ABBOTT LABORATORIES — Director's Dealing 2004

Aug 25, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ABBOTT LABORATORIES (ABT)
CIK: 0000001800
Period of Report: 2004-08-23

Reporting Person: LIEPMANN HOLGER A (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-08-23	Common shares without par value	M	10284	$32.6111	Acquired	75196	Direct
2004-08-23	Common shares without par value	F	8761	$41.01	Disposed	66435	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2004-08-23	Option (right to buy)	$32.6111	M	10284	Disposed	2010-02-10	Common shares (10284)	Direct
2004-08-23	Option (right to buy)	$41.01	A	8761	Acquired	2010-02-10	Common shares (8761)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common shares without par value	12795	Indirect
Common shares without par value	295	Indirect
Common shares without par value	296	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by his daughters.

F3: 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.