ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Oct 22, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2004-10-20

Reporting Person: LINDER GREG W (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-10-20	Common Shares without par value	M	1000	$18.3919	Acquired	68144	Direct
2004-10-20	Common Shares without par value	M	6022	$20.5347	Acquired	74166	Direct
2004-10-20	Common Shares without par value	M	3941	$27.4328	Acquired	78107	Direct
2004-10-20	Common Shares without par value	F	6044	$41.38	Disposed	72063	Direct
2004-10-21	Common Shares without par value	G	120	—	Disposed	71943	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-10-20	Option (right to buy)	$18.3919	M	1000	Disposed	2005-04-27	Common Shares (1000)	Direct
2004-10-20	Option (right to buy)	$20.5347	M	6022	Disposed	2006-02-08	Common Shares (6022)	Direct
2004-10-20	Option (right to buy)	$27.4328	M	3941	Disposed	2007-02-13	Common Shares (3941)	Direct
2004-10-20	Option (right to buy)	$41.38	A	2988	Acquired	2006-02-08	Common Shares (2988)	Direct
2004-10-20	Option (right to buy)	$41.38	A	2612	Acquired	2007-02-13	Common Shares (2612)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares without par value	11536	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Balance in the Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Trust as of October 20, 2004.

F2: Employee stock options granted pursuant to the Abbott Laboratories 1991 Incentive Stock Program in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) under Rule 16b-3.

F3: 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.