	2007-02-13	common shares (3643)	Direct
2004-12-09	Option (right to buy)	$34.7727	M	2875	Disposed	2008-02-12	common shares (2875)	Direct
2004-12-09	Option (right to buy)	$43.86	A	2278	Acquired	2007-02-13	common shares (2278)	Direct
2004-12-09	Option (right to buy)	$43.86	A	2279	Acquired	2008-02-12	common shares (2279)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	10070	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of December 9, 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 under Rule 16b-3.